October 25, 2021
Last week, Brex raised $300 million at a $12.3 billion valuation.
Instacart acquired Caper AI, a checkout automation product suite.
Klarna acquired Inspirock, a travel planning application.
N26 raised $900 million at a $9 billion valuation.
Rippling raised $250 million at a $6.5 billion valuation.
Scopely purchased GSN Games, a studio that develops casino and skill-based games, from Sony Pictures for $1 billion.
Stripe acquired Recko, a payments reconciliation startup.
October 18, 2021
Last week, Dataminr acquired Krizo, a crisis response platform.
GitLab raised $801 million in its IPO at a $11 billion valuation.
Magic Leap raised $500 million at a $2 billion valuation.
Outreach acquired Canopy, a revenue analysis tool.
Plume raised $300 million at a $2.6 billion valuation.
TripActions raised $275 million at a $7.25 billion valuation.
October 12, 2021
Last week, Databricks acquired 8080 Labs, a low code data analytics platform.
Instacart acquired FoodStorm, an order management system.
Notion raised $275 million at a $10 billion valuation.
Ola acquired GeoSpoc, a mapping analytics startup.
SpaceX closed a $755 million secondary transaction with current and new investors at a $100 billion valuation.
Udemy filed its S1 for its upcoming IPO.
October 4, 2021
Last week, Amplitude went public via a direct listing that valued the company at $5 billion.
Andela raised $200 million at a $1.5 billion valuation.
Arctic Wolf acquired Habitu8, a security awareness management platform.
Betterment raised $160 million at a $1.3 billion valuation.
Byju’s raised $300 million at a $18 billion valuation.
Meesho raised $500 million at a $4.9 billion valuation.
OneLogin was acquired by One Identity.
Warby Parker went public via a direct listing that valued the company at $6.8 billion.
September 27, 2021
Last week, Fivetran raised $565 million at a $5.6 billion valuation. In addition, the company acquired HVR, a data integration startup, for $700 million.
Freshworks raised $1.02 billion in its IPO at a $10 billion valuation.
Oyo Rooms planned to raise $1.2 billion in its upcoming IPO at a $12 billion valuation.
Remitly raised $523 million in its IPO at a $6.9 billion valuation.
Toast raised $870 million in its IPO at a $20 billion valuation.
September 22, 2021
Last week, Airwallex raised $200 million at a $4 billion valuation.
Byju’s acquired Tynker, a coding platform for kids.
Canva raised $200 million at a $40 billion valuation.
Discord raised $500 million at a $15 billion valuation.
ForgeRock raised $275 million in its IPO at a $1.98 billion valuation.
GitLab filed its S1 for its upcoming IPO.
GrubMarket raised $120 million at a $1.12 billion valuation.
SpaceX completed its milestone Inspiration4 mission which orbited the Earth on a Crew Dragon spacecraft with an all-civilian crew.