You do not have to be a Unicorn to take Venture Capital money. Remember that Unicorns are for show and dragons are for dough! Below are this weeks non-unicorns!
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• Nozomi Networks Inc, a San Francisco-based provider of real-time cybersecurity and operational visibility for industrial control systems, raised $30 million in Series C funding. Investors include Planven Investments SA, GGV Capital, Lux Capital, Energize Ventures and THI Investments.
• Softomotive, a company focused on Robotic Process Automation (RPA), raised $25 million in Series A funding, from Grafton Capital.
• Netradyne, a San Diego, Calif.-based company developing artificial intelligence technology focusing on driver and fleet safety, raised $21 million in Series B funding. Investors include Reliance Industries Limited (through its subsidiary RIIHL) M12, and Point72 Ventures.
• Guardhat, a Detroit-based internet of things industrial safety technology developer, raised $20 million in Series A funding. RTP Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including 3M Ventures, Caterpillar Venture Capital, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, SVB and DVP.
• LiveSafe, an Arlington, Va.-based provider of a mobile safety communications platform, raised $11 million in Series B-1 funding. Investors include Hearst, Enterprise Investment Partners, L.P, IAC, Dave Duffield, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, GXPI, and the Kilberg family.
• Source Defense, an Israel and Stamford, Connecticut-based provider of prevention solutions for website supply-chain attacks, raised $10 million in Series A funding. Investors include AllegisCyber, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Global Brain and Connecticut Innovations.
• Covr Financial Technologies, a Boise, Idaho-based life insurance platform for financial institutions, raised $10 million in Series A funding. Investors include Nyca Partners, Commerce Ventures, Countour Venture Partners, Connectivity Capital Partners and Allianz Life Ventures.
• HqO, a Boston-based tenant experience platform for commercial real estate, raised $6.6 million in seed funding. Investors include Accomplice, Navitas Capital and Pritzker Group Venture Capital.
• SoloLearn, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based coding community, raised $5.6 million in funding. Naspers led the round, and was joined by investors including Learn Capital.
• Goals101, an India-based provider of big data platform solutions, raised $3.5 million in pre-series A funding from Nexus Venture Partners.
• The Alexa Fund made investments in three early-stage voice startups Bamboo Learning, Endel and Aiva. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.
• Darktrace, a U.K.-based AI company for cyber defense, raised $50 million in Series E funding at a valuation of $1.65 billion. Vitruvian Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including KKR and 1011 Ventures.
• pymetrics, a New York-based enterprise SaaS company that uses neuroscience and AI for the recruitment process, raised $40 million in Series B funding. General Atlantic led the round, and was joined by investors including Salesforce Ventures and Workday Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Jazz Venture Partners.
• Ceribell Inc, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of a system that diagnoses and treats patients at risk for seizures, raised $35 million in Series B funding. Optimas Capital Partners Fund and The Rise Fund led the round, and was joined by investors including UCB and LivaNova.
• iSpot.tv, a Bellevue, Wash.-based TV ad measurement company, raised $30 million in Series C funding. Insight Venture Partners and Madrona Venture Group led the round.
• Instana, a Chicago and Germany-based provider of application performance management solutions for containerized microservice applications, raised $30 million in Series C funding. Meritech Capital led the round
• The Infatuation, a restaurant discovery platform, raised $30 million in funding from WndrCo.
• Cargo, a New York-based in-car commerce provider to the rideshare economy, raised $22 million Series A funding. Founders Fund led the round, and was joined by investors including Coatue Management, and Aquiline Technology Growth.
• Capella Space, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based satellite radar imaging company, raised $19 million in Series B funding. Spark Capital and Data Collective co-led the round.
• TapClicks, a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of marketing analytics, reporting and workflow, raised $10 million in funding from Boathouse Capital.
• Rally Rd., a New York-based technology platform that lets people invest directly in rare alternative assets, raised $7 million in Series A funding. Upfront Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Anthemis Group, Social Leverage, and WndrCo.
• Teraki, a Germany-based technology company focused on AI and edge processing, raised $3 million in seed funding and government grants. Investors include Paladin Capital Group, GPS Ventures GmbH, and hub:raum.
• The Lobby, a company that gives job hunters access to insiders at investment banks, raised $1.2 million in seed funding. Investors include Y Combinator, Ataria Ventures, and 37 Angels.
• Attribytes, a Chandler, Ariz.-based cloud-based software company that connects food service companies to clean and share data, raised Series A funding of an undisclosed amount. Investors include Canal Partners and Tallwave Capital.
• Excelfore, a Fremont, Calif.-based provider of cloud platform and connectivity applications for intelligent transportation, raised funding of an undisclosed amount. Investors include Molexa and Hella Ventures.
