Impossible Foods Inc., a Redwood City, Calif. maker of plant-based meat and dairy substitutes, landed a new $500 million investment. Mirae Asset Global Investments led the round, which included participation from other previous backers. The company’s existing investors include Khosla Ventures, GV, Horizons Ventures, Temasek Holdings and Coatue Management.
SimPRO, an Australia-based field-service-management software provider, scored more than $350 million from K1 Investment Management and Level Equity. In addition to the growth investment, simPRO acquired time-tracking and scheduling software provider ClockShark and job-management software developer AroFlo for an undisclosed amount.
Niantic Inc., a San Francisco-based augmented-reality platform and publisher of the “Pokémon Go” mobile game, said Coatue Management invested $300 million in the company at a $9 billion valuation. Previous Niantic investors include IVP, Battery Ventures, CRV, Spark Capital, Founders Fund and Meritech Capital Partners.
NoBroker.com, an Indian real-estate platform, snagged $210 million in Series E funding, bringing the company to unicorn status. General Atlantic, Tiger Global Management and Moore Strategic Ventures led the round.
Verbit Inc., a New York-based transcription and captioning platform, completed a $250 million Series E round, consisting of a $150 million primary investment and $100 million in secondary transactions. Third Point Ventures led the new funding, which included additional support from Sapphire Ventures, More Capital, Disruptive AI, Vertex Growth, Samsung Next and TCP Venture Capital. Robert Schwartz, managing partner at Third Point Ventures, will join the Verbit board.
WatchBox, a Philadelphia-based e-commerce platform for collectible luxury watches, picked up a $165 million investment. Lead investors the Radcliff Cos. and the Spruce House Partnership were joined by CMIA Capital Partners and existing backers in the round. Warby Parker Chief Technology Officer Jeff Saunders, the Radcliff Cos. Co-Founder Eli Goldstein and Associated Partners Managing Partner David Berkman will join WatchBox’s board.
Vercel, a San Francisco-based platform to develop, preview and ship websites, secured $150 million in Series D financing at a $2.5 billion valuation. Lead investor GGV Capital was joined by Accel, Bedrock Capital, CRV, Geodesic Capital, Greenoaks, GV, 8VC, Flex Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global Management and others in the round.
Payhawk, a London-based financial platform combining expense management, payments and invoice management, raised $112 million in Series B funding, valuing the company at $570 million. Led by Greenoaks, the round included contributions from QED Investors, Earlybird and Eleven Ventures.
Rescale Inc., a San Francisco-based intelligent hybrid cloud computing platform, closed a $105 million Series C round from investors including Fort Ross Ventures, Gaingels, Hitachi Ventures, Initialized Capital, Keen Venture Partners, M12, Nautilus Venture Partners, Nvidia, Prometheus Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Solasta Ventures and Yield Capital Partners. Individual investors Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Paul Graham and Peter Thiel also participated in the round.
Peek.com, a San Francisco-based experiences booking software provider and marketplace, grabbed an $80 million Series C round. WestCap Group led the investment, which saw additional support from Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Neurophth Therapeutics Ltd., an ophthalmic gene therapy startup with offices in China and San Diego, closed over $60 million in Series C funding from investors including Sequoia Capital China.
Bitrise, a Budapest-based mobile DevOps startup, completed a $60 million Series C round. Insight Partners led the investment, which saw participation from Partech, OpenOcean, Zobito, Fiedler Capital, Y Combinator and H14. Josh Zelman, vice president at Insight Partners, will join the company’s board.
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