Deel, a San Francisco-based payroll and compliance software provider for international teams, secured $425 million in Series D financing, valuing the company at $5.5 billion. Coatue Management led the round, which included contributions from Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator Continuity, Spark Capital and Neo.
Zopa, a London-based peer-to-peer loan provider, landed $300 million in pre-IPO funding led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.
Aura, a Burlington, Mass.-based provider of digital security to consumers, raised $200 million in Series F funding, valuing the company at $2.5 billion. Madrone Capital Partners led the round, which included participation from TenEleven Ventures, General Catalyst, WndrCo, Warburg Pincus and Accel. Earlier this month, Aura appointed Kelly Merryman as president and chief operating officer.
Saildrone Inc., an Alameda, Calif.-based autonomous-sailboat company that collects oceanic data, completed a $100 million Series C round led by BOND. New investors XN, Standard Investments, Emerson Collective and Crowley Maritime Corp. also contributed to the round, along with previous backers Lux Capital, Social Capital and Tribe Capital. Noah Knauf, general partner at BOND, will join the board.
GO, a Philadelphia-based car subscription startup, picked up a $41 million investment led by Synterra Capital Management.
H3 Dynamics, a Singapore-based aerial mobility startup, closed a $26 million Series B round. Sparx Asset Management’s Mirai Creation fund led the investment, which included additional support from the venture arm of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, Capital Management Group, Grosvenor Group, Audacy Ventures, Ascent Hydrogen Fund and ATEQ.
vFunction, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup whose technology accelerates application and cloud modernization efforts, grabbed a $26 million Series A round. Zeev Ventures and Hewlett Packard Pathfinder led the funding, which saw participation from Engineering Capital, Primera Capital and Shasta Ventures.
TripleBlind, a Kansas City-based startup offering proprietary cryptographically-enforced data privacy technology, raised $24 million in an oversubscribed Series A round. General Catalyst and Mayo Clinic led the funding, which saw participation from Basecamp Fund, Accenture Ventures, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures, Flyover Capital, KCRise Fund, NextGen Venture Partners and Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health.
Scribe, a San Francisco-based startup that generates step-by-step guides for any task, landed $22 million in Series A funding, along with a previously unannounced $8 million seed round. The Series A portion was led by Tiger Global Management, with additional participation from Amplify Partners, Haystack Ventures, XYZ Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Morado Ventures and Sweat Equity Ventures. Mike Dauber, general partner at Amplify Partners, will join Scribe’s board.
Hofy, a London-based platform that enables companies to provide and manage physical equipment for remote employees, launched out of stealth with $15.2 million in funding from Stride.VC, Kindred Capital, TrueSight Ventures, Day One Ventures and others.
Navina, an AI-powered clinical platform for primary care, fetched $15 million in Series A funding led by Vertex Ventures Israel.
Builder.io, a San Francisco-based no-code e-commerce platform, snagged a $14 million investment from Greylock Partners, Imaginary Ventures and others.
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