by Mark Warnquist, CEO & Co-Founder, and Brandy Mayfield, Chief Underwriting Officer at InShare As 2021 comes to a close, experts in the insurtech and gig economy space, Mark Warnquist, CEO & Co-Founder, and Brandy Mayfield, Chief Underwriting Officer at InShare, offer insights for 2022. Warnquist and Mayfield are both armed with deep knowledge of… Continue reading 2022 Predictions for the Insurtech and Gig Economy
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Veho Raises $125M in Series A Funding
Veho, a New York-based ecommerce logistics company that enables personalized next-day package delivery, raised $125M in Series A funding. The round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Construct Capital, Bling Capital, Industry Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and Origin Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to grow the team, expand from 14 to… Continue reading Veho Raises $125M in Series A Funding
Dialpad Raises $170M; Increases Valuation to $2.2 Billion
Dialpad Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based industry leader in AI-powered cloud communications and collaboration, raised $170m in funding. The round, which valued the company at $2.2 billion and brought total raised to date to $418m, was led by Amasia, GV, OMERS Growth Equity, Work-Bench, Section 32, and T-Mobile Ventures. The company intends to use the… Continue reading Dialpad Raises $170M; Increases Valuation to $2.2 Billion
Elementary Raises $30M in Series B Funding
Elementary, a Los Angeles, CA-based startup that has built an AI machine vision platform for quality and inspection in manufacturing, closed a $30M Series B funding. The round was led by Tiger Global with participation from existing investors Threshold Ventures, Fika Ventures, Fathom Capital, Riot VC, and Toyota Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to scale… Continue reading Elementary Raises $30M in Series B Funding
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