Weekly Funding Insights
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Here are the alternative data highlights on companies that raised funding last week
Over $4.3B were invested in 232 companies worldwide
# of Funding Round across categories
Funding round that caught our eye
2011 | United States | $267M
Raised $143M in Series C at a $3b+ valuation
Talkdesk offers an enterprise contact center platform that helps support and sales teams to improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs.
Investors in the round include Lead Edge Capital, Skip Capital, Viking Global Investors, Willoughby Capital, Top Tier Capital Partners, Threshold, and Franklin Templeton Investments.
Talkdesk was named as the leader in Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for 'Contact Center as a Service, North America' and serves 1800+ customers including IBM, Acxiom, 2U, Trivago, and Peloton across 75 countries. Over the last 12 months, Talkdesk has increased its headcount by a massive 47% and still plans to hire aggressively.
Talkdesk’s Competitive Landscape
Noticeable companies that raised funding
2018 | United States | $102M
Raised $85M led by Valor Equity Partners
Misfits Market provides a subscription box service for organically sourced produce.
2015 | United Kingdom | $917M
Raised $80M in Series D led by TSG Consumer Partners
Revolut is a financial services company that specializes in mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange.
2009 | France | $66M
Raised $40M in Series C led by Crédit Mutuel Innovation
AB Tasty offers AI-driven experimentation, personalization, and product optimization platforms for user testing.
2015 | United States | $38M
Raised $33M in Series A led by Left Lane Capital, Altos Ventures
Chowbus is a delivery platform that provides authentic Asian food sourced from local independent restaurants and stores.
2016 | United States | $76M
Raised $30M led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics on the state of the freight market.
2014 | Germany | $40M
Raised $28M in Series B led by Digital+ Partners, Silicon Valley Bank
Quantilope is an Agile Insights platform improving the speed, complexity, and quality that sets back traditional market research.
2017 | Belgium | $46M
Raised $27M in Series B led by Exor Seeds
Cowboy is a designer and manufacturer of innovative electric bikes for urban riders.
2017 | United States | $24M
Raised $24M in Series A led by Greycroft, HSCM Bermuda
Branch Financial is a technology-driven home and auto insurance company.
2014 | Australia | $32M
Raised $18M in Series B led by Blackbird Ventures, Costanoa Ventures
Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.
2017 | United States | $17M
Raised $13M in Series A led by SignalFire
OrthoFX offers a consumer-driven, dentist-delivered orthodontic and teeth-straightening service.
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About the data
Alternative data acts as a proxy for a company’s growth and should not be construed as actual performance metrics.
Reach per million is the number of people visiting a website daily (out of a sample of a million users).
Website Reach per million sourced from Alexa.com’s API. Funding information sourced from Crunchbase.