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Rippling’s Parker Conrad on the company’s new round, new SF lease and, also, its newest critic
Last week, TechCrunch broke the news that the workforce management software outfit Rippling was on the cusp of closing a new, $200 million round of funding at a hefty $13.4…
AI data security startup Cyera confirms $300M raise at a $1.4B valuation
Artificial intelligence continues to be a big threat, but it’s also a huge promise in the world of cybersecurity. Today, one of the startups tackling both the opportunity and the…
AI is a data problem — Cyera is raising up to $300M on a $1.5B valuation to secure it
A cybersecurity startup called Cyera is betting that the next big challenge in enterprise data protection will be AI, and it’s raising a big round of funding as demand picks…
While North American VCs can see the potential value in backing European startups, it hasn’t been easy for firms to launch strategies.
Jetpack.io helps developers focus on applications instead of infrastructure
Jetpack.io’s founder Daniel Loreto has worked as an engineer at companies like Google, Airbnb and Twitter, companies with lots of engineering resources to build custom tools. But when he was…
Product Science, which develops mobile app performance monitoring tools, lands $18M
The performance of a mobile app can impact how customers perceive a brand. According to a survey from Dimensional Research sponsored by HP, 53% of app users who responded said…
Top VCs have expanded into broader asset managers; is the model sustainable?
Last week at TechCrunch’s annual Disrupt event, this editor sat down with VCs from two firms that have come to look similar in ways over the last five or so…
Kurtosis, a crypto-focused developer tool system, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by tech-focused hedge fund Coatue. Investors in the round include Coinbase Ventures, the Chainsmokers’…
Grid.ai rebrands as Lightning AI, raises $40M to expand its AI dev tools
Lightning AI, the startup behind the open source PyTorch Lightning framework, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series B round led by Coatue with participation from Index…
Gantry launches out of stealth to help data scientists keep AI models fresh
The demand for AI in the enterprise is insatiable, but the challenge lies in building the support infrastructure and its development and maintenance. A 2020 IDC survey found that a…
Southeast Asian payments infrastructure unicorn Xendit banks $300M
Xendit, a payments infrastructure platform for Southeast Asia, has raised $300 million in fresh funding. The company’s new valuation wasn’t disclosed, but it hit unicorn status in its last round…
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus launches Bitcoin payments startup backed by a16z and Paradigm
After his departure from Facebook in November, many crypto industry insiders speculated where long-time executive David Marcus would land. Today, the former Messenger boss and Paypal executive offered some early…
Supabase raises $80M Series B for its open source Firebase alternative
Supabase, which bills itself as an open source alternative to services like Google’s Firebase, today announced that it has raised an $80 million Series B funding round led by Felicis…
As fintech gets more fragmented, Meld helps developers manage their tech stack
Fintech has a fragmentation problem — as the number of fintech products has grown, so too has the number of integrations each service has with others. Developers now oftentimes have…
Kyle Lui, long-time DCM partner, leaving to join Bling Capital as second GP
Lui’s move is the latest among high-profile fund managers.
Tome livens up slide decks with real-time data, flexible layouts
The company thinks you should be spending less time trying to adapt your content to a presentation page and more time on storytelling.
Startup banking service Mercury jumps into debt lending to take on Silicon Valley Bank
Mercury, a well-funded, three-year-old startup that offers a host of banking services to startups, is today rolling out a new offering for its customers: venture debt. The idea is to…
Coatue leads another infusion into Lunchbox, which sees ghost kitchens leading restaurant tech revolution
The New York-based company is developing online ordering tools for enterprise restaurant chains and ghost kitchens to act as a restaurant’s entire digital tech stack.
Smart calendar tool Clockwise raises $45M to help remote teams avoid burnout using AI
Clockwise, a time management and smart calendar tool, has raised $45 million in Series C funding led by Coatue, with participation from Atlassian Ventures and existing investors Accel, Greylock Partners…
Yahaha Studios, a platform for building no-code, immersive games, raised $50M in 3 rounds ahead of its launch this year
The success of Roblox and other user-created gaming experiences like Overwolf have democratized the concept of making games and have taken it into the mainstream. Now, a startup founded by…
Newly minted unicorn Tackle plans to use $100 million Series C to accelerate the future of software sales
Tackle.io, a startup that helps software companies sell through cloud marketplaces such as AWS’s, raised a $100 million Series C funding round co-led by Coatue and a16z at a $1.25…
Coatue, Robert Downey Jr. fund cove.tool’s design tools for sustainable building
While there is plenty of technology out there to help make a building more sustainable, the ability to incorporate features into its design can be easier said than done. Enter…
Self-driving startup Vay to launch commercial teledriven service in Hamburg in 2022
Vay, a company that is trying to get self-driving car services to market faster by pursuing a teledriven approach, has raised a $95 million Series B round to help it…
Developer productivity tools startup Raycast raises $15M from Accel and Coatue
Developer-focused productivity tool Raycast has raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by Accel and Coatue. Also participating in the round were angel investors Johnny Boufarhat, CEO and founder…
Niantic raises $300M at a $9B valuation to build the ‘real-world metaverse’
Niantic, the augmented reality platform that’s developing games like Pokémon GO, raised $300 million from Coatue, valuing the company at $9 billion. The San Fransisco-based startup, which initially spun out…
Deliverr bags another giant round as it works to move inventory closer to customers
E-commerce fulfillment is certainly having a moment.
Form Energy, the buzzy battery tech company, offers more of a window into its work
Form Energy, a company that says it’s developing a rechargeable battery that can store electricity for days at a fraction of the current cost, has been accused of being overly…
Electric vehicle maker Rivian seeks to raise $8.4 billion in IPO
Electric vehicle startup Rivian hopes to raise up $8.4 billion in its initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing posted Monday. The company, which is backed by Amazon, said in…
With customers like Coinbase and Shopify, remote hiring startup Deel raises $425M at a $5.5B valuation
As more people continue to work remotely, organizations globally have had to adjust — particularly when it comes to onboarding new employees and figuring out how to pay them, in…
Bigeye, providing data quality automation, closes second round this year with $45M
The company is investing in how to find data-quality issues faster and get to the root cause so that data outages can be prevented in the future.
