VENTURE DEALS
- Vayyar Imaging, an Israel-based developer of 4D radar imaging sensor technology, raised $109 million in Series D funding. Koch Disruptive Technologies led the round, and was joined by investors including Battery Ventures, Bessemer Ventures, ICV, ITI, WRVI Capital, and Claltech.
- CloudFactory, a Durham, N.C.-based provider of managed workforce solutions for artificial intelligence, raised $65 million in funding. FTV Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Weatherford Capital.
- Vouch Insurance, a San Francisco-based platform offering business insurance for startups, today raised $45 million in Series B funding. Y Combinator Continuity led the round.
- Aerospike, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of real-time NoSQL data solutions, raised $32 million in Series D funding. Triangle Peak Partners LLC led the round.
- Fermented Sciences, a maker of the organic hard kombucha brand Flying Embers, raised $25 million in Series B funding. Ecosystem Integrity Fund and PowerPlant Ventures co-led the round, and were joined by investors including Blueberry Ventures and Monogram Capital Partners.
- GoExpedi, a Houston, Texas-based e-commerce, supply chain and analytics company, raised $25 million in Series B funding. Top Tier Capital Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including CSL Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Bowery Capital, and Blue Bear Capital.
- Starburst, a Boston-based company focused on redefining the modern data warehouse architecture with its enterprise-ready Presto offering, raised $22 million in Series A funding. Index Ventures led the round.
- Proletariat Inc, a Boston-based independent game developer, raised $20 million in Series C funding. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc led the round, and was joined by investors including Spark Capital and FirstMark Capital.
- Wellframe Inc, a Boston-based provider of digital health management solutions, raised $20 million in Series C funding. BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Threshold Ventures and F-Prime Capital.
- CyCognito Inc, a Palo Alto, California and Israel-based cybersecurity startup, raised $18 million Series A funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Sorenson Ventures.
- Active Navigation, a U.K.-based data privacy and governance software provider, raised $11 million in funding. Mobeus led the round.
- ZecOps, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity firm, raised $10.2 million in seed funding. Investors include CEAS Investments, Evolution Equity Partners, KPN Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures and Stormbreaker Venture Group.
- Pensa Systems, an Austin, Texas-based developer of autonomous perception systems, raised $10 million. Signia Venture Partners and ATX Venture Partners co-led the round, and were joined by investors including Commerce Ventures, Capital Factory, Revtech Ventures, and ZX Ventures.
- Perlego, a London-based streaming service for educational books, raised $15 million in Series A funding. Investors include Charlie Songhurst, Dedicated VC, Thomas Leysen, ADV, Simon Franks and Alex Chesterman.
- Tridge, a sourcing platform connects agriculture importers and suppliers, raised $5.5 million in Series A funding. Investors include Activant Capital, SoftBank Ventures Asia and Forest Partners.
- Acquire, a San Francisco-based enterprise platform, raised $5.4 million in seed funding. S28 Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Fathom Capital and NHN Ventures.
- Shield Compliance, a Seattle-based provider of compliance management platform to financial institutions serving legal cannabis markets, raised $5 million in Series A funding. Copia Investments led the round.
- Causaly, a London-based AI company teaching computers to read, understand and interpret all biomedical knowledge, raised $4.8 million in Series A funding. Pentech Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including EBRD Venture Capital and Marathon Venture Capital.
- Bunch, a New York-based party app for mobile games, raised $3.85 million in funding. Investors include Supercell, Tencent, Riot Games, Miniclip and Colopl Next.
- Remrise, a sleep care brand, raised $8.2 million in seed funding. Founders Fund led the round, and was joined by investors including Felicis Ventures, Maverick Capital, Jerry Yang and AME Cloud Ventures, David Bell and Idea Farm Ventures, West Ventures, Signia Venture Partners and Atomic.
- Dream Games, a Turkey-based mobile gaming company, raised $7.5 million in seed funding. Makers Fund led the round, and was joined by investors including Balderton Capital.
- Studs, a New York-based ear piercing company, raised $3 million in funding. First Round Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Lerer Hippeau.
- Kimai, a London-based fine jewelry brand, raised $1.2 million in seed funding. Talis Capital led the round.
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES DEALS
- TISSIUM, a Paris-based life science company developing fully synthetic, biomorphic programmable polymers, raised €38.75 million ($42.78 million) in Series B funding. Investors include BNP Paribas Développement, the European Investment Fund (EIF), M&L Investments, ValQuest Partners, Bpifrance, CM-CIC Innovation, Cap Décisif Management, Omnes Capital and Sofinnova Partners.
PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS
- Walter Capital Partners agreed to acquire a significant stake in Athos Services Commémoratifs, a Canada-based funeral services company. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
- Marlin Equity Partners acquired Wax Digital, a U.K.-based provider of sourcing and procurement solutions. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
- Advent International agreed to acquire Olaplex, a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based prestige and professional hair care brand. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
FIRMS + FUNDS
- NovaQuest Capital Management, a Raleigh, N.C.-based private investment firm, raised $275 million for its fund, NovaQuest Private Equity Fund I, L.P.
- CAVU Venture Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm, raised $250 million for its third fund.
PEOPLE
- Searchlight Capital Partners named Andrew Claerhout as a partner.
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