VC Deals and M&A Volume Maintains Highs

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DEAL OF THE WEEK: Carry

🧮 Carry, a Brooklyn, NY-based platform for tax-advantaged accounts, investments and strategy for business owners and high earning professionals, raised $10 million on a $65M pre-money valuation in a Series A fundraising round led by Accomplice VC with participation from numerous angels. More on Carry →

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🍔 ConverseNow, an Austin, TX-based provider of a voice AI technology platform, acquired Valyant AI, a Denver, CO-based company specializing in restaurant drive-thru automation technology. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

SOURCING IDEAS

Companies that had raises reported ~1 year ago, on or around Apr 29, 2022.

🧠 Akkio, a Cambridge, MA-based analytics and predictive modeling generative AI startup, raised $15 million last July in a Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures.

⛑️ Karol Waluszewski recently announced a new role as the co-founder & COO at a Stealth Startup in the health and lifespan space. Prior to this role, Karol spent 4+ years in Business Intelligence at Amazon. Karol also holds a Masters from the Imperial College Business School.

🏥 RapidAI, a San Mateo, CA-based vascular and neurovascular conditions diagnostics and care company, raised $75 million last July in a Series C funding round led by Vista Credit Partners, a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners.

M&A

🔒 Kindo, an enterprise AI security platform, raised $20.6 million in a funding round and acquired the open-source security project WhiteRabbitNeo.

📊 PathFactory, a Toronto, Canada-based content intelligence company, acquired Uberflip, a Toronto, Canada-based content experience platform. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

🏠 Kinective, a Phoenix, AZ-based provider of connectivity, document workflow, and branch automation software for the banking sector, acquired Nexus Software, a Chesterland, OH-based company specializing in branch device management for financial institutions. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

🔍 Tricentis, a test automation platform, acquired SeaLights, a startup that focuses on making the automated testing process more efficient. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

📈 Census, a San Francisco, CA-based data activation and reverse ETL platform, acquired Fulcrum. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

🔍 Squirro, a Zurich, Switzerland-based provider of a SaaS platform specializing in enterprise-ready generative AI, acquired Synaptica. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

💊 Edwards Lifesciences, an Irvine, CA-based global leader in patient-focused innovations, acquired Innovalve Bio Medical, an early-stage transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) company. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

🤖 Forwrd.ai, a NYC-based data-science automation platform, acquired LoudnClear.ai, a conversational AI platform for customer service teams. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

🔗 Capstack Technologies, a Miami, FL-based loan trading platform provider, acquired Edge Tradeworks, an institutional-grade whole loan-trading and bank analytics platform. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

💻 Deel, an IT device management service, acquired Hofy to build its own IT device management service. Both of Hofy's co-founders and the entire team are joining Deel.

📚 Sdui, a Koblenz, Germany-based edtech company, raised €21 million and acquired FoxEducation, a Vienna, Austria-based digital education solutions provider.

🌐 WP Engine, a global web enablement company, acquired NitroPack, an all-in-one SaaS solution for improving site speed and performance metrics.

🐶 Dechra Pharmaceuticals, a Northwich, Cheshire, UK-based veterinary pharmaceuticals provider, acquired Invetx Inc., a Boston, MA-based company specializing in protein-based therapeutics for animal health, for up to $520 million.

🏠 LifeLoop, a Denver, CO-based resident and staff experience solution provider for senior living, acquired Linked Senior, a Washington, DC-based evidence-based resident engagement platform. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

VC DEALS

📈 Bedal International, a Diepenbeek, Belgium-based medical device company delivering next generation catheter securement solutions, raised $11 million in a funding round led by White Fund and SFPIM, with participation from F3Finance and LRM.

🔋 Solus Power, a London, UK-based provider of portable electric vehicle charging solutions, raised £22 million (US$28 million) in a funding round from Petra Equity Partners.

🧬 AusperBio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with operations in the USA and China, closed a $37 millionSeries A financing round led by InnoPinnacle Fund with participation from Yuanbio Venture Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, Hankang Capital, and Genesis Capital.

💰 Partior, a Singapore-based fintech company, raised $60M+ in a Series B funding round led by Peak XV Partners with participation from Valor Capital Group and Jump Trading Group along with existing investors J.P. Morgan, Standard Chartered, and Temasek.

🤖 Standard Bots, a NYC-based robotics automation company, raised $63 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst with participation from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next.

🥼 Digestiva, a Davis, CA-based food biotech company, closed a $18.4 millionSeries A financing round led by Magdalena with participation from UC Investments, and existing investors The March Fund and Astanor.

🧠 Neuspera Medical, a San Jose, CA-based neuromodulation company, raised $23 million in a Series D funding round led by Vertex Ventures HC and Treo Ventures with participation from Action Potential Venture Capital, Windham Venture Partners, Olympus Innovation Ventures, and another strategic investor.

💉 NanoPass Technologies, a Ness Ziona, Israel-based provider of intradermal delivery solutions, raised $6 million in a funding round led by Awz Ventures.

🏗️ Adaptive, a NYC-based provider of a financial automation platform for the construction industry, raised $19 million in a Series A funding round led by Emergence Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Definition, Exponent, 3kvc, Box Group, and Gokul Rajaram.

🔗 Bima Labs, a San Mateo, CA-based developer of Bitcoin-backed stablecoins, raised $2.25 million in a Seed funding round led by Portal Ventures with participation from Draper Goren Blockchain, Sats Ventures, Luxor Technology, Delta Blockchain Fund, Halo Capital, CoreDAO, and angels.

🪙 Satoshi Protocol, a provider of a protocol designed for the Bitcoin ecosystem, raised $2 million in a Seed funding round led by Cypher Capital with participation from Side Door Ventures, Optic Capital, Metalpha, Outliers Fund, Comma3 ventures, and angel investors including Paul Taylor (ex-BlackRock) and Yenwen Feng (founder of Perpetual Protocol).

🚗 OCN, a Mexico-based gig worker-focused fintech, raised $86 million in equity and debt in a Series A funding round led by Caravela Capital, with participation from Collide Capital, Great North Ventures, and i80.

❄️ Coldcart, a Chicago, IL-based provider of an orchestration and optimization platform for frozen and refrigerated parcel logistics, raised $6.5 million in a Seed funding round led by Collide Capital and included previous convertible note investments led by Material.

🌱 Bio-Logical, a Nairobi, Kenya-based climate tech company, raised $1.3 million in a funding round led by CrossBoundary, Redshaw Advisors, and existing investors Steyn Group.

🧪 Asceneuron, a Lausanne, Switzerland-based clinical-stage biotech company developing small molecules targeting tau protein aggregation, raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by Novo Holdings with participation from EQT Life Sciences – LSP Dementia Fund, OrbiMed, SR One, and existing investors M Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, GSK Equities Investments Limited, and Johnson & Johnson Innovation.

🤖 CatalYm, a Munich, Germany-based company providing immune therapy solutions for solid tumors, raised $150 million in a Series D funding round led by Canaan Partners and Bioqube Ventures with participation from Forbion’s Growth Opportunities Fund (“Forbion Growth”), Omega Funds, and Gilde Healthcare.

🔍 Exa, a startup aiming to build AI-powered search solutions, raised $17 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed, with participation from Nvidia, and Y Combinator.

💊 Bioniq, a London, UK-based provider of personalized supplements based on blood biomarker data, raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by HV Capital, with participation from Unbound.

🫀 Cardurion Pharmaceuticals, a Burlington, MA-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation therapeutics for cardiovascular diseases, raised $260 million in a Series B financing round led by Ascenta Capital with participation from new investors NEA, GV, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Millennium Management, Farallon Capital Management, Invus, Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities, Delos Capital, and others.

🔗 DataCore, a Fort Lauderdale, FL-based company specializing in data infrastructure and management, raised $60 million in a funding round led by Vistara Growth.

⚗️ Predicta Biosciences, a Boston, MA-based precision oncology company developing diagnostic and therapeutic products, raised $5.2 million in a Seed funding round led by The Engine Ventures with participation from Illumina Ventures, Time Boost Capital, American Cancer Society Bright Edge, and the Oetgen family.

⚡ Heimdall Power, a Houston, TX and Oslo, Norway-based technology company driving power grid optimization for utility companies, raised $25 million in a Series B funding round led by Orlen, with participation from NRP Zero, and Steinsvik Family Office.

♟️ Echo Chunk, a company developing AI-based puzzle games, raised $1.4 million in a pre-seed funding round from a16z Speedrun, Mark Pincus, South Park Commons (SPC), Opendoor founder and CEO Eric Wu, and Stef Corazza.

💰 PEXX, a Singapore-based provider of a stablecoin-to-fiat payment platform, raised $4.5 million in a Seed funding round led by TNB Aura, with participation from Antler, EMO Capital, Filecoin, and other VC and crypto investors.

💊 Thyme Care, a Nashville, TN-based value-based cancer care enabler, raised $95 million in a Series C funding round led by Concord Health Partners with participation from existing investors CVS Health Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, a16z Bio + Health, AlleyCorp, Echo Health Ventures, Frist Cressey Ventures, and Foresite Capital.

🦾 Kins, a Boston, MA-based provider of a digital-first hybrid care physical therapy practice, raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Healthworx with participation from Redesign Health, W Health Ventures, and Asahi Kasei Ventures.

🌐 Omni Fiber, a Cincinnati, OH-based regional fiber internet service provider, raised $150 million in debt financing from Stonepeak Credit.

💰 Monetary Metals, a Scottsdale, AZ-based gold company, raised over $5 million in equity funding through a private placement offering. The investors are undisclosed.

🔋 itselectric, a Brooklyn, NY-based electric vehicle curbside charging company, raised $6.5 million in a Seed funding round led by Failup Ventures and Uber Technologies, with participation from Halogen Ventures, The Partnership Fund for NYC, Pulse Fund, Newlab, Gratitude Railroad, Tale VP, Equity Alliance Fund, LACI Impact Fund, and The Helm.

💻 DreamBig Semiconductor, a San Jose, CA-based company specializing in high-performance accelerator platforms, raised $75 million in a Series B funding round led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and the Sutardja Family, with participation from Hanwha, Event Horizon, Raptor, and existing investors UMC Capital, BRV, Ignite.

🌐 Mira, a Singapore-based provider of a decentralized infrastructure platform to expand access to advanced AI, raised $9 million in a Seed funding round led by BITKRAFT Ventures and Framework Ventures, with participation from Accel, Crucible, Folius Ventures, Mechanism Capital, SALT Fund, and angel investors.

🌱 NovoNutrients, a Sunnyvale, CA-based biotech company transforming CO₂ emissions into premium protein, raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Woodside Energy and CM Venture Capital with participation from SOSV’s IndieBio, Decarbonization Consortium, Happiness Capital, The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust, and Audacy Ventures.

🤖 Arcee AI, a provider of small language models, raised $24 million in a Series A funding round led by Emergence Capital.

💊 Huma, a London, UK-based global healthcare AI company, raised over $80 million in a Series D funding round backed by AstraZeneca, with participation from Hat Technology Fund 4 by HAT SGR, HV Fund by Hitachi Ventures, and Leaps by Bayer, among others.

🌟 Making Space, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of a B2B SaaS talent acquisition and learning platform for companies to train, access, and retain pre-qualified disabled talent, raised $2 million in a Pre-Seed funding round led by Beta Boom, with participation from JFFVentures, FullCircle, American Student Assistance (ASA), ECMC Foundation, SmartJob, Mindshift Capital, Techstars, and other investors.

⚡ Infinitum, an Austin, TX-based creator of the sustainable air-core motor, raised $35 million in a Series E Extension funding round led by Marunouchi Innovation Partners and Rice Investment Group.

🚗 Tekion, a Pleasanton, CA-based provider of a cloud-native platform for the automotive retail ecosystem, raised $200 million in a Growth capital funding round from Dragoneer Investment Group.

🧬 PulseMedica, an Edmonton, Canada-based life sciences startup, raised $12 million in a funding round led by Saltagen Ventures with participation from Accelerate Fund III, ScaleGood Fund, ThresholdImpact, UCeed Health Fund, Startup TNT, and University of Alberta’s Innovation Fund.

🍹 Botrista, a San Francisco, CA-based data-driven, automated beverage platform provider, raised an undisclosed amount in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to $120 million. The investors were undisclosed.

🦂 Scorpion Therapeutics, a Boston, MA-based clinical-stage oncology company, raised $150 million in a Series C funding round led by Frazier Life Sciences and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Willet Advisors, Omega Funds, Vida Ventures, Atlas Venture, Abingworth, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Boxer Capital, EcoR1 Capital, LLC, and others.

🌍 Essentialist, a Mallorca, Spain-based provider of a digital travel service, raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by IRIS Ventures with participation from existing and new angel investors.

💊 XenoPatch, a Halle, Germany-based medtech startup, raised a seven-figure amount in a Pre-Seed funding round led by bmp Ventures with participation from IBG funds, SCE Freiraum Ventures, Berlin Angel Fund, and industry angel investors.

🦴 Loci Orthopaedics, a Galway, Ireland-based orthopaedic medical device company, raised €12.8 million in a Series A funding round led by Seroba, with participation from Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., and the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund.

🔍 Xapien, a London, UK-based AI due diligence provider, raised £8 million in a Series A funding round led by YFM Equity Partners.

💻 Amity Solutions, a Bangkok, Thailand-based software and AI business, raised $60 million in a Series C funding round. The round consisted of $41.6 million led by Insight Capital with participation from new and existing investors, and $18.4 million led by existing investor SMDV, with participation from Gobi Partners and others.

📊 One Data, a Munich, Germany-based data management software company, raised €32 million in a Series B extension funding round from Vsquared Ventures, with participation from Molten Ventures, and HV Capital.

🏠 Varm, a Berlin, Germany-based insulation startup, raised €5.7 million ($6.1 million) in a Seed funding round led by Emerge and Pale Blue Dot, with participation from noa (formerly A/O), Foundamental, and angel investors.

⚗️ Briefly Bio, a London, UK-based techbio startup providing a tool to make lab work reproducible, raised $1.2 million in a funding round led by Compound VC with participation from NP Hard and Tiny VC.

🌱 Again, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based carbon utilization company, raised $43 million in a Series A funding round led by GV and HV Capital, with participation from Kompas VC, EIFO – Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund, ACME Capital, and Atlantic Labs.

📷 Presti, a Paris, France-based startup specializing in AI-generated product photos, raised $3.5 million in a Seed funding round led by Partech with participation from angel investors including Thibaud Elzière, Maxime Brousse, Abou Laraki, Rémi Lemonnier, and Julien Hirth.

🚀 Lemonado, a Stockholm, Sweden-based no-code platform enabling custom business app creation, raised $1.4 million in a Seed funding round led by node.vc with participation from Alexander Aghassipour.

💳 Matera, a company revolutionizing instant payments, raised $100 million from Warburg Pincus to help the US catch up to Brazil in instant payments.

🔍 Shaped, a NYC-based provider of an AI recommendation and search platform for marketplaces, e-commerce, and content companies, raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Madrona Ventures with participation from Y Combinator and executives from Clickhouse, DocuSign, Okta, Rippling, and StitchFix.

🧪 Truvian Health, a San Diego, CA-based provider of a blood testing platform, raised $74 million in funding led by Wittington Ventures and Great Point Ventures, with participation from DNS Capital, Medical Excellence Capital, Tao Capital, TYH Capital, and 7wireVentures.

⚖️ Leya, a Stockholm, Sweden-based AI-driven legal technology company, raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from existing investors Benchmark, Y Combinator, and Wayfinder Ventures, along with new investor Alt Capital.

🔐 Pindrop, an Atlanta, GA-based company specializing in voice authentication and security, raised $100 million in debt financing from Hercules Capital, Inc..

🌱 Earthshot Labs, a Mill Valley, CA-based provider of a carbon development platform, raised $5.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Acorn Pacific Ventures with participation from Earth Foundry, Future Ventures, Resilient Earth Capital, One Small Planet, Parameter Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, and Orca Capital.

🧬 CytoReason, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based company developing computational disease models for predictive insights, raised $80 million in funding led by OurCrowd, with participation from NVIDIA, Pfizer, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

⚡ ACEL Power, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based company specializing in marine electric innovation, raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Tau Capital.

⚡ ReliON, a Montreal and Ottawa, Canada-based provider of Operation & Maintenance (O&M) solutions for EV charging infrastructure, raised CAD $3 million in funding led by Diagram Ventures, with participation from MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF), AQC Capital, Anges Québec, and Cycle Momentum.

📊 Escala, a Miami Beach, FL-based provider of CRM for Marketing and Sales for SMBs in Latin America and the US Hispanic market, raised $12 million in funding led by IGNIA and Alaya Capital, with participation from High Alpha and other investors.

⚡ Peak Energy, a Denver, CO-based company developing low-cost, giga-scale energy storage technology for the grid, raised $55 million in a Series A funding round led by Xora Innovation, with participation from existing investor Eclipse, TDK Ventures, and new investors Lachy Groom, Tishman Speyer, TechEnergy Ventures, Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, and DETV-Scania Invest.

🔌 Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a Houston, TX- and Seattle, WA-based provider of a platform focused on developing clean-powered, ready-to-build sites for the largest electric loads, raised $300 million in capital commitments from NGP and Sandbrook Capital.

💳 Slope, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a B2B payments platform, raised $65 million in funding led by J.P. Morgan Payments, with participation from Y Combinator, Jack Altman, and Max Altman’s new fund, Saga.

🔒 Freshpaint, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a healthcare privacy platform, raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Threshold with participation from SignalFire, Intel Capital, Y Combinator, and Zero Prime.

💸 Arvo Tech, a Columbus, OH-based creator of a tax strategy solution for small businesses, raised $2.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Bandon Partners.

🔬 Novocuff, a Mountain View, CA-based medical device company, raised $26 million in a Series A funding round led by AXA IM Alts with participation from Laerdal Million Lives Fund, Laborie, RH Capital, Avestria Ventures, and March of Dimes.

📊 Aven, a San Francisco, CA-based company, raised $142 million in a Series D funding round led by Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst.

🍎 Kandji, an Apple device management platform, raised $100 million, bringing its valuation to $850 million. The funding was led by General Catalyst, with half of this amount being additional equity and half as a debt instrument. This raise brings the company’s total funding to over $288 million.

🏠 Lhoopa, a Southeast Asia-based affordable housing developer, raised $80 million to address the housing shortage in the Philippines. The funding was co-led by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Wavemaker Partners, with participation from numerous new investors as well as previous returning investors.

🎮 Grand Games, an AI-based mobile game developer, raised $3 million in pre-seed funding for multiple mobile game launches. The funding round was led by Earlybird Digital East Fund, with participation from Laton Ventures.

🪙 Matera, a company revolutionizing instant payments, raised $100 million from Warburg Pincus to help the US catch up to Brazil in instant payments.

🔍 Shaped, a NYC-based provider of an AI recommendation and search platform for marketplaces, e-commerce, and content companies, raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Madrona Ventures with participation from Y Combinator and executives from Clickhouse, DocuSign, Okta, Rippling, and StitchFix.

🤖 Vectara, an AI enterprise solutions provider, raised $25 million and launched the Mockingbird LLM for enterprise RAG applications.

🌍 LevelTen Energy, a Seattle, WA-based provider of transaction infrastructure for the energy transition, raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by B Capital with participation from Aster, Constellation, Google, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, NGP, Prelude Ventures, and ZOMA Capital.

🌐 Dusk, a social multiplayer gaming platform, raised $8 million in a funding round to build out its game development and social platform aimed at Gen Z gamers.

🧬 NGM Bio, a biotech company, raised $122 million in a Series A funding round led by The Column Group, three months after being taken private.

📊 Lumos Technologies, a Wilmington, NC-based data analytics company, raised an undisclosed multimillion-dollar seed round. The amount and backers were not disclosed.

⚡ Dynelectro, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based sustainable energy solutions provider, raised €11 million in a funding round led by Export & Import Fund of Denmark (EIFO) with participation from Yara Growth Ventures, Vsquared Ventures, PSV Deeptech, The Footprint Firm, and European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund.

🌥️ Cubbit, a Bologna, Italy-based geo-distributed cloud enabler, raised $12.5 million in a funding round led by LocalGlobe and ETF Partners with participation from Verve Ventures, 2100 Ventures, Hydra, Growth Engine, Eurenergia, and Moonstone.

🏠 wamo, a London, UK-based provider of digital business accounts for SMEs, raised $5 million in a funding round backed by Logo Ventures, Finberg, and Re-Pie Asset Management.

✂️ Edit Cloud, a London, UK-based cloud-based, AI-powered editing platform, raised £2 million in a funding round led by Edge with participation from angel investors Simon Ward and Justin Cooke.

📊 Luscid, a London, UK-based software platform for deploying sponsorship and marketing budgets, raised over $1 million in a funding round led by angel investors from the sports, entertainment, and technology sectors, including Craig Pollard.

🧬 Q Bio, a Palo Alto, CA-based preventative scan startup, raised $27 million to develop its own full-body scanner, backed by Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Founders Fund.

🎮 Artificial Agency, a video game AI company, raised $16 million to develop AI for making NPCs more realistic, led by a team of former Google DeepMind researchers.

🔬 Nearfield Instruments, a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based developer of metrology and inspection solutions for the semiconductor industry, raised €135 million in a Series C funding round led by Walden Catalyst and Temasek with participation from Innovation Industries, Invest-NL, ING, and M&G Investments.

📱 doinstruct, a Berlin, Germany-based mobile-first onboarding and training platform, raised €7.6 million in a funding round led by Creandum with participation from existing investors HTGF, D11Z, Bastian Karweg, and Andreas Hettich.

📊 Momento, a Seattle, WA-based real-time data platform provider, raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from The General Partnership and individual investors.

🌍 Arrcus, a hyperscale networking software company, raised $30 million in a funding round with participation from NVIDIA and other investors.

🧪 Renalys Pharma, a Tokyo, Japan-based late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company, raised ¥6.0 billion in a Series A funding round led by Catalys Pacific and SR One with participation from several other investors.

🤖 EdgeRunner AI, a Seattle, WA-based Generative AI startup, raised $5.5 million in Seed funding led by Four Rivers Group with participation from Madrona Ventures and strategic angels.

💡 Thoughtful AI, an Austin, TX-based AI-powered revenue cycle automation company, raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Drive Capital with participation from TriplePoint Capital.

🔗 Allium, a NYC-based blockchain data platform for enterprises, raised $16.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Theory Ventures with participation from Kleiner Perkins and Amplify Partners.

🌍 REMspace, a San Francisco, CA-based neurotechnology company specializing in lucid dreaming studies, raised $1 million in Seed funding. The backers were not disclosed.

🌐 After.com, a US-based online platform for end-of-life services, raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by HIPstr, the early-stage investment arm of HighPost Capital.

🔍 Coast, a New York-based fuel and fleet spending management company, raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from Accel, Insight Partners, Vesey Ventures, Avid Ventures, and Thomvest.

🚀 OnRamp, a Boston, MA-based customer onboarding automation company, raised $14.2 million across Seed and Series A funding rounds led by Javelin Venture Partners with participation from Contour Venture Partners, Pear VC, Quiet Capital, and others.

🏠 EverFence, a Newport Beach, CA-based tech-driven fence solutions provider, raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by HIPstr.

🏠 Planned, a Montreal, Canada-based travel and event solutions provider, raised $35 million in a Series B funding round led by Drive Capital with participation from Outsiders Fund and others.

🏈 Pelotero, a Boston, MA-based player intelligence platform, raised $3 million in Seed funding led by Greg Ciongoli and Bennett Fisher, with participation from other notable investors including Frederick Kerrest.

🔒 CultureAI, a London, UK-based human risk management platform, raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Mercia Ventures and Smedvig Ventures with participation from Passion Capital and Senovo.

📡 Arrcus, a San Jose, CA-based hyperscale networking software company, raised $30 million in a funding round led by Prosperity7 Ventures, NVIDIA, Lightspeed, Hitachi Ventures, Liberty Global, Clear Ventures, and General Catalyst.

👶 Juno, a San Diego, CA-based child disability insurance provider, raised $8.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Spero Ventures with participation from Floating Point, Newark Ventures, and WVV Capital.

🔬 Rona Therapeutics, a Shanghai, China-based nucleic acid drug research and development company, raised $35 million in a Series A+ funding round led by LongRiver Investments.

🚀 Saronic, an Austin, TX-based defense technology company, raised $175 million in a Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from 8VC, Caffeinated Capital, Elad Gil, and NightDragon.

📊 Truvius, a Boston, MA-based company empowering systematic investing for digital assets, raised $3.2 million in funding led by Galaxy Ventures with participation from New Form Capital, Chainview Capital, and strategic angel investors.

🚀 Aereo, a Bengaluru, India-based drone-based business intelligence provider, raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by 360 ONE Asset with participation from StartupXseed Ventures and Navam Capital.

🔬 GRO Bio, a biotech company, raised $60 million in a Series B funding round to take its gout treatment, a rival to Krystexxa, into the clinic.