Daily funding roundup - September 3rd, 2021

Disc Medicine raised $90M; Centaur Labs secured $15M; SimpliFed landed $500K

Disc Medicine: Disc Medicine is a Cambridge, Ma.-based clinical-stage biotech focused on hematologic diseases. Disc Medicine raised $90 million in Series B funding. OrbiMed led the round, joined by Arix Bioscience, Janus Henderson Investors, 5AM Ventures, Rock Springs Capital, Nantahala Capital Management, Willett Advisors, and Alexandria Venture Investments.

Centaur Labs: Centaur Labs is a Boston-based medical data labeling startup. Centaur Labs has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Matrix Partners, with participation from Accel, Global Founders Capital, Susa Ventures and Y Combinator. Read more  

Kalepa: Kalepa is a New York-based insurance underwriting platform based out of New York. Kalepa has raised a $14 million Series A funding round led by Inspired Capital, with participation from previous investor IA Ventures and numerous notable individual investors, including industry operators Gokul Rajaram, Jackie Reses, and Henry Ward. Read more 

theCut: theCut is a Washington D.C.-based barbershop booking platform. theCut has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. Nextgen Venture Partners led the round, joined by Elevate Ventures, Singh Capital, and Leadout Capital. Read more  

Clootrack: Clootrack is a Aldie, Va.-based startup that sells customer experience analytics to enterprises. Clootrack has raised $4 million in Series A funding led by Inventus Capital India, with participation from earlier backers Unicorn India Ventures, IAN Fund, Salamander Excubator Angel Fund, and Jiffy.ai CEO Babu Sivadasan. Read more  

Clootrack: Clootrack is an adaptive market intelligence platform. Clootrack announces $4 million in Series A funding, led by Inventus Capital India, and included existing investors Unicorn India Ventures, IAN Fund and Salamander Excubator Angel Fund, as well as individual investment from Jiffy.ai CEO Babu Sivadasan. Read more

SimpliFed: SimpliFed is an Ithaca, New York-based telehealth company that provides access to virtual breastfeeding support to new and pregnant parents.  SimpliFed announced Friday that it raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding led by Third Culture Capital. Read more

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