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Venture Capital Deals: August 16, 2022
Written by Ken Gaebler
Published: 8/16/2022
More tech startups in the money! We are tracking on 460+ new venture capital transactions this month. Enjoy!
Here are twenty-eight new August 2022 VC transactions.
Thanks to those of you who have offered feedback on how we can improve these articles. All suggestions regarding our venture capital database are welcome!
Abridge
Pittsburgh-based Abridge, a healthcare-focused conversational AI venture, raised a $12.5 Series A funding round. Wittington Ventures led the round, with support from Pillar Venture Capital, UPMC Enterprises, Union Square Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Whistler Capital and Yoshua Bengio.
Blend360
Blend360, which develops data, analytics and talent solutions for large enterprises, secured $100 million in growth funding from Recognize. The company is based in Columbia, Maryland.
Craniometrix
New York-based Craniometrix, focused on Alzheimer's care, landed a $6 million seed funding round. Quiet Capital was the lead investor, with support from Cathexis Ventures, Rebel Fund, YC, defy.vc, J Ventures and Olive Tree Capital.
Cupixel
Boston-based Cupixel raised $5 million in seed funding. JOANN Fabric & Crafts led the round. Cupixel hopes to bring the joy of creating art to everyone.
Dropbase
Dropbase raised $1.75 million in new growth funding. The round was led by Gradient Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Bragiel Brothers, Unpopular Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures and individual investors. The company is based in San Francisco, California and offers a collaborative data import and data management platform.
DuckPond Technologies
Private investors are backing a $1.5 million seed funding round for DuckPond Technologies. The company, which is based in Baton Rouge, is apparently developing both enterprise software and Hip-Hop infused sports gaming apps.
EtherMail
EtherMail, a Web3 email platform that supports anonymous, encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication, scored a $3 million seed round. Fabric Ventures and Greenfield One led the round, with support from individual investor Rene Reinsberg, the founder of Celo. The company is based in Barcelona, Spain.
Expedock
Expedock, which develops international freight software, closed a $13.5 million Series A funding round. Insight Partners led the investment, with participation from VMG Catalyst, Pear, Neo and individual investors. The company is based in San Francisco, California.
Farther
New York-based Farther, a wealth management startup, secured $15 million in Series A funding. Bessemer Venture Partners was the lead investor, with support from Context Ventures, Cota Capital, Khosla Ventures, MassMutual Ventures and Moneta Ventures.
Finix Payments
Finix Payments, payments technology startup that serves software companies, raised a $30 million funding round. Investors included aCrew Capital, American Express Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Cap Table Coalition, Franklin Templeton, Homebrew Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Inspired Capital Fund LLC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Precursor Ventures, PSP Growth, The General Partnership and VamosVentures. The company is based in San Francisco, California.
Fora Travel
New York-based travel agency Fora Travel landed a $13.5 million Series A funding round. The investment was led by Heartcore Capital and Forerunner.
FundamentalVR
Boston-based FundamentalVR, a VR education platform focused on medicine, secured $20 million in new funding. EQT Life Sciences was the lead investor. Downing Ventures also invested in the round.
Injective Protocol
New York-based Injective, a blockchain startup, closed a $40 million equity investment. Jump Crypto led the funding round, with support from BH Digital.
InSilico Medicine
Prosperity7 Ventures led a $35 million Series D investment in Insilico Medicine. The company, which focuses on clinical-stage drug discovery, is based in Hong Kong and New York. Other investors in the round included B Capital Group, BHR Partners, Bold Capital Partners, Deerfield Management Company, Pavilion Capital Partners, Qiming Ventures, Warburg Pincus, WS Investment and individual investor Alex Zhavoronkov.
InteraXon
Toronto-based Interaxon, a consumer neurotechnology company, raised a $9.5 million Series C funding round led by Alabaster, BDC Capital and Export Development Canada. Other investors in the round included Iter Investments, Intretech, The Clavis Foundation and Phyto Partners.
Invisible Universe
Animation studio Invisible Universe raised a $12 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Seven Seven Six, with participation from Initialized Capital, Gaingels, 75 & Sunny, Wheelhouse Ventures, Cosmic Venture Partners, Dapper Labs, TCG, Franklin Templeton, Cassius, Schusterman Family Investments, Dreamers VC and several individual angel investors of note, including Serena Williams and Jennifer Aniston. The company is based in Los Angeles.
Klavi
Fintech solutions venture Klavi landed a $15 million Series A funding round. GSR Ventures, CIP SA, Iporanga Ventures, Parallax Ventures and Vivo Capital all invested. The company is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Komplyd
Komplyd, a compliance platform for cannabis companies, raised a seed funding round from Achari Ventures and Poseidon. The investment amount was not disclosed. The company is based in San Jose, California.
Levita Magnetics
Levita Magnetics, a surgery-focused healthcare services company, raised $26 million in a Series C funding round. Among other investors, MedTex Ventures, Invermaster and Carao Ventures invested in the round. The company is based in Menlo Park, California.
Mesh Security
Cybersecurity startup Mesh Security raised a seed funding round of $4.5 million. Booster Ventures led the round. The company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Nightfall AI
Nightfall AI scored $40 million in its Series B funding round. WestBridge Capital led the round, with participation from Pear VC, Venrock, Next Play Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and individual investors Paul Rudd, Drew Brees, and Josh Childress. Based in San Francisco, California, the company helps its customers prevent cloud data loss.
Patchwork Health
London-based Patchwork Health landed a $20.6 million Series B funding round led by Perwyn. Other investors included KHP Ventures, Praetura Ventures and a few individual investors.
Properly
Toronto-based Properly raised $28.2 million in growth funding. AlleyCorp, Bain Capital Ventures, FJ Labs, Golden Ventures, Industry Ventures, Intact Ventures, Interplay Ventures, Max Ventures, Parker89 and Prudence Holdings invested in the round. Properly is a real estate company.
Qventus
Qventus, an AI startup, secured $3 million in funding, extending a prior investment round from this past February. ThedaCare made the new investment, bringing the total funding amount to $53 million. The company is based in Mountain View, California.
Reusables.com
Vancouver-based Reusables.com raised $100,000 in seed funding. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) invested, backing the company's efforts to build a zero-waste packaging platform.
Satellite IM
Boston-based Satellite IM, raised $10.5 million in seed funding. Framework Ventures and Multicoin Venture Fund were the lead investors, with participation from IDEO CoLab, Solana Ventures, Hashed Venture Fund and Pioneer Square Ventures Fund. The company is developing and bringing to market a novel peer-to-peer communications platform.
Superblocks
New York-based Superblocks raised $37 million in funding for its rapid-development programmable platform for software engineers. Greenoaks, Spark Capital, Meritech and Kleiner Perkins led the funding round. A long list of high-profile individual investors also invested in the round.
Wavenet
Taipei-based martech company Wavenet closed a Series B funding of roughly $3 million. Cornerstone Asset Holdings led the round.
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