October 19, 2020
Last week, Calm was raising funding at a $2.2 billion valuation.
Databricks achieved $350 million revenue run rate.
Getaround raised $140 million in a new funding round.
Proterra raised $200 million in new funding round.
Roblox confidentially filed for its IPO.
Stripe acquired Paystack, a Nigeria based payments API platform, to expand its presence in Africa.
October 12, 2020
Last week, Affirm confidentially filed documents for its upcoming IPO.
Clover Health was acquired by Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Copr. III, a SPAC, for $3.7 billion.
Instacart raised $200 million at a $17.7 billion valuation.
Marqeta received an undisclosed investment from MasterCard.
Segment was acquired by Twilio for $3.2 billion.
Two weeks ago, Better was raising $100 million at a $4 billion valuation.
October 5, 2020
Last week, Airbnb was planning to raise $3 billion in its expected IPO.
Asana went public via a direct listing that valued the company at $4.2 billion
Palantir went public via a direct listing that valued the company at $20.6 billion.
September 28, 2020
Last week, Chargepoint was merged with Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC, in a deal that valued the company at $2.4 billion.
GoodRx raised $1.14 billion in its IPO at a $12.67 billion valuation.
Grail was acquired by Illumina for $8 billion.
Robinhood raised an additional $460 million as an extension of its Series G funding round.
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September 21, 2020
Last week, Snowflake raised $3.36 billion its its IPO at a $33 billion valuation.
Unity raised $1.3 billion in its IPO at a $13.7 billion valuation.
Affirm raised $500 million in its Series G round.
Chime raised $485 million in its Series F round at a $14.5 billion valuation.
Dataminr hired Nella Domenici as its new CFO. Domenici previously worked at Bridgewater Associates and Credit Suisse.
September 14, 2020
Last week, Airtable raised $185 million at a $2.58 billion valuation.
Tiktok was having advanced discussions to be acquired by Oracle.
Klarna was in talks with investors to raise a new funding round at a valuation greater than $10 billion.
Zymergen raised $300 million in its Series D round.