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A few years ago, Darren Shimkus, ex-president of Udemy, had a conversation with Dennis Yang about skills building. Shimkus was of the belief that building skills in the corporate sector…
Polycam, an app that uses a smartphone’s sensors to capture 3D scans of objects, is raising cash from prominent investors, including Adobe and YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley. Polycam today announced…
Fresh funding gives cat food brand Smalls avenue into retail for the first time
Smalls will open a cat cafe in New York in the fall and continue innovating on its fresh cat food products.
BlueCargo reduces logistics late fees by tracking containers in port terminals
BlueCargo has raised $11 million in a new round led by Soma Capital and Left Lane Capital. The company optimizes logistics in port terminals and reduces late fees for drayage…
This startup hopes to take on Canva, raising an $11.6M Series A for its design platform
Despite Canva being worth in the region of $26 billion, it appears startups feel there is still plenty to be mined from this “easy-to-use design platform” arena. Admittedly, Professional Adobe…
Bilt Rewards’ valuation jumps to $1.5B following new $150M growth round
Bilt Rewards creates loyalty programs and a co-branded credit card for property renters and now has a program for renters to find homes for the same monthly payment.
YC-backed Arc, a digital bank for ‘high-growth’ SaaS startups, lands $20M Series A
Arc, a company that aims to give SaaS startups “a way to borrow, save and spend” in one place, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding.…
moka.care raises $16 million for its corporate mental health service
French startup moka.care has raised a new $16 million Series A funding round (€15 million). The company is focused on mental well-being in the workplace. It offers a full-fledged service…
Left Lane’s first fund weighed in at $630 million. Today, the team is back with $1.4 billion to deploy into growth capital for consumer and internet tech companies across the…
Choco gets its horn amid mission to remove food waste from supply chain
Choco’s software digitizes ordering, supply chain and communications for suppliers and restaurants so they can better monitor supply and demand.
Moove raises $105M to scale its vehicle financing product across Asia, Europe and MENA
Moove, an African mobility fintech that provides vehicle financing to drivers of ride-hailing platforms like Uber and other gig networks, has raised $105 million in new Series A2 financing. Existing…
Wayflyer raises $150M on a $1.6B valuation for a new spin on providing loans to e-commerce merchants
E-commerce has continued to boom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but running an e-commerce business has also become significantly more chaotic, with unpredictable supply chains, logistics hiccups and…
GoStudent raises $340M Series D funding round as it pushes into international markets
Fresh from raising a $244 million Series C (that valued the company at $1.7 billion) back in June, K12 online tutoring marketplace GoStudent has now raised a $340 million Series…
Jackpocket raises $120M to expand its lottery app into mobile gaming
Apps that let people do virtually what they would have previously had to carry out in person have seen a boom in the last 20 months of pandemic living, and…
Masterworks raises $110M to sell fractional shares of physical art — not NFTs
As investors look to diversify their holding amid exceptionally top-heavy traditional asset markets, more tech-enabled platforms are popping up to make the case for their alternative investment platform of choice.…
Moove raises $23M to create flexible options for drivers to own cars in Africa
Africa is home to more than a billion people, where a majority have limited or no access to vehicle financing. In fact, the continent has the lowest per capita vehicle…
Talkiatry lands $20M Series A to go all in on in-network psychiatric care
Talkiatry raised a $20 million Series A to scale a strategy simple in theory yet potentially challenging in execution: bring psychiatry services in-network with insurance providers.
Choco bites into $100M Series B, at a $600M valuation, to build a more transparent, sustainable food supply chain
Choco is digitizing the food supply chain as the United States estimates of the food produced here approximately 40% is wasted.
Wayflyer raises $76M to provide ‘revenue-based’ financing to e-commerce merchants
Wayflyer, a revenue-based financing platform for e-commerce merchants, has raised $76 million in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital. Partners of DST Global, QED Investors, Speedinvest…
StudySmarter books $15M for a global ‘personalized learning’ push
More money for the edtech boom: Munich-based StudySmarter, which makes digital tools to help learners of all ages swot up — styling itself as a “lifelong learning platform” — has…
Memmo.me, a startup allowing users to pay celebrities for personalized video messages, is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. “We’re really excited about our mission…
Abound, an online marketplace that helps independent retailers stock their shelves with new products from up-and-coming brands, is announcing that it has raised $22.9 million in its first institutional round…
Tovala, the smart oven and meal kit service, heats up with $30M more in funding
With more of us spending significant amounts of time at home because of COVID-19, our attention has turned increasingly to how and what we eat. Even for those who like…
UK on-demand supermarket Weezy raises $20M Series A led by NYC’s Left Lane Capital
Weezy — an on-demand supermarket that delivers groceries in as fast as 15 minutes — has raised $20 million in a Series A funding led by New York-based venture capital…
GoSite snags $40M to help SMBs bring their businesses online
There are 12 million small and medium businesses in the U.S., yet they have continued to be one of the most underserved segments of the B2B universe: That volume underscores…
Tutor marketplace GoStudent takes its Series A to €13.3M with Left Lane Capital and DN Capital
Vienna-based e-learning startup GoStudent has increased the Series A round it raised earlier this year to €13.3 million, adding €5 million this week in a round led by Left Lane…
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M1 Finance closes $45M Series C mere months after it raised its $33M Series B
Just months after it announced a $33 million Series B, Chicago-based M1 Finance today disclosed a $45 Series C. The new financing event was led by Left Lane Capital, the same investor that led M1’s Series B. Bear in mind that so-called inside rounds are now a bullish sign in 2020, as opposed to in prior…
Direct-to-consumer cat food startup Smalls raises $9M
While dog owners have plenty of direct-to-consumer options if they want to order pet food online, we haven’t seen a similar wave of startups for cats. But that may be…
Investors drop off $33 million for Chowbus, a delivery service for ‘mom and pop’ Asian restaurants
When big platforms have carved out large swaths of the delivery market, the best thing for an upstart company to do is specialize. For Chowbus, that meant building a food-delivery…
Today M1 Finance, a Chicago-based fintech startup focused on consumer finance, announced that it has closed a $33 million Series B. Left Lane Capital led the round, with participation from…
