• Zymergen, a company that manufacturers molecules for a wide array of uses and industries, raised $400 million in Series C funding. SoftBank led the round, and was joined by investors including Goldman Sachs, Hanwha Asset Management, DCVC, True, Two Sigma Ventures, DFJ and Innovation Endeavors. • Minted, a San Francisco-based social commerce company that crowdsources graphic designs and content from a global design community, raised $208 million in Series E funding. Investors include Permira and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. • Grab, a Singapore-based ride-hailing firm, raised an additional $150 million in funding for its ongoing Series H round, from Yamaha Motor. • AtScale, a San Mateo, Calif.-based data warehouse virtualization platform company, raised $50 million in Series D funding. Morgan Stanley led the round, and was joined by investors including Storm Ventures, Wells Fargo and Atlantic Bridge. • Optibus, an Israel-based developer of public transport optimization software, raised $40 million in Series B funding. Insight Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Alibaba Group, Verizon Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital, New Era Capital and Sir Ronald Cohen. • FINALCAD, a France-based construction mobile platform, raised $40 million in Series C funding. Draper Esprit led the round, and was joined by investors including Cathay Innovation and Salesforce Ventures. • Chorus.ai, a service that listens to sales calls in real time and then transcribes and analyzes them to give tips to the salesperson, raised $33 million in Series B funding. Georgian Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Redpoint Ventures and Emergence Capital. • Tigera, a San Francisco-based enterprise software company providing security and compliance solutions for Kubernetes platforms, raised $30 million in Series B funding. Insight Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Madrona, NEA and Wing. • Juniper Square, an investment management platform designed specifically for real estate industry, raised $25 million in Series B funding. Ribbit Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Felicis Ventures. • Guru, a knowledge management solution, raised $25 million in Series B funding. Thrive Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Emergence Capital, FirstMark Capital, Slack Fund, and Michael Dell. • Happiest Baby Inc, a Los Angeles-based provider of parenting solutions, raised $23 million in Series B funding. Greycroft Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Sallfort Bank and GV. • Celect, a Boston-based provider of predictive analytics and inventory optimization for retailers, raised $15 million in Series C funding. Investors include NGP Capital, Fung Capital, Activant Capital and August Capital. • MachineMetrics, a developer of real-time production monitoring software for manufacturing companies, raised $11.3 million in Series A funding. Tola Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Hyperplane Venture Capital, Long River Ventures, Mass Ventures, Hub Angels and Firebolt Ventures. • WhyHotel, a Washington, D.C.-based provider of an alternative lodging service that operates pop-up hotels, raised $10 million in Series A funding. Highland Capital Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Camber Creek, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Mendacre, MetaProp and Geolo Capital. • Hi Fidelity Genetics, a computational crop breeding company, raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. Fall Line Capital and Finistere Ventures co-led the round, and were joined by investors including Gro Alliance, KdT Ventures, Prairie Crest Capital, S2G and Tom Farms. • YayPay, a developer of accounts receivable software that automates payment workflows, raised $8.4 million in funding. Information Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Birchmere, QED, Fifth Third Capital, the direct equity investment subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp, Gaingels, 500 Fintech Fund, and Runway Venture Partners. • Wandelbots, a Germany-based industrial robotics startup, raised €6 million ($6.8 million) in Series A funding. Investors include Paua Ventures and the EQT Ventures fund. • ROAR Organic, a natural line of vegan, low-calorie, low-sugar, electrolyte-infused beverages, raised $5.6 million in funding. AccelFoods led the round. • Block, an all-inclusive renovation platform, raised $4.5 million in seed funding. Investors include NEA, Lerer Ventures and Rainfall Ventures. • EDGe Surgical Inc, a Chicago-based medical device company focused on precision measurement solutions for orthopedic surgery, raised $4 million in Series A funding. The investors were not named. • Vyng, a Los Angeles-based video ringtone company, raised $4 million in Series A funding. Omidyar Network and March Capital Partners co-led the round, and were joined by investors including Alpha Edison and the Entrepreneur Fund. • Aiera, a Boston-based adaptive deep learning platform, raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Flybridge Capital Partners led the round. • Glose, a France-based reading platform, raised a €3 million ($3.4 million) in funding. Investors include OneRagTime, Expon Capital, Kima Ventures, and Bpifrance. • Inscribe, a company that automates the process of identifying fraudulent documents using a combination of image forensics and machine learning, raised $3 million in seed funding. Crosslink Capital and Uncork Capital led the round, and were joined by investors including SV Angel, Liquid 2 Ventures, Quiet Capital, Friale, Marc McCabe and Brad Flora. • NuID, Inc., a blockchain cyber security and digital identity startup, raised $2.5 million in seed funding at a $20 million pre-money valuation. Investors include Jemison Investment Co and 8VC. |
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