Nearly $1.690B in funding for the internet-based services last week.
Sectors including: online lending marketplace; loans to individuals; membership-based aviation, and education startup have the lion’s share with nearly $1.400B captured from powerful
investors that henceforth disrupt the digital economy.
Overall, Connectikpeople.co can recall:
$15M / Series D for
Wayin ; a social intelligence and
visualization company that makes tools
to analyze and integrate social content into sales, service, and marketing
efforts.
Investors
include: U.S. Venture
Partners (USVP) and David
Duffield.
$24M / Series B for
Walker & Company;
a lifestyle brand that sells health
and beauty products for people of color, including Bevel razors that are
specifically targeted to people with curly hair.
Investors include: Institutional
Venture Partners (IVP), Andreessen
Horowitz, Collaborative
Fund and more.
$92M / Series C for
Kreditech that offers
loans to individuals with little or
no credit history. With the Series C financing, the company plans to launch in
Brazil in the next year and to continue expanding its product offering.
Investors
include: Amadeus
Capital Partners, Värde
Partners, HPE Growth
Capital and more.
$57M / Series B for
Medium; a publishing platform that helps users
share their content with the right target audience.
Investors
include: Andreessen
Horowitz, Greylock
Partners, Obvious
Ventures and more.
$115M / Private Equity for
Wheels Up ; a membership-based aviation company that
reduces the cost of flying privately. With the new capital, the company aims to
develop its ride-sharing platform and expand its services into the U.S.
Investors
include: T. Rowe Price, New
Enterprise Associates and Fidelity
Investments.
$125M / Series E for
Thumbtack; an
online marketplace that connects
service providers with customers.
Investors include: Baillie
Gifford, Google
Capital, Sequoia
Capital and other.
$54M / Venture
Thrillist is a lifestyle Media
Company geared toward men. Along with the funding, Thrillist announced that
JackThreads, its e-commerce site for young guys, will be splitting off into a
separate entity.
Investor includes: Axel Springer.
$70M / Series D for
General Assembly; a NYC-based
education startup that offers classes, workshops, and online education on
the most relevant skills of the 21st century economy. The program has graduated
over 25,000 students since launching in 2011.
Investor
include: Wellington Management and Advance Publications.
$1.0B / Series E for
SoFi ; an online lending marketplace
that provides student, personal and mortgage loans. Founded in 2011, the
company has raised a total of $1.42B to date.
Investors
include: SoftBank, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) , Wellington Management, Renren Inc., and more.
$6.0M / Series A for
Chillr; an India-based startup that lets users send money from their bank account to anyone in their phonebook.
Investor include : Sequoia Capital.
$7.0M / Series B for
Thuzio ; an online celebrity booking
platform, co-founded by retired football player Tiki Barber, that provides
businesses and professionals with access to celebrity talent.
Investors include: Prudence Holdings, and Stephen Ross.
10M EUR / Venture for
ShopFully that helps drive customers to physical retail stores with a digital alternative to the paper flyer.
Investors
include: Highland Capital Partners Europe, Principia SGR, and Merifin Capital.
