• Affirm, Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of a platform that helps consumers find financing, raised $200 million in Series E funding. GIC led the round and was joined by Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Spark Capital, Caffeinated Capital, and Ribbit Capital. Affirm's valuation is estimated to be between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. • Mafengwo, a China-based independent online travel platform, raise $133 million in Series D funding. Investors include General Atlantic, Ocean Link, Temasek, Yuantai Investment, and Hopu. Existing investors including Capital Today, Qiming Venture Partners, and Hillhouse Capital participated. • Nextdoor, a San Francisco, Calif.-based neighborhood social networking site, raised approximately $75 million in funding at a reported $1.5 billion valuation. Read more. • Aspiration, a Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based financial firm, raised $47 million in Series B funding. Social Impact Finance led the round, and was joined by investors including Allen and Company, Omidyar Network, Alpha Edison, AGO Partners, Reyl & Cie, and Capricorn Investments. • Hookipa Biotech AG, an Austria-based clinical stage biotech company, raised $59.6 million in Series C funding. Investors include HBM Partners, Hillhouse Capital, Sirona Capital, Gilead, Sofinnova Partners, Forbion Capital Partners, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Takeda Ventures and BioMedPartners. • Creditas Solucoes Financeiras Ltda, a Brazil-based fintech startup, raised 165 million reais ($50 million) in funding from Vostok Emerging Finance, according to Reuters. Read more. • Ouster, a San Francisco, Calif.-based developer of high performance LIDAR, raised $27 million in Series A funding. Cox Enterprises led the round, and was joined by investors including Fontinalis Partners, Amity Ventures, Constellation Technology Ventures, Tao Capital Partners and Carthona Capital. • Simility, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of fraud prevention solutions, raised $17.5 million in funding. Accel led the round, and was joined by investors including PayPal Inc, The Valley Fund and Trinity Ventures. • SevenRooms, a New York-based reservation, seating and guest management software for restaurants and hotels, raised $8 million in funding. Comcast Ventures led the round. • Alchemy IoT, a Lafayette, Colo.-based provider of IoT asset intelligence for industrial applications, raised $4 million in seed funding. Investors include Aweida Venture Partners. • Cog, an Australia-based cybersecurity software company, raised $3.5 million in Series A funding. Investors include Grok Ventures. • Clora, a Cambridge, Mass.-based medical tech startup, raised $3.3 million in seed funding. Spark Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Social Capital, Ludlow Ventures, Notation Capital, iSeed Ventures, v1 VC and KohFounders. • Slingshot Aerospace, a Lompoc, Calif.-based company utilizing artificial intelligence to provide geospatial information, raised $3.25 million in seed funding. Investors include Okapi Venture Capital, Sway Ventures, Stage and NoName Ventures. • PullRequest, an Austin, Texas-based online code reviewing services company, raised $2.3 million in seed funding, according to TechCrunch. Investors include Gradient Ventures. Read more. • Discngine, a Paris-based software company specializing in applications for life sciences research, raised $1.3 million in Series A funding from Extens Developpement e-Sante. • Alpin, a Boulder, Colo.-based provider of SaaS monitoring and management tools for IT administrators, raised $1 million in funding. Rockies Venture Club led the round and was joined by investors including Nebraska Angels, Plains Angels, Keiretsu Capital and Techstars. • Heartbeat, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based two-way brand endorsement platform, raised $1 million in seed funding. Sinai Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Firebrand Ventures. • Sequentum Inc, a San Jose, Calif.-based web data extraction and web automation software development company, raised funding of an undisclosed amount from WorldQuant Ventures. |
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