TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

San Francisco-based construction startup Versatile is announcing today that it has raised a $20 million Series A. million in funding, including a $5.5 The round was led by Insight Partners and Entree Capital, along with existing investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, Root Ventures and Conductive Ventures.

San Francisco 118

San Francisco Raise Site Picture 118

TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2024

AppDirect, a San Francisco- and Montreal-based platform for buying, selling and managing tech through a network of IT advisors, has raised $100 million from CDPQ to expand its financing program for small- and medium-sized tech businesses. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

San Francisco 97

San Francisco Program Tech Business 97

TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Raising venture capital is rarely an easy lift for startups, but 2022 is turning out to be a more challenging year than we’ve seen for some time. Jomayra Herrera is a partner at Reach Capital, a venture fund focused on early-stage education technology and future-of-work companies. He is also the GP of the 500 Fintech fund.

San Francisco 95

San Francisco Marketing Raise Education 95

TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

and Europe, today announced that it has raised $65 million, with $50 million of those as a Series B funding round co-led by Albacore Capital Group and $15 million in convertible notes. The company, which previously raised a $20 series A round in 2021, now has a valuation of $300 million. In the U.S., Image Credits: Aero.

Los Angeles 99

Los Angeles San Francisco Raise Europe 99

TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

Side , a real estate technology company that works to turn agents and independent brokerages into boutique brands and businesses, has raised “$50 million-plus” in a funding round that doubles its valuation to $2 billion. With the latest capital infusion, Side’s total raised since its 2017 inception now totals over $250 million.

Raise 123

Raise San Francisco Florida Texas 123

TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Open-source framework startup Serverless Stack announced Friday that it raised $1 million in seed funding from a group of investors that includes Greylock Partners, SV Angel and Y Combinator. The company was founded in 2017 by Jay V and Frank Wang in San Francisco, and they were part of Y Combinator’s 2021 winter batch.

Open Source 119

Open Source Application Open Raise 119

TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Blockchain developer platform Alchemy announced today it has raised $80 million in a Series B round of funding led by Coatue and Addition, Lee Fixel’s new fund. The company previously raised a total of $15.5 million, so the latest financing brings its total raised to $95.5 million since it launched in 2017.

Raise 110

Raise San Francisco Tampa Yahoo 110

TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

hedge fund and investment firm Tiger Global led the Series C round. In total, Flutterwave has raised $225 million and is one of the few African startups to have secured more than $200 million in funding. . When the company raised its Series B, we reported that Flutterwave had processed 107 million transactions worth $5.4

Companies 145

Companies Raise Africa Nigeria 145

TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

million (10 billion KRW) Series A funding to compete with 120 companies around the world that produce alternative seafood. The new round of funding, which brings its total raised to $14.1 San Francisco-based Finless Foods has developed lab-grown bluefin tuna using its own animal-free growth media.

Fund 97

Fund San Diego San Francisco Alternative 97

TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

While the default power mode works fine in most cities, it’s not enough in hilly cities like San Francisco. New funding round at a lower valuation In January 2022, Cowboy announced an $80 million funding round. A bit more than a year later, the company is raising more money. million at today’s exchange rate).

Fund 82

Fund Raise San Francisco Linkedin 82

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya. M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements.

Kenya 200

Kenya Giving Trend Mobile 200

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Early-stage fintech-focused venture firm Better Tomorrow Ventures has raised $225 million for its second fund — triple the amount it raised for its debut fund that closed in September of 2020. It has also reserved $75 million for an opportunity fund for follow-on investments. It’s committed to three so far.

Fund 98

Fund San Francisco Raise Track 98

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

So Euston has launched WorkWhile to create a better system, and she’s also raised $3.5 million in seed funding. ” The startup is launching in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County and Dallas-Forth Worth.

Benefit 120

Benefit Work Los Angeles Raise 120

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Back in 2020, another player, Giraffe360, raised $4.5 million in a funding round led by LAUNCHub Ventures and Hoxton Ventures. It’s now raised $16 million in new funds led by Founders Fund, the San Francisco-based VC, whose portfolio boasts names such as Airbnb, Spotify and SpaceX.

Fund 97

Fund Latvia Platform San Francisco 97

TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Alta , a virtual reality metaverse studio, announced today it has raised a 12.4 million seed funding co-led by Makers Fund and Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Pioneer Fund, Boost VC, muru-D and Thomas Rice. . Rec Room raises $145M at a $3.5B Alta currently has about 500,000 users, Anoshechkin added.

Fund 98

Fund San Francisco Virtual Australia 98

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

OpenAI, the San Francisco-based lab behind AI systems like GPT-3 and DALL-E 2, today launched a new program to provide early-stage AI startups with capital and access to OpenAI tech and resources. Called Converge, the cohort will be financed by the OpenAI Startup Fund , OpenAI says.

Accessibility 145

Accessibility System Giving San Francisco 145

Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community. Grant Research Tip : As you search for funding opportunities, keep an eye on the grant application deadlines. Funding Priority: LGBTQ+. Urgent Action Fund. Visibility Impact Fund.

Grant 130

Grant Resource Community Fund 130

TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Kikoff , a personal finance platform aimed at helping consumers build credit, announced today that it has raised $30 million in a Series B round. million the startup raised across previously unannounced seed and Series A rounds, which were both led by Lightspeed Venture partners. The capital is in addition to the $12.5

Literacy 118

Literacy Raise San Francisco Service 118

TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Food Rocket has taken an unconventional route, striking a funding deal with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. At the time, the company raised $2 million, and Alexandrov said about the perceived competition, “The level of competition in this market in the U.S. In all, the company has raised $30 million to date.

Fund 98

Fund Los Angeles San Francisco Chicago 98

TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

The San Francisco-based startup’s SaaS (software-as-a-service) platform currently processes over $5 billion in mortgages and consumer loans per day, up from nearly $3 billion last July. Also, let’s not forget that Blend only became a unicorn last August when it raised a $75 million Series F. That compares to a $3.3

Blended 124

Blended San Francisco Public Digital 124

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Vouch , a provider of business insurance to startups and high-growth companies, announced today it has raised $90 million in new funding. With the latest financing, San Francisco-based Vouch has now raised a total of $160 million since its 2018 inception. Insurtech is hot on both sides of the Atlantic.

Raise 101

Raise San Francisco Policy Fund 101

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Berlin Brands Group, now valued at $1B+, raises $700M to buy and scale merchants that sell on marketplaces like Amazon. As such, the new funding will be used to double the company’s headcount to more than 100 people as it builds out its offices globally, as well as establishing outposts in Melbourne, San Francisco and Austin.

Business 123

Business Online Raise Australia 123

Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

SF New Deal began with a vision of San Francisco as a world class city that provides an abundance of support, opportunity, dignity, respect, and appreciation for small businesses and neighbors in need. SF New Deal launched in March 2020 as a rapid response to the COVID pandemic in San Francisco.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco Community Model Build 111

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stability AI, the company funding the development of open source music- and image-generating systems like Dance Diffusion and Stable Diffusion , today announced that it raised $101 million in a funding round led by Coatue and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC.

Raise 110

Raise Open Source San Francisco Train 110

TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Mycel , a South Korean startup making fungal-based biomaterials that can replace leather and meat, said it has raised $10 million (13 billion WON) in a pre-Series A round of funding. There are at least eight companies across the globe using mycelium to make leather, per the 2021 Material Innovation Initiative report.

South Korea 89

South Korea Fund San Francisco Alternative 89

TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

TechCrunch profiled the company in 2021 when it raised a $20 million Series A and was only in seven cities. Today, the San Francisco-based company operates in 11 states plus Washington, D.C., million Series B round of funding that the company closed in June 2022 and only now announced, Grassia said.

Fund 99

Fund San Francisco Photography National 99

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

San Francisco startup Loyal is rethinking the concept of longevity and starting with man’s best friend. To date, the company has raised $38 million since being founded in 2019 by founder and CEO Celine Halioua. Halioua herself comes from a background of both. Over the past year, Loyal grew from a team of three to 30 people.

Raise 102

Raise Giving Time San Francisco 102

TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

The new capital infusion gives Miro $476 million in total funding since the company was founded in 2011 by Andrey Khusid and Oleg Shardin. The last time we checked in with Miro, co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam, was in 2020 when the company raised a $50 million Series B round led by Iconiq Capital.

Collaboration 104

Collaboration Fund Companies San Francisco 104

TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

The San Francisco-based venture firm saw an increase in digital infrastructure, remote learning and society’s ever fickle attention as an opportunity — and unsurprisingly, those same tailwinds then helped Reach close its largest fund to date. billion last year, down 49% from the year prior.

History 92

History Fund San Francisco United States 92

TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Less than 10 months after raising a $46 million Series B, CaptivateIQ announced today that it has raised $100 million in a Series C round at a $1.25 Sapphire Ventures also joined as a new investor in the financing, which brings the company’s total funding raised to date to $164.6 billion valuation.

Raise 99

Raise Design Companies Help 99

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The app and the company behind it have been helping people enjoy better wine since 2010, and now the startup has raised $155 million with its Series D round – a sum over twice as large as all of its previous funding to date. Vivino wine app in San Francisco. Photo Copyright Nader Khouri 2018.

Raise 117

Raise Sweden San Francisco Slides 117

TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Case in point, Replit, an IDE startup developing a code-generating AI-powered tool called Ghostwriter, this week raised nearly $100 million ($97.4 ” Based in San Francisco, Replit was co-founded by programmers Amjad Masad, Faris Masad and designer Haya Odeh in 2016. . million) at a $1.16 billion post-money valuation.

Web 99

Web Develop Raise San Francisco 99

TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

‍Eco, which has built out a digital global cryptocurrency platform, announced Friday that it has raised $26 million in a funding round led by a16z Crypto. million funding round. Camp is an Uber co-founder and Expa is his venture fund. Expa and Pantera Capital co-led the company’s $8.5

Platform 123

Platform Digital Raise Fund 123

TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Now, a South Korean augmented reality (AR) startup called RECON Labs , which enables e-commerce customers to create 3D models within a few hours by taking a short video of products via its platform PlicAR, has raised $4.4 Avataar raises $45 million to improve consumer shopping experience with life-sized 3D product evaluation.

South Korea 97

South Korea Model Product Create 97

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

as its largest market, has raised $44 million in Series B funding. Hussey-Yeo tells me the new funding round gives him a “mandate” to take some big product bets in order to move forward the financial health of Cleo’s users. including building out executive and product teams in San Francisco. at the time.

Raise 119

Raise San Francisco Conversation API 119

TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

A self-described “digital nomad,” Satoru Steve Naito says he co-founded San Francisco-based Anyplace in 2017 because he wanted the product for himself. To “aggressively” expand its inventory into other markets and continue to improve its functionality, Anyplace is announcing today that it has raised $5.3

Raise 100

Raise San Francisco San Diego Los Angeles 100

TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Less than five months after raising $115 million, spend management startup Ramp announced today it has raised $300 million in a Series C round of funding that values the company at $3.9 Founders Fund also led Ramp’s $15 million Series A in February 2020. Spend management startup Ramp confirms $115M raise at a $1.6B

Raise 104

Raise San Francisco Rate Management 104