NEW YORK — Adventr, an interactive video communications software platform founded by Devo Harris, the Grammy Award-winning producer and media executive, has announced a $5 million seed round led by Paladin Capital and joined by Reinventure Capital, Invisible Ventures and music artist, John Legend. Adventr’s mission is to democratize the online video industry by providing low-cost, easy-to-use, interactive video creation, editing […]
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Tiger Global Leads $5 Million Investment in GreenSpark Software
NEW YORK — GreenSpark Software, which has developed a software platform for the metal recycling industry, has raised $5 million in Series A financing, led by Tiger Global, to expand its employee base and product suite. Additional investors who participated in the round include Bienville Capital and select individuals. This round of fundraising brings GreenSpark’s […]
Carats and Cake Raises $19.3 Million
NEW YORK — -Carats & Cake, which develops marketing and point-of-sale financing solution for venues and property groups, has raised $19.3 million in financing led by Acrew Capital and Founders Fund. The financing will help the B2B company to expand its role as a full-stack partner to event venues and property groups driving client discovery and marketing […]
Garner Health Lands $45 Million Series B
NEW YORK — Garner Health, a healthcare data company that guides patients to the best-performing doctors and empowers healthcare providers to deliver better care, has landed a $45 million Series B round led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, and Optum Ventures. To date, the company has raised over $65 million, including previous investments from […]
Pair Eyewear Receives $60 Million Funding
NEW YORK — Pair Eyewear, a direct-to-consumer eyewear brand that once appeared on the show Shark Tank, has closed a $60 million Series B funding round. The investment comes on the heels of the company’s $12 million Series A round a mere eight months earlier in April, bringing the brand’s total funding to $73.5 million […]
NewtonX Raises $32 Million
NEW YORK — NewtonX, a business-to-business (B2B) market research and intelligence company, has closed a $32 million Series B funding round. The round is led by Marbruck Investments with support from Level One Fund backed by UBS O’Connor, Gaingels, and Heliad Partners. Existing investors Two Sigma, Third Prime, XFund, Story Ventures and Switch participated as well. This round brings NewtonX’s total amount of funding to $47 […]
Cockroach Labs Valued at $5 Billion With $278 Million Round
NEW YORK – Cockroach Labs, the company behind the leading cloud-native distributed SQL database CockroachDB, has landed $278 million in Series F funding at a valuation of $5 billion. The investment round was led by Greenoaks with participation from Altimeter, BOND, Benchmark, Coatue, FirstMark, GV, Index Ventures, J.P. Morgan, Lone Pine Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and […]
Juilliard School Receives $50 Million Grant
NEW YORK —The Juilliard School, one of the nation’s top performing arts colleges, has received a grant of $50 million for its Music Advancement Program (MAP) from Crankstart. This transformational grant furthers MAP’s mission to increase access to arts education for communities historically underserved and underrepresented in classical music. Crankstart is family foundation based in […]
Andie Swimwear Secures $18.5 Million Funding Round
NEW YORK — Andie, a swimwear and underwear brand created for every woman, every activity and every body, has landed an $18.5 million Series B funding. The round was led by Marcy Venture Partners with participation from previous investors including CityRock and Gaingels. Celebrated for its meticulous fit process backed by 1.5 million data points […]
Winklevoss’ Gemini Crypto Platform Lands $400 Million
NEW YORK — Gemini, a cryptocurrency platform, announced it raised a $400 million growth equity round last month, its first-ever outside financing, led by Morgan Creek Digital with participation from 10T, ParaFi, Newflow Partners, Marcy Venture Partners, and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, among others. This round values the company at $7.1 billion. Launched in 2015 by twin […]
Rebag Bags $33 Million in New Funding
NEW YORK — Rebag, a website for buying, selling and trading luxury items, has landed a $33 million Series E funding round, led by private equity firm Novator, with participation from existing investors including General Catalyst. This brings the company’s total funding raised to $101 million. Rebag also operates retail stores in NYC, Miami, Greenwich […]
Rockwell Automation Co-Leads $400 Million Investment in Claroty
NEW YORK — Claroty, a cybersecurity company for cyber-physical systems (CPS) across industrial, healthcare, and enterprise environments, announced Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, as a co-lead investor in its $400 million Series E funding round. The round brings the company’s total funding to $635 million, making it the most well-funded cybersecurity […]
Point 72 Ventures Leads Massive $11 Million Seed Funding
NEW YORK — Massive, a remote startup that provides a new way for users to pay for digital apps and services by sharing a small amount of their computers’ idle processing power, has raised $11 million in seed funding. The round was led by Point72 Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures, BlockTower Capital, and […]
Rho Raises $75 Million Series B
NEW YORK — Rho, a financial platform that helps corporations better manage spending and cash, announced a $75 million Series B funding round led by Dragoneer Investment Group. New investors including DFJ Growth, and existing investors including M13, Inspired Capital and Torch Capital also participated. Founded in 2018, Rho says it has grown 10x in […]
Via Scores $130 Million Series G Round
NEW YORK — Via, a provider of software solutions for public transportation systems, has raised $130 million in a series G funding round giving the company a valuation of $3.3 billion. The round was led by Janus Henderson with participation from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, ION Crossover Partners, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and existing […]