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 9/3/22 featuring funding details for Tarci, OneSignal, and twelve other rounds representing $751M in new funding that you need to know about.
Ambassador Labs — $20.0M – Venture
Boston-based Ambassador Labs is making it easy for developers to build resilient microservices. Founded by Rafael Schloming, Richard Li, and Richard Li in 2014, Ambassador Labs has now raised a total of $42.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Insight Partners.
Bridger Photonics — $55.0M – Venture
Bozeman-based Bridger Photonics is a LiDAR solutions provider, enabling new capabilities and improving efficiency for industrial sensor applications. Founded by Peter Roos in 2006, Bridger Photonics has now raised a total of $55.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Beaverhead Partners, Carica Sustainable Investments, Madison Valley Partners, and NEXT Frontier Capital.
Neutral — $12.0M – Series A
Portland-based Neutral is a carbon-neutral food company that builds a sustainable carbon-neutral food ecosystem starting with milk and a half and half. Founded by Matthew Plitch in 2018, Neutral has now raised a total of $16.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Craig Shapiro, Global Brain Corporation, Kirin Holdings, and The Norinchukin Bank.
Fairmarkit — $35.6M – Series C
Boston-based Fairmarkit is an automated sourcing platform that gives procurement teams what they need to be more efficient with every purchase. Founded by Kevin Frechette, Tarek Alaruri, and Victor Kushch in 2017, Fairmarkit has now raised a total of $77.5M in total equity funding and is backed by GGV Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Insight Partners, OMERS Growth Equity, and ServiceNow.
Falkon AI — $16.0M – Series A
Seattle-based Falkon AI is an intelligence platform for marketing, sales, and account management teams. Founded by Aakash Kambuj, Josh Zana, and Mona Akmal in 2019, Falkon AI has now raised a total of $16.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Flying Fish Partners, Greylock, Madera Technology Partners, OMERS Ventures, and Trilogy Financial Services.
Tarci — $17.0M – Series A
New York-based Tarci focuses on improving ROI at every touchpoint through insights from dynamic data. Founded by Leetal Gruper and Sergey Bahchissaraitsev in 2019, Tarci has now raised a total of $17.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Global Founders Capital, INT3, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, and Sound Ventures.
OneSignal — $50.0M – Series C
San Mateo-based OneSignal is a customer messaging and engagement platform that allows businesses to create meaningful customer connections. Founded by George Deglin and Long Vo in 2014, OneSignal has now raised a total of $82.0M in total equity funding and is backed by BAM Elevate, Nimble Partners, SignalFire, and Zach Coelius.
Populus — $11.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Populus is a data platform for cities to manage and price commercial fleets. Founded by Fletcher Foti and Regina Clewlow in 2017, Populus has now raised a total of $19.9M in total equity funding and is backed by Climactic VC, Comcast Ventures, FootPrint Coalition, Precursor Ventures, and Zero Infinity Partners.
Recurve — $18.0M – Series B
Mill Valley-based Recurve is an open-source SaaS platform with tools that help utilities leverage their smart meter data to measure energy usage. Founded by Adam Winter and Matt Golden in 2015, Recurve has now raised a total of $32.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Calpine Energy Solutions, Energy Foundry, Quantum Energy Partners, and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions.
RentSpree — $17.3M – Series B
Los Angeles-based RentSpree provides software with a universal tenant screening process, renter management, partnership programs, and rental screening API. Founded by Angela Stuart, Michael Lucarelli, and Paul Sirisuphang in 2016, RentSpree has now raised a total of $27.7M in total equity funding and is backed by 645 Ventures, California Association of Realtors, ECG-Research, Gaingels, Green Visor Capital, KEC Ventures, Rally Ventures, Venture MLS, and Vesta Ventures.
SeatGeek — $238.0M – Series E
New York-based SeatGeek operates a mobile-focused ticket platform and search engine that lets fans buy and sell tickets for events. Founded by Jack Groetzinger and Russell D’Souza in 2009, SeatGeek has now raised a total of $400.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Accel, Arctos Sports Partners, Ryan Smith, and Wellington Management.
Soundstripe — $9.0M – Series B
Nashville-based Soundstripe offers unlimited, royalty-free music, stock video, and sound effects for use in videos, podcasts, and other media projects. Founded by Micah Sannan, Travis Terrell, and Trevor Hinesley in 2015, Soundstripe has now raised a total of $15.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Craft Ventures, Escalate Capital Partners, Overline, Topmark Partners, and Vocap Partners.
Triller — $200.0M – Venture
Los Angeles-based Triller is an AI-powered music video app that enables anyone to make professional videos, effortlessly. Founded by David Leiberman, Ryan Kavanaugh, and Sammy Rubin in 2015, Triller has now raised a total of $333.0M in total equity funding and is backed by ClearVue Partners, Falcon Capital, and Fubon Financial Holdings.
Alloy — $52.0M – Venture
New York-based Alloy is a developer of an identity verification platform used to detect fraud and make identity management effective and simple for banks. Founded by Charles Hearn, Laura Spiekerman, and Tommy Nicholas in 2015, Alloy has now raised a total of $207.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Avenir Growth Capital, Avid Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Canapi Ventures, Felicis Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
