Berkeley, Calif.-based clinical-stage biotech startup Carmot Therapeutics Inc. raised $160 million in a Series D round led by The Column Group, with participation from RA Capital Management, Deep Track Capital, Willett Advisors, Horizons Ventures and other institutional investors, the company said.
Cloud-based travel tech startup Spotnana raised $75 million in a Series B round led by Durable Capital Partners, with participation from existing investors including Mubadala Capital and Blank Ventures, the New York-based company said. Founded in 2019, Spotnana, which also has offices in Bangalore, Pune and Mumbai, offers a software-as-a-service platform for corporate travel managers.
San Diego, Calif.-based Cordial, a cross-channel marketing and data management startup launched in 2014, has secured $50 million in Series C funding, led by NewSpring, bringing its total funding to date to $85 million, the company said.
San Francisco-based Neon Inc., a cloud-database startup, raised $30 million in a Series A-1 funding round led by GGV Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst and Founders Fund, among other investors. The company, which has raised $54.3 million in total funding, said it will use the new money to expand its engineering team and accelerate product development.
BrainBox AI, a Montreal, Canada-based autonomous-building tech startups, raised $30 million in Series A funding led by ABB and Export Development Canada. The company said it intends to use the funds to increase its footprint in global markets.
Topl, an Austin, Tex.-based blockchain startup, announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding co-led by Mercury, Republic Asia and Cryptology Asset Group. Topl’s purpose-built blockchain technology is designed to enable companies to track and monetize sustainability efforts. Its latest funding follows an initial seed round in 2020.
Datch, a New York-based software startup that develops voice-first artificial intelligence apps for industrial operations, closed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Blackhorn Ventures. Datch said the new capital will go towards further developing digital tools, which are designed to let deskless workers interact with IT software systems through natural language-processing.
Bento, a Boston, Mass.-based dental insurance startup, raised $8.1 million in Series A funding, led by Schooner Capital, bringing its total capital raised to date to $19 million, the company said. Other investors in the round included York IE Capital and Companyon Ventures. The company said it will use the funding to boost a nationwide sales effort.
New York-based PixieBrix, a low-code web interface startup launched last year, closed $5.4 million in Series A funding led by existing investor New Enterprise Associates, bringing its total funding since July 2021 to $9 million, the company said. PixieBrix this week also named New Enterprise Associates Parter Hilarie Koplow-McAdams to its board of directors.
Kona, a San Francisco-based human resources work-management software startup, raised a $4 million seed funding round led by Unusual Ventures with participation from Evolutionary Ventures, the venture arm of executive coaching company Evolution.
|