Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of December 20, 2021. Course Hero Raised $380M Series C

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This week a total of 36 startups raised $1.99B in funding, 3 exits:

$832.2M goes to 17 Enterprise startups
$7.2M goes to 1 FinTech startup
$361M goes to 4 Crypto/Blockchain startups
$4M goes to 1 Mobile startup
$383M goes to 2 Edtech startups
$23M goes to 1 Marketplace startup
$50M goes to 1 Logistics startup
$6M goes to 1 Supply Chain startup
$120M goes to 2 Wellness startups
$22M goes to 2 Healthcare startups
$149M goes to 3 BioTech startups
$35M goes to 1 CleanTech startup

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Funding (300 miles radius from Silicon Valley)
Venture capital funding in the US continues to break records.

Enterprise

Sigma Computing (cloud analytics) raised $300M Series C led by D1 Capital Partners, XN
Noname Security (API security) raised $135M Series C led by Georgian, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ermetic (identity cloud security) raised $70M Series B led by Qumra Capital
Forethought (customer service solution) raised $65M Series C led by Steadfast Capital Ventures
Cequence (API security platform) raised $60M Series C led by Menlo Ventures
Dazz (cloud security remediation) raised $50M Series A from Insight Partners, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, and Cyberstarts
Cyberhaven (data detection and response platform) raised $33M Series B led by Redpoint
Superside (design service for enterprise) raised $30M Series A led by Lugard Road Capital, Prosus Ventures
Hevo Data (no-code data pipeline platform) raised $30M Series B led by Sequoia Capital India
Mixhalo (live event audio platform) raised $24M Series B led by Fortress Investment Group
Reposify (external attack surface management) raised $8.5M Seed led by First Rays Venture Partners, Joule Ventures
Appaegis (zero trust access security) raised $7.7M Seed led by Taiwania Capital
Gappify (accounting automation solution) raised $6M Series A led by Rally Ventures
Scarf (open source analytics and commercialization) raised $5.3M seed led by Race Capital
Manage XR (VR/AR device management platform) raised $4M Seed led by Rally Ventures
Continual (AI platform for modern data stack) raised $4M Seed led by Amplify Partners
Cloudthread (cloud cost efficiency platform) raised $3M Seed led by Peak State Ventures
Qonversion (subscription data platform) raised $2M Seed led by Visionaries Club, Flashpoint VC

FinTech

Quo Finance (mortgage financing app) raised $7.2M Seed led by SignalFire

Crypto/Blockchain

Anchorage Digital (digital asset platform) raised $350M Series D led by KKR
GIANT Protocol (web3 protocol) raised $5M Seed led by CoinFund
Galoy (bitcoin banking platform) raised $3M Seed led by Craft Ventures
GalaxE (cross-blockchain NFT platform) raised $3M Seed

Mobile

Honeycomb (private social app for families) raised $4M Seed led by Stellation Capital

EdTech

Course Hero (course-specific learning platform) raised $380M Series C led by Wellington Management
StudyFree (student scholarships and grants platform) raised $3M Seed led by I2BF Global Ventures, Techstars, TMT Investments

Logistics

KlearNow (smart logistics-as-a-service) raised $50M Series B led by Kayne Partners

Supply Chain

Factor (supply chain management) raised $6M Seed led by Gradient Ventures

Wellness

Found (weight care management) raised $100M Series B led by WestCap
Fable (social platform for book clubs in service of mental wellness) raised $20M Series A led by Tiger Global Management

Marketplace

Full Harvest (surplus produce marketplace) raised $23M Series B led by TELUS Ventures

Healthcare

Lynx MD (healthcare secure data sharing platform) raised $12M Seed led by MizMaa Ventures
Glassbeam (data and predictive analytics for connected medical machines) raised $10M Series B led by Appian Way Asset Management

BioTech

Verge Genomics (drug discovery) raised $98M Series B led by BlackRock
Nodexus (cell isolation technology) raised $30M Series A led by RA Capital Management
Endogena (degenerative eye disease therapeutics) raised $21M Series A led by Rejuveron Life Sciences

CleanTech

ZeroAvia (zero emission planes) raised $35M Series B led by Alaska Air Group, United Airlines

IPO & M&A (300 miles radius from Silicon Valley)

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