Daily funding roundup - Dec. 16th, 2020
Truera raised $12M; Curai Health picks up $27.5M: Vercel landed $40M; Bestow secure $70
Hightouch: Hightouch is a Bay Area-based SaaS service that helps businesses sync their customer data across sales and marketing tools. Hightouch has raised $2.1 million in seed funding led by Afore Capital and Slack Fund, with numerous angel investors also participating. Read more
Truera: Truera is a Redwood City, Ca.-based model intelligence platform that aims to help enterprises analyze machine learning and improve model quality. Truera has raised $12 million in Series A funding. Wing VC led the round, joined by Data Community Fund, B Capital Group, Harpoon Ventures and earlier backers Conversion Capital and Greylock. Read more
Curai Health: Curai Health is a Palo Alto, Ca.-based telehealth startup that provides chat-based primary care that centers around patients. Curai Health has raised $27.5 million in Series B funding. Morningside Ventures led the round, joined by insiders General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures. Read more
Provide: Provide is a San Francisco-based startup that enables healthcare practices to provide financing options to their patients. Provide has raised $34 million in Series A and B funding. QED Investors is the biggest backer to date; other participants in the rounds include Fifth Third Bank, Montage Ventures and Clocktower Technology Ventures. Read more
Vercel: Vercel is a San Francisco-based company that provides a platform for building front-end applications. Vercel has raised $40 million in Series B funding. GV led this latest round, joined by Greenoaks Capital, Bedrock Capital, and Geodesic Capital along with earlier backers Accel Partners and CRV. Read more
Boom Technology: Boom Technology is a Denver, Colorado-based company working to develop supersonic aircraft. Boom Technology is reportedly raising $50 million in new funding led by WRVI Capital. Read more
Atsena Therapeutics: Atsena Therapeutics is a Durham, N.C.-based developer of ocular gene therapies. Atsena Therapeutics has raised $55 million in Series A funding. Sofinnova led the round, joined by Hatteras Venture Partners, the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Osage University Partners, the University of Florida, and the Manning Family Foundation. Read more
Bestow: Bestow is a Dallas, Tex.-based life insurance startup. Bestow has raised $70 million in Series C funding from Breyer Capital, Valar Ventures, NEA, Core Innovation Ventures, Morpheus Ventures and Sammons Financial. Read more
Neuron23: Neuron23 is a South South Francisco-based biotech that's focused on genetically-defined neurological and immunological diseases. Neuron23 has raised $80 million in Series B funding led by Redmile Group. Other participants in the round include Westlake Village BioPartners, Kleiner Perkins, Cowen Healthcare Investments, Acorn Bioventures, HBM Partners, Perceptive Advisors and Surveyor Capital. Read more
StockX: StockX is a Detroit, Mi.-based online marketplace and reseller. StockX has raised $275 million in Series E funding led by Tiger Global Management. The round, which also included Altimeter Capital, Sands Capital and Whale Rock Capital Management. Read more
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