Nearly $500M for the digital economy last week to improve a set of internet-based services.
Services and
technologies related to: enterprise security tool; online design tool; football media platform; single
hub for customer data;
enterprise mobility platform and cloud have grabbed the essential of the kitty.
Overall Connectikpeople.co can recall:
$85M / Series B for
Code42 t
Investors include : JMI Equity (Lead) ; New Enterprise Associates (Lead); Split Rock Partners; Accel.
$15M / Series A for
Canva ; an online design tool that empowers anyone
to create professional graphics. This round marks the largest check that
Felicis Ventures has written for a company.
Investors include : Felicis Ventures (Lead) ; Vayner/RSE; Matrix Partners; Blackbird Ventures.
$15M / Venture for
90min; a contributor-driven football media platform. Alongside
ProSiebenSat.1, the lead investor of this round, the company is launching a
co-branded joint venture targeting the German football market.
Investors include: ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (Lead); Battery Ventures; Gemini Israel Ventures; Dawn Capital.
$10M / Series B for
Draper James; a
Southern-inspired retail brand
founded by actress Reese Witherspoon.
Investors include: Forerunner Ventures (Lead) ; JH Partners; Stone Canyon Industries.
$8.5M / Series A for
Neumob; a service that helps mobile app developers get their in-app
content to users faster. It plans to use the $8.5M Series A to accelerate its
go-to-market and customer acquisition strategies.
Investors include : Accel (Lead) ; Eniac Ventures; Lightbank; Ben Narasin and more.
$8.0M / Series A for
Runtitle ; the largest database of net mineral ownership data.
Based in Austin, Texas, the company plans to use its funding to expand its
dataset and its team.
Investors include: Founders Fund; Austin Ventures; Deep Fork Capital.
$27M / Series B for
Segment; a San Francisco-based
company that aims to make accessing information easier across companies by
providing a single hub for customer data.
Investors include: Accel; Thrive Capital; Jon Winkelried; Jon Winkelried ; Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
$15M / Series B for
Glamsquad ; an on-demand mobile beauty services
company that allows customers to book hair and makeup appointments and have a
stylist sent to their location. Henceforth they plan to expand its services to
more cities.
Investors include: Lerer Hippeau Ventures; BBG Ventures; SoftBank Capital; Montage Ventures.
$7.0M / Series A for
Clue; a Berlin-based period tracker app designed to let
women keep tabs on their monthly cycles and help predict their fertile window,
as well as other hormonal changes.
Investors include: Union Square Ventures; Mosaic Ventures.
$140M / Series E for
AppDirect; a cloud services provider that allows its
customers to sell their own software through online marketplaces.
Investors include : JP Morgan Chase & Co. (Lead); Stingray Digital; Foundry Group; Mithril Capital Management.
$108M / Series D for
Impossible Foods
that creates plant-based foods to
serve as meat and dairy equivalents.
Investors include : UBS (Lead) ; Horizons Ventures; Bill Gates; Viking Global Investors.
$17M / Series B for
tado that offers
smart thermostats and applications
for homes and businesses that adjust to residents' behavior in real time.
Investors include : Statkraft Ventures; BayBG; Siemens Venture Capital; Target Partners.
$18M / Series B for
CareSync that provides
software and services for chronic
disease management, including 24/7 nursing services for patients. The
company has raised $23M to date.
Investors include : Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Lead); Tullis Health Investors; Harbert Venture Partners; Clearwell Group.
$16M / Series B for
MOVE Guides; an enterprise mobility platform that
connects vendors with employers. The new capital will be used to launch new
products to improve the employee relocation experience.
Investors include : Notion Capital (Lead) ; New Enterprise Associates (Lead).
$10M / Series B for
Grabhouse; a no-broker website that helps people
find apartments, roommates and tenants in India. The new capital comes from two
previous investors and brings the company's total funding to $13M.
