• Ginkgo Bioworks, the Boston, Mass-based organism company, raised $275 million in Series D funding. Investors included Viking Global, Y Combinator's Continuity Fund, and Cascade Investment, and General Atlantic. • INSIGHTEC, an Israeli medical device company specializing in non-invasive treatment of brain conditions using MR-guided focused ultrasound,raised $150 million in Series E funding. Koch Disruptive Technologies led the round. • Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, a San Francisco-based developer of antibody therapeutics, raised $62 million in Series B funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round and was joined by investors including Sofinnova Ventures, Vida Ventures, OrbiMed, SV Health Investors, Osage University Partners and Mission Bay Ventures. • Ritual a San Francisco-based social ordering app that connects users to their favorite local eateries, announced $57.5 million in total funding. Series A was led by Greylock Partners and Series B was led by Insight Ventures. • INSIKT, a San Francisco-based white label lender to underbanked families, raised $50 million in Series D funding. Grupo Coppel led the round, and was joined by investors including First Mark Capital, Revolution Ventures, and Colchis Capital. • Kyn Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass-based biotechnology company, raised $49 million Series A funding. The investors were OrbiMed and Atlas Venture. • Vayyar Imaging, an Israeli 3D imaging sensor company, raised $45 million in Series C funding. Walden Riverwood and ITI led the round and was joined by investors including Claltech, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Ventures, Israel Cleantech Ventures and Amiti. • NorthSea Therapeutics B.V., a Dutch biotech, closed 25 million euros ($29.6 million) in Series A funding. Forbion and BGV led the round and were joined by Novo Seeds and New Science Ventures. • Finiata, a Berlin-based fintech, raised €18 million ($21.3 million) in Series A funding. Investors include DN Capital, Point Nine, Fly Ventures and Redalpine. • Instana, a San Francisco-based firm applying automation and artificial intelligence to application performance management (APM),raised a $20 million Series B funding. Accel led the round and was joined by investors including Target Partners. • FreightHub, a Berlin-based digital freight forwarder, raised $20 million in Series A funding. Northzone led the round and was joined by investors including Global Founders Capital, Cherry Ventures, Cavalry Ventures and La Famiglia.
• Virtual Incision Corporation, a Lincoln, Neb.-based medical device company, raised $18 million in Series B funding. Sinopharm Capital and Bluestem Capital led the round and was joined by investors including PrairieGold Venture Partners. • Manticore Games, a San Mateo, California-based developer of multiplayer PC and console games, raised $15 million in Series A funding. Benchmark led the round and was joined by investors including BITKRAFT Esports Ventures, Correlation Ventures, CrunchFund, Macro Ventures and SV Angel. • Bizzabo, a New York and Israel-based event success platform, raised $15 million in funding. Pilot Growth Equity led the round. • Joblift, a Berlin-based job site, raised 10 million euros ($11.4 million) in funding. DN Capital led and was joined by investors including Picus Capital, Cherry Ventures, btov and TruVenturo. • nWay, a San Francisco game developer, raised $11 million. Investors include March Capital Partners and Ridge Ventures. • Collective Retreats, a Denver-based experiential travel firm, raised $10 million. Investors include Altos Ventures, First Round Capital, and Slow Ventures. • Workboard, a Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of active strategy management software, raised $9.3 million in Series A funding. The investors included Floodgate and Microsoft Ventures. • Biofourmis, a Singapore-based healthtech company, raised $5.0 million in a Series A funding. The investors were NSI Ventures and Aviva Venture. • Mirror AI, a Russian emoji app startup, raised $3.5 million. Current investors include Kevin Durant, SoftBank Group, Greylock Ventures, SV Angel, Peter Thiel, YCombinator, I2BF, Data Collective, and Peter Diamandis. • Pace, a London startup that uses machine learning and dynamic pricing to maximise hotels' revenues and occupancy, raised £2.5 million ($2.4 million) in seed investment. InterGlobe led the round, and was joined by investors including Seedcamp, Speedinvest and Amadeus Capital Partners. • Glo Inc, a Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based free-roaming VR system developer, announced that it has raised $3m in seed funding. Investors include Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, CRCM Ventures, Presence Capital Fund, and Mindworks Ventures. • Girlboss, a Los Angeles-based women's empowerment brand, raised $2 million in funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round and was joined by investors including Atom Factory. • Tilson Technology Management, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based information tech firm for professional services and network construction solutions, raised $5 million in Series D funding. The investors included Rand Capital. • Bitwise Asset Management, a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency index fund manager, raised $4 million in seed funding. Investors include Khosla Ventures via Keith Rabois, General Catalyst via Hemant Taneja and Blockchain Capital. • Curisium, a Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based healthcare technology and services company using a blockchain-based platform, raised $3.5M in seed funding. Investors include Flare Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Shuttle Fund, Sanofi Ventures, and Green Bay Ventures. • Kami, a London and Hong Kong-based conversational artificial intelligence company, raised $1.7 million in seed funding. The investors include ARM Innovation Ecosystem Accelerator Limited, a subsidiary of Softbank, X Technology Fund and Tin Fu Fund. • SBDA Group, a Dublin, Ireland-based artificial intelligence company, raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. The investors were FinSight Ventures and Digital Space Ventures. • GreenJinn, a London-based next-generation mobile couponing app, raised 670,000 pounds ($898,000) in funding via Crowdcube, an investment crowdfunding platform. Investors include Guerrino De Luca, former Logitech CEO and former Jack Wills CEO Wendy Becker. | 
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