Plenty Unlimited Inc., a South San Francisco, Calif.-based indoor vertical-farming startup, secured $400 million in Series E funding. One Madison Group and JS Capital Management led the round, which included participation from SoftBank Vision Fund 1. Walmart Inc. also invested in the round as part of a partnership with Plenty aimed at bringing fresh produce to the retail giant year-round.
Dremio, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based startup offering data-analytics services to businesses, picked up $160 million in Series E funding led by Adams Street Partners, giving the company a $2 billion valuation. Additional new investors StepStone Group and DTCP also contributed to the round, alongside previous backers Sapphire Ventures, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and Cisco Investments.
SparkCognition Inc., an Austin, Texas-based provider of artificial-intelligence software for businesses, closed a $123 million Series D round, giving the company a valuation of more than $1.4 billion. Investors included March Capital, Doha Venture Capital, B. Riley Venture Capital, AEI Horizon X and Temasek Holdings.
Domestika Inc., a Berkeley, Calif.-based online community learning platform for creatives, completed a $110 million Series D round, bringing the company’s valuation up to $1.3 billion. Zeev Ventures led the new funding, which included support from GSV Ventures and others.
InstaDeep, a London-based startup that delivers AI-powered decision-making systems for the enterprise, grabbed $100 million in Series B financing. Led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB, the round included support from BioNTech, Deutsche Bahn’s DB Digital Ventures, Google and G42.
Wandelbots, a Germany-based robotics-software startup, nabbed more than $84 million in Series C financing. Insight Partners led the round, with Principal Philine Huizing joining the company’s board. Additional investors in the round included 83North, Microsoft, Next47, Paua Ventures, Atlantic Labs and EQT.
Darwinbox, an India-based developer of human-resources software, raised $72 million in Series D funding at a valuation of more than $1 billion. TCV led the investment, which saw additional contributions from Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and others.
Hunters, a Tel Aviv- and Newton, Mass.-based cybersecurity startup, fetched a $68 million Series C round. Lead investor Stripes was joined by DTCP, Cisco Investments, Databricks, YL Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, M12, U.S. Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital and Snowflake Ventures in the funding.
Cheetah, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based platform enabling independent restaurants to order wholesale food and supplies for next-day delivery, closed a $60 million Series C round. Manna Tree Partners and Sator Grove Holdings co-led the investment, which saw participation from Lineage Logistics, Grupo Nutresa, Eclipse Ventures and Hanaco.
SavvyMoney Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif.-based consumer-credit-score provider, obtained a $45 million investment led by Spectrum Equity, with additional participation from TransUnion. Adam Margolin, managing director at Spectrum Equity, will join the board.
Passport, an international shipping carrier for e-commerce brands, secured a $39 million Series B round led by TCV.
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