Cera, a London-based at-home healthcare provider, raised about $320 million in equity and debt financing. Lead investor Kairos HQ was joined by Vanderbilt University Endowment, Schroders Capital, Jane Street Capital, Yabeo Capital, Squarepoint Capital, Guinness Asset Management, Oltre Impact, 8090 Partners and others in the round.
Afresh Technologies Inc., a provider of forecasting, inventory, ordering and store operations technology to grocers, scored $115 million in Series B funding. Spark Capital led the round, which included participation from Insight Partners, VMG Partners, Bright Pixel Capital, Maersk Growth and Innovation Endeavors.
Talon Cyber Security, a Tel Aviv-based secure enterprise browser startup, landed $100 million in Series A funding. Led by Evolution Equity Partners, the round included participation from Ballistic Ventures, CrowdStrike’s Falcon Fund, Merlin Ventures, SYN Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sorenson Ventures and Team8. Richard Seewald, founder and managing partner of Evolution Equity Partners, will join the company’s board.
Aisera, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based employee and customer experience platform, secured $90 million in Series D financing. The Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Thoma Bravo led the round, which saw participation from True Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Icon Ventures, World Innovation Lab, Zoom Ventures, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.
PayIt, a Kansas City, Mo.-based provider of digital government services and payments technology, closed a $90 million investment from Macquarie Capital Principal Finance. Senior Managing Directors Larry Handen and Jared Doskow will join PayIt’s board.
F2G Ltd., a developer of novel therapies to treat rare fungal infections, picked up a $70 million investment. Forbion and Sofinnova Partners co-led the funding, which included contributions from Novo Holdings, Morningside Ventures, Cowen Healthcare Investments and Advent Life Sciences. Nanna Lüneborg of Forbion and Joe Anderson of Sofinnova Partners will join the board.
Parafin Inc., a San Francisco-based startup that helps small businesses launch and embed financial services for their sellers, fetched $60 million in Series B funding. GIC led the investment, which saw additional support from Thrive Capital and Ribbit Capital.
Everytable, a Los Angeles-based ready-to-eat meals provider, closed a $55 million Series C round. Creadev, Desert Bloom and Gullspång Re:food led the investment, which saw participation from Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Lerer Hippeau and others.
Geopagos, a payments startup serving Latin America, snagged a $35 million investment. Riverwood Capital led the funding, which included support from Endeavor Catalyst. Alex Porto of Riverwood will join the board.
Orange EV, a Riverside, Mo.-based electric trucking startup, completed a $35 million funding round led by S2G Ventures and CCI.
Arena AI, a New York-based autonomous enterprise business decision enabler, raised $32 million in Series A funding. Initialized Capital and Goldcrest Capital led the round, which saw participation from Founders Fund, Flexport, Peter Thiel and others.
Kurtosis Technologies, a software development startup, nabbed a $20 million Series A investment. Coatue Management led the round, with additional participation from Coinbase Ventures, Crosstimbers Ventures, Mantis VC and others.
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