SpotOn, a San Francisco startup offering payments software for restaurants and retail businesses, grabbed $300 million in Series E funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, increasing the company’s valuation to $3.15 billion. Returning backers including DST Global, Dragoneer Investment Group, Franklin Templeton and Mubadala Investment Co. also contributed to the round, along with new investors Wellington Management and Coatue Management. The new funding will be used to acquire Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce platform for enterprise businesses including sports and entertainment venues, theme parks, zoos and college campuses. Appetize is backed by investors including Elysian Park Ventures, Shamrock Capital Advisors and Silicon Valley
Bank.
BitSight, a Boston-based cybersecurity startup, received a $250 million investment from Moody’s Corp. The company also agreed to acquire VisibleRisk, a cyber risk ratings joint venture created by Moody’s and Team8, a global venture group. Terms of the purchase weren’t disclosed. BitSight previously raised funding from investors including Warburg Pincus, Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital and Singtel Innov8.
Papaya Global, a Tel Aviv-based payroll and payment management platform, scored $250 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $3.7 billion. Insight Partners led the round, which included participation from Tiger Global Management, Greenoaks Capital, IVP, Scale Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Alkeon Capital, Workday Ventures, Access Industries and Group 11.
SellersFunding, a financial platform helping ecommerce sellers to grow and scale their businesses, secured $166.5 million in equity and debt funding. Northzone led the round, which included additional support from Endeavor Catalyst and Fasanara Capital. The company has offices in New York, London and Weston, Fla.
JumpCloud Inc., a Louisville, Colo.-based cloud directory platform, raised $159 million in Series F funding led by Sapphire Ventures. New investors Owl Rock Capital, Whale Rock Capital, Sands Capital and Endeavor Catalyst also contributed to the round, along with existing backers General Atlantic, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock and H.I.G. Growth Partners. The new investment triples JumpCloud’s valuation to $2.56 billion since the company’s Series E round early this year.
Commercetools, a Munich-based enterprise commerce technology provider, picked up $140 million in Series C financing. Lead investor Accel was joined by Insight Partners and REWE Group in the round.
Copado, a DevOps platform, raised $140 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s valuation up to nearly $1.2 billion. Insight Partners led the investment, which included participation from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Declaration Partners, DG Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, ISAI Cap Venture, Lead Edge Capital, Perpetual Investors and IBM Ventures.
Pacaso, a San Francisco-based real estate platform that helps people buy and co-own a second home, scored a $125 million Series C round, giving the company a valuation of $1.5 billion. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the funding, which included participation from Fifth Wall, Greycroft, Global Founders Capital, Crosscut, 75 & Sunny Ventures and Gaingels.
Grow Credit Inc., a Santa Monica, Calif.-based credit building service, secured more than $90 million in seed funding, which included debt financing. Investors in the round included Mucker Capital and Commerce Ventures.
TreeFrog Therapeutics, a France-based developer of stem cell-derived cell therapies, closed a $75 million Series B round. Bpifrance Large Venture led the funding, which included support from Leonard Green & Partners, Bristol Myers Squibb and XAnge. In addition to the funding, Frederic Desdouits was appointed as chief executive of the company. He was previously CEO of PCAS and managing director at Seqens CDMO. Laurent Higueret of Bpifrance Large Venture and Peter Zippelius of Leonard Green & Partners will join the TreeFrog board.
Recur, a Miami-based NFT platform, collected $50 million in Series A funding at a $333 million post-money valuation. Digital, a metaverse investment platform, led the round. Previous investors include Defi Alliance, Courtside VC, Volt Capital, Delphi Ventures and JST Capital.
Walking Fish Therapeutics Inc., a South San Francisco, Calif.-based startup that is developing B cell therapeutics for oncology, rare disease, regenerative medicine, autoimmune disease and recombinant antibody production, completed a $50 million Series A round led by investors including Emerson Collective, Illumina Ventures and Quan Capital.
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