Bumper Raises $12M in Series A Funding

Bumper, a London, and Sheffield, UK-based auto fintech startup, raised $12M in Series A funding. The round was led by Autotech Ventures, with participation from Jaguar Land Rover’s fund InMotion Ventures, and a group of prominent angel investors. The company intends to use the funds to roll out its car repair financing platform across Germany,… Continue reading Bumper Raises $12M in Series A Funding

actnano Raises $21.75M in Series B Funding

actnano, Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based global leader in surface protection technologies for automotive and consumer electronics, closed a $21.75m Series B financing. The round was led by BMW i Ventures with participation from new investors HELLA Ventures and TDK Ventures and Series A investors Emerald Technology Ventures, GC Ventures America, Henkel Tech Ventures, Ireon Ventures… Continue reading actnano Raises $21.75M in Series B Funding

Portl Raises $12M in Series A Funding

Portl, a Los Angeles CA-based company plug & play holoportation platform, raised $12M Series A funding. The round was led by True Capital Management with participation from Tim Draper (Tesla, SpaceX, Skype), Marshawn Lynch, Quavo, Breanna Stewart, Albert Pujols, Luke Walton, Robert Griffin III (RG III), Deandre Ayton, Nneka Ogwumike, and Managing Partners of Structure Capital, Jillian Manus (Uber) and Mike Walsh (Uber, SalesForce). The company intends to use… Continue reading Portl Raises $12M in Series A Funding

Robert Bosch Venture Capital Invests Approx. $26M in Variantyx

Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, the corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group, completed an investment in Variantyx Inc., a Framingham, MA-based provider of advanced diagnostics and personalized treatment recommendations for oncology patients’ based on their unique genetic makeup. The investment was made as a part of a Series C funding, which now totals… Continue reading Robert Bosch Venture Capital Invests Approx. $26M in Variantyx

Comet Raises $50M in Series B Funding

Comet, a NYC-based provider of the development platform for enterprise machine learning (ML) teams, raised $50m in Series B funding. The round was led by OpenView, with participation from existing investors Scale Venture Partners, Trilogy Equity Partners and Two Sigma Ventures. In addition, Ofer Bengal, Founder and CEO of Redis, and Dr. Oren Etzioni, CEO at… Continue reading Comet Raises $50M in Series B Funding

Zoomo Raises $60M in Funding

Zoomo, a London, UK-based leader in electric last mile delivery vehicles, secured a USD $60m capital raise. The round, led by Grok Ventures, was supported by an asset backed debt facility from Viola Credit. Skip Capital and ArcTern Ventures, as well as existing investors AirTree Ventures, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), Contrarian Ventures and Maniv Mobility, participated in the funding. The… Continue reading Zoomo Raises $60M in Funding

Autobrains Raises $101M in Series C Funding

Autobrains Founder and CEO, Igal Raichelgauz. Autobrains (formerly known as Cartica AI), a Tel Aviv, Israel-based developer of self-learning artificial intelligence technology for assisted and autonomous driving, raised $101m in Series C financing. The round was led by Singaporean Temasek, with participation from new investors Knorr-Bremse AG and VinFast, as well as existing investor BMW and Continental AG.… Continue reading Autobrains Raises $101M in Series C Funding

Battery Resourcers Raises $70M in Series B Funding

Battery Resourcers, a Worcester, MA-based lithium-ion battery recycler and manufacturer, raised $70M in Series B funding.  Orbia Ventures and Koura, Orbia’s business focused on the development, manufacture and supply of fluoroproducts and technologies, initiated this funding round later joined by Hitachi Ventures, InMotion Ventures (JLR), Doral Energy, At One Ventures, TDK Ventures and Trumpf Ventures. Founded in 2015… Continue reading Battery Resourcers Raises $70M in Series B Funding

Zum Raises $130M in Series D Funding

Zūm, a Redwood City, Calif.-based modern student transportation company, raised $130m in Series D funding. The round was led by Softbank Vision Fund 2, with participation from existing investors including Sequoia and BMW i Ventures. Andrew Straub of Softbank Investment Advisers will join the board of directors. The company will use the new capital to expand its service… Continue reading Zum Raises $130M in Series D Funding

Vahan Raises $8M in Series A Funding

Vahan, a Bangalore, India-based jobs & livelihood platform for blue-collar workers, raised USD 8m in series A funding. Madhav Krishna, Co-founder and CEO, Vahan The round was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Airtel, SHAKTI VC (led by former Google exec Keval Desai with Eric Schmidt and Michael Dell as LPs), Pioneer Fund (Y… Continue reading Vahan Raises $8M in Series A Funding