• Snowflake Computing, a San Mateo, Calif.-based developer of a cloud-based data warehouse, raised $263 million in funding. Investors include ICONIQ Capital, Altimeter Capital, and Sequoia Capital. • Opendoor, a San Francisco-based online home-selling service, raised $135 million in funding. Fifth Wall Ventures and Lennar led the round, and were joined by investors including Rialto Capital Management. • EtaGen, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based manufacturer of linear generators, raised $83 million in Series C funding. Investors include American Electric Power (AEP), Centrica Innovations, Statoil Energy Ventures, and KCK Group. • Front, a San Francisco-based shared inbox for teams, raised $66 million in Series B funding. Sequoia Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including DFJ. • Stem, Inc., a Millbrae-based artificial intelligence-powered energy storage provider, raised $80 million in Series D funding. Activate Capital led the round. • Uplevel Security, a New York City-based developer of an incident analysis and response platform, raised $42.5 million in funding. Work-Bench led the round. • Showpad, a Belgium-based sales enablement platform, raised $25 million in funding. Investors include Insight Venture Partners. • Arundo Analytics, a Houston, Texas-based software company powering advanced analytics in heavy industry, raised $25 million in Series A funding. Investors include Sundt AS, Stokke Industri, Horizon, Canica, Stromstangen, Arctic Fund Management, Stanford-StartX Fund and Northgate Partners. • Appetize, a Los Angeles, Calif.-based point-of-sale (POS) company focused on food service and retail payment technology, raised $20 million in Series B funding. Shamrock Capital Advisors led the round, and was joined by investors including Silicon Valley Bank. • StreetShares Inc, a Reston, Va.-based provider of small business loans and government contract financing for businesses owned by members of the military and veterans' community, raised $20 million in funding. Investors include Rotunda Capital Partners LLC. • Shiftboard, a Seattle-based provider of scheduling and hourly workforce management solutions, raised $11.5 million in Series A funding. NewRoad Capital Partners led the round. • Tigera Inc, a San Francisco-based networking solutions provider, raised $10 million in funding. Madrona Venture Group led the round, and was joined by investors including New Enterprise Associates and Wing Venture Capital. • Fleet, a Portland, Ore.-based online marketplace for international logistics, raised $10 million in Series A funding. Lufthansa Cargo led the round, and was joined by investors including investors including Hunt Technology Ventures. • Canndescent, a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based cultivator of cannabis, raised $10 million in Series B funding. Investors include Floret Ventures and Altitude Investment Partners. • Greenfly, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based software platform focused on brand storytelling, raised $8.5 million in Series B funding. Alpha Edison led the round, and was joined by investors including Iconica Partners, Elysian Park, and Corazon Capital. • Hysolate, an Israel-based developer of a hybrid endpoint architecture, raised $8 million in funding. Investors include Team8 and Innovation Endeavors. • STACK Construction Technologies, a Mason, Ohio-based provider of cloud-based takeoff and estimating software for the construction sector, raised $7 million in funding. Investors include Level Equity. • Divvy Homes, a tech enabled real estate platform, raised $7 million in funding. Caffeinated Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including HVF and DFJ. • Light Field Lab, a San Jose, Calif-based developer of holographic display technologies, raised $7 million in seed funding. Khosla Ventures and Sherpa Capital co-led the round, and were joined by investors including R7 Partners. • Allure Security, a Boston-based developer of online security solutions, raised $5.3 million in funding. Glasswing Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Greycroft, Zetta Partners, and Portage Partners. • Cylus, an Israel-based startup developing cybersecurity solutions for railways and metros, raised $4.7 million in seed funding. Investors include Zohar Zisapel, Magma Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures and the SBI Group. • Strive Talent, a recruiting platform that helps companies hire candidates, raised $3.8 million in seed funding. Investors include Upfront Ventures, Kapor Capital, Webb Investment Network, NextView Ventures, University Ventures and Graph Ventures. • Rally Rd., a New York-based marketplace for making investments in collector cars, raised $2.6 million in seed funding. Columbus Nova led the round, and was joined by investors including Social Leverage. • Inprentus, a Champaign, Ill.-based maker of X-ray and EUV diffraction gratings for synchrotron radiation facilities, raised $2.5 million in Series A funding. Flyover Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Serra Ventures. • Blacklane, a Berlin-based professional drivers service, raised funding of an undisclosed amount. Investors include ALFAHIM, Daimler and btov Partners. • Tender Armor, a fraud prevention payments technology provider, raised a "multi-million-dollar" Series A investment. Aubrey Strul and Barry Beck led the round, and were joined by investors including Strul Logistics and Technology LLC. | 
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