Weekly Funding Insights
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Here are some interesting insights on the funding activity that happened over the last week.
Over $17.4B were invested in 521 companies worldwide.
Funding rounds that caught our eye
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Jobandtalent
2009 | Spain | $1.1B
💰 Raised $500M in Series E led by Kinnevik AB, BlackRock, SoftBank Vision Fund
Jobandtalent is an online staffing marketplace for finding and filling gig-type jobs.
With over 1300 companies sourcing workers from the platform, the company currently operates in Spain, the UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Portugal, Mexico, Colombia. Raised funds will be used to accelerate the company’s expansion in the US and increase hiring.
On the Synaptic platform, organic traffic grew by 122% YoY as of Oct’21.
Fireblocks
2018 | United States | $889M
💰 Raised $400M in Series E led by Sequoia Capital
Fireblocks is a blockchain security service provider for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets.
Slice
2016 | India | $291M
💰 Raised $220M in Series B led by Insight Partners, Tiger Global Management
Slice is a fintech company based in India to pay bills, manage expenses, and unlock instant rewards.
Motorway
2017 | United Kingdom | $276M
💰 Raised $190M in Series C led by ICONIQ Growth, Index Ventures
Motorway is an online used-car marketplace for professional car dealers that sells their cars using their smartphones.
Naver Z
2018 | South Korea | $193M
💰 Raised $189M in Series B led by SoftBank
Naver Z develops an application where users can create different 3D avatars online.
Lessen
2019 | United States | $205M
💰 Raised $170M in Series B led by Fifth Wall
Lessen is an online platform for managing properties and maintenance services.
Via
2012 | United States | $777M
💰 Raised $130M in Series G led by Janus Henderson Investors
Via is a re-engineering public transit company that develops and provides on-demand public mobility solutions for commuters.
Panther Labs
2018 | United States | $141M
💰 Raised $120M in Series B led by Coatue
Panther Labs is a cloud-scale security analytics company that develops infrastructure security and compliance platform
CloudTrucks
2019 | United States | $142M
💰 Raised $115M in Series B led by Menlo Ventures, Tiger Global Management
CloudTrucks offers a virtual trucking carrier application designed to reduce operating costs for truck drivers.
LingoAce
2017 | Singapore | $176M
💰 Raised $105M in Series C led by Sequoia Capital India, Owl Ventures
LingoAce is an ed-tech platform focused on passive language teaching.
Kueski
2012 | Mexico | $300M
💰 Raised $102M in Series C led by StepStone Group, Victory Park Capital
Kueski uses big data and advanced analytics to approve and deliver loans in a matter of minutes.