The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 12/11/21 featuring funding details for CometChat, Genesys, Heap, and twenty-five other rounds that you need to know about.
AgentSync — $75.0M – Series B
Denver-based AgentSync is a Producer Management Platform used for broker onboarding, licensing, and compliance requirements. Founded by Jenn Knight and Niranjan Sabharwal in 2018, AgentSync has now raised a total of $111.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Anthemis Group, Atreides Management, LP, Craft Ventures, Nine Four Ventures, Tiger Global Management, and Valor Equity Partners.
Anyscale — $100.0M – Series C
Berkeley-based Anyscale provides an application development platform for developers to build distributed applications. Founded by Ion Stoica, Michael I. Jordan, Philipp Moritz, and Robert Nishihara in 2019, Anyscale has now raised a total of $160.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Foundation Capital, Intel Capital, and New Enterprise Associates.
Ayla Networks — $20.0M – Venture
Milpitas-based Ayla Networks’ Internet of Things (IoT) platform-as-a-service (PaaS) delivers industry-leading device management and application enablement. Founded by Adrian Caceres, David Friedman, Phillip Chang, and Thomas H. Lee in 2010, Ayla Networks has now raised a total of $144.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Arrowroot Capital Management, SJF Ventures, Trinity Power, and Voyager Capital.
Canopy — $35.0M – Venture
Draper-based Canopy is a cloud-based practice management platform that introduces online client surveys for auto-population of IRS forms and more. Founded by Kurt Avarell in 2014, Canopy has now raised a total of $148.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Ankona Capital Partners, NewView Capital, Pelion Venture Partners, Ten Coves Capital, and Tenaya Capital.
Celigo — $48.0M – Series C
San Mateo-based Celigo is an iPaaS cloud-based integration platform that allows applications to work together for both IT and business users. Founded by Jan Arendtsz in 2011, Celigo has now raised a total of $80.3M in total equity funding and is backed by NewSpring and OMERS Growth Equity.
Claroty — $400.0M – Series E
New York-based Claroty is a cybersecurity company that protects industrial control networks from cyber-attacks. Founded by Amir Zilberstein, Benny Porat, and Galina Antova in 2015, Claroty has now raised a total of $640.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, ISTARI, Schneider Electric, SoftBank Vision Fund, Standard Investments, and Team8.
CometChat — $10.0M – Series A
Denver-based CometChat enables businesses and developers to add voice, video, and text chat to their apps and websites. Founded by Anant Garg and Anuj Garg in 2019, CometChat has now raised a total of $12.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Matchstick Ventures, Range Ventures, Signal Peak Ventures, and Unbound.
connectRN — $76.0M – Venture
Waltham-based connectRN is a tech-enabled network built to improve clinicians’ lives through access to community, opportunity, and support. Founded by Agron Ademi, Idriz Limaj, and Michael Wood in 2014, connectRN has now raised a total of $93.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Adage Capital Management, Amedisys, Avidity Partners, Cormorant Asset Management, HBM Healthcare Investments AG, Infinitum Asset Management, LAPA CAPITAL, Park West Asset Management, and Suvretta Capital Management.
Genesys — $580.0M – Venture
Daly City-based Genesys provides omnichannel customer experience (CX) and contact center solutions in the cloud and on-premises. Founded by Alec Miloslavsky and Greg Shenkman in 1990, Genesys has now raised a total of $1.5B in total equity funding and is backed by BlackRock, D1 Capital Partners, Salesforce Ventures, ServiceNow, and Zoom.
Nearside — $58.0M – Series B
San Francisco-based Nearside provides financial and software services for SMBs. Founded by Thomson Nguyen in 2019, Nearside has now raised a total of $77.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Foundation Capital, Jim Breyer, Kevin Hartz, Kleiner Perkins, Michael Ovitz, Ryan Petersen, and Valar Ventures.
Heap — $110.0M – Series D
San Francisco-based Heap is a platform that provides analytics infrastructure to reduce the annoying parts of user analytics. Founded by Matin Movassate and Ravi Parikh in 2013, Heap has now raised a total of $216.1M in total equity funding and is backed by AB Private Credit Investors, DTCP, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Maverick Ventures, Menlo Ventures, NewView Capital, Sixth Street, The Private Shares Fund, and Triangle Peak Partners.
LogDNA — $50.0M – Series D
Mountain View-based LogDNA offers a log management solution that provides DevOps teams an aggregation of all their system and application logs on one platform. Founded by Chris Nguyen and Lee Liu in 2015, LogDNA has now raised a total of $115.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Emergence, Initialized Capital, and NightDragon Security.
MoEngage — $30.0M – Series D
San Francisco-based MoEngage is an internet company that features cloud-based marketing services for consumer businesses. Founded by Raviteja Dodda and Yashwanth Kumar in 2014, MoEngage has now raised a total of $103.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Matrix Partners India, Multiples Alternate Asset Management Private Limited, and Steadview Capital.
NewtonX — $32.0M – Series B
New York-based NewtonX is the world’s leading B2B research company. Founded by Anuja Ketan, Germain Chastel, and Sascha Eder in 2016, NewtonX has now raised a total of $47.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Gaingels, Heliad Equity Partners, Level One Fund, Marbruck Investments, Story Ventures, Switch Ventures, Third Prime, Two Sigma Ventures, and Xfund.
Nomi Health — $110.0M – Series A
Orem-based Nomi Health is a direct health company that aims to reduce the cost of health care for employers and patients. Founded by Boe Hartman, Joshua Walker, and Mark Newman in 2019, Nomi Health has now raised a total of $110.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Arbor Ventures and Rose Park Advisors.
NZXT — $100.0M – Venture
California-based NZXT builds PC hardware for enthusiasts and gamers globally. Founded by Johnny Hou in 2004, NZXT has now raised a total of $100.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Eddie Hartman, Francisco Partners, James Lin, James Park, Kevin Lin, Kevin Ma, Michael Chen, Patrick Lee, and Vanessa Dew.
PetDx — $62.0M – Series B
La Jolla-based PetDx is a molecular diagnostics company dedicated to the detection and treatment of cancer in pets. Founded by Arthur Polk and Daniel Grosu in 2019, PetDx has now raised a total of $72.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Aperture Venture Partners, Declaration Partners, Friedman BioVentures, K4 Group, LabCorp, LongView Asset Management, Torch Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.
Platzi — $62.0M – Series B
San Francisco-based Platzi is an effective online education platform that offers classes on marketing, programming, business, and design. Founded by Christian Van Der Henst and John Freddy Vega in 2012, Platzi has now raised a total of $78.4M in total equity funding and is backed by 500 Startups, Darian Shirazi, FJ Labs, Foundation Capital, FundersClub, Hans Tung, Prosus, and Y Combinator.
Robotic Research — $228.0M – Series A
Gaithersburg-based Robotic Research develops autonomy and robotic technology to improve the safety, security, and effectiveness of transportation. Founded by Alberto Lacaze and Karl Murphy in 2002, Robotic Research has now raised a total of $228.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Crescent Cove Advisors, Enlightenment Capital, Henry Crown and Company, Luminar Ventures, and SoftBank Vision Fund.
Sense — $50.0M – Series D
San Francisco-based Sense is a smart talent engagement and communication platform that helps companies find, recruit, and deploy talent. Founded by Alex Rosen, Anil Dharni, Pankaj Jindal, and Ram Gudavalli in 2016, Sense has now raised a total of $89.5M in total equity funding and is backed by SoftBank Vision Fund.
Serve Robotics — $13.0M – Seed
Redwood City-based Serve Robotics connects people with what they need locally via robots that are designed to serve people. Founded by Ali Kashani in 2021, Serve Robotics has now raised a total of $13.0M in total equity funding and is backed by 7-Ventures LLC, Delivery Hero, DX Ventures, Neo, Scott Banister, Uber, Wavemaker Labs, Wavemaker Partners, and Western Technology Investment.
Stacked — $35.0M – Series A
Chicago-based Stacked is a smart automated crypto investing platform. Founded by Joel Birch in 2019, Stacked has now raised a total of $36.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Alameda Research, Alumni Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Jump Capital, Launch Code Capital, Mirana Ventures, and Starting Line.
Suki — $55.0M – Series C
Redwood City-based Suki is a voice-based digital assistant for doctors. Founded by Anshu Sharma, Karthik Rajan, and Punit Soni in 2016, Suki has now raised a total of $95.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Andrew Deutsch, Breyer Capital, Flare Capital Partners, Gaingels, InHealth Ventures, March Capital, Pankaj Patel, Philips Venture Capital Fund, Russell Farscht, and Venrock.
The EVERY Company — $175.0M – Series C
South San Francisco-based The EVERY Company makes real animal protein without the use of a single animal, starting with chicken-less egg proteins. Founded by Arturo Elizondo and David Anchel in 2015, The EVERY Company has now raised a total of $231.8M in total equity funding and is backed by McWin, Prosus Ventures, Rage Capital, Temasek Holdings, TO Ventures, and Wheatsheaf Group Limited.
Tipalti — $270.0M – Series F
San Mateo-based Tipalti is a global payables automation platform that provides a cloud solution to scale and automate global payables operations. Founded by Chen Amit and Oren Zeev in 2010, Tipalti has now raised a total of $549.0M in total equity funding and is backed by 01A, Counterpoint Global, Durable Capital Partners, G Squared, Marshall Wace, and Zeev Ventures.
YipitData — $475.0M – Series E
New York-based YipitData is the market research firm that analyzes data points to provide accurate insights for the disruptive economy. Founded by James Moran and Vinicius Vacanti in 2013, YipitData has now raised a total of $492.0M in total equity funding and is backed by The Carlyle Group.