Daily funding roundup - January 12th, 2021
Workato raised $110M;Landing landed $45M; Earli secured $40M; Descript picks up $30M
Snowplow: Snowplow is a London-based behavioral data management platform. Snowplow has raised $10 million in Series A2 funding. Atlantic Bridge led the round, joined by earlier investor MMC Ventures. Read more
JumpCloud: JumpCloud is a Louisville, Co.-based cloud directory platform company. JumpCloud has raised $25 million in new Series E funding that brings the round to more than $100 million. BlackRock led the round, joined by H.I.G. Growth, OurCrowd and earlier investor General Atlantic. Read more
Descript: Descript is a San Francisco-based startup whose tools enable creators to edit audio and video files. Descript has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Spark Capital. Earlier backers Andreessen Horowitz and Redpoint Ventures also joined the round. Read more
Employee Navigator: Employee Navigator is a Bethesda, Md.-based maker of benefits administration, compliance, and HR software. Employee Navigator has raised $34 million from JMI Equity. Read more
Modern Treasury: Modern Treasury is a San Francisco-based maker of payment operations software. Modern Treasury has raised $38 million in Series B funding. Altimeter Capital led the round, joined by earlier investors Benchmark and Y Combinator. Read more
AirSlate: AirSlate is a Boston-based no-code business automation startup. AirSlate has raised $40 million from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, General Catalyst and HighSage Ventures. Read more
Earli: Earli is a South San Francisco-based bioengineering startup focused on cancer. Earli has raised $40 million in Series A funding. Khosla Ventures led the round, joined by Perceptive Advisors, Casdin Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Sands Capital, and Jim Breyer, along with other individual investors, including former Goldman exec Marty Chavez. Read more
Landing: Landing is a Bay Area-based membership-based flexible living startup. Landing has raised $45 million in Series B funding. Foundry Group led the round, joined by Greycroft and Maveron. Read more
Jobber: Jobber is a Edmonton, Alberta-based maker of business management software for home services pros. Jobber has raised $60 million in funding led by Summit Partners, with participation from Tech Pioneers Fund and earlier investors OMERS Ventures and Version One Ventures. Read more
Open Farm: Open Farm is a Toronto-based pet food brand. Open Farm has raised $65 million in funding led by General Atlantic, with added participation from Encore Consumer Capital. Read more
Clark: Clark is a Frankfurt, Germany-based digital insurance platform. Clark has raised €69 million in Series C funding. Tencent led the round, joined by earlier investors Portag3 Ventures, White Star Capital and Yabeo. Read more
M-Files: M-Files is a Plano, Tex.-based company whose software automates enterprise information management. M-Files has raised $80 million led by Bregal Milestone, with participation from Partech, Tesi and Draper Esprit. Read more
Jedox: Jedox is a Breisgau, Germany-based company that sells financial modeling and analytics software. Jedox has raised more than $100 million in funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from earlier backers Iris Capital, eCAPITAL and Wecken & Cie. The company has now raised $150 million altogether. Read more
Workato: Workato is a Mountain View, Ca.-based business automation integration platform. Workato has raised $110 million in Series D funding led by Altimeter Capital, with participation from Insight Partners. Read more
Prodigy: Prodigy is a Ontario-based educational gaming company. Prodigy has raised $159 million CAD ($125 million) in Series B funding led by TPG Growth, with participation from the Canadian Business Growth Fund. Read more
Cockroach Labs: Cockroach Labs is a New York-based distributed SQL database. Cockroach Labs has raised $160 million in Series E funding at a $2 billion valuation, just eight months after raising an $86.6 million Series D round. Altimeter Capital led the new financing, joined by Greenoaks, Lone Pine and earlier backers Benchmark, Bond, FirstMark, GV, Index Ventures, and Tiger Global. Read more
Tessera Therapeutics: Tessera Therapeutics is a Cambridge, Ma.-based programmable genetics startup founded by Flagship Pioneering. Tessera Therapeutics has raised $230 million in Series B funding from Alaska Permanent Fund, Altitude Life Science Ventures, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and QIA. Read more
Checkout.com: Checkout.com is a London-based online payments platform. Checkout.com has raised $450 million in Series C funding at a post-money valuation of $15 billion. Tiger Global led the round, joined by Greenoaks Capital and earlier backers like Coatue, Insight Partners, DST Global, Blossom Capital, and GIC. Read more
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