April 4, 2022
Cross River Bank raised $620 million at a $3 billion valuation.
Docker raised $105 million at a $2.1 billion valuation.
Niantic acquired NZXR, an augmented reality startup.
Pensando was acquired by AMD for $2 billion.
Remote raised $300 million at a roughly $3 billion valuation.
March 29, 2022
Last week, GoTo Group planned to raise $1.1 billion in its upcoming IPO.
Webflow raised $120 million at a $4 billion valuation.
Indigo AG appointed John Frederick as its new CFO. Frederick previously was the CEO of SumTotal Systems and the Chief Administrative Officer at Skillsoft.
Instacart reduced its internal valuation to $24 billion which represents a 38% discount to its last round valuation in March 2021.
Ola acquired Avail Finance, a platform that assists blue collar workers with their finances.
SparkCognition acquired Integration Wizards, an advanced visual AI startup.
March 14, 2022
Addepar appointed Eric Daniels as its CFO. Daniels previously was the CFO of Real Capital Analytics, COO and CFO of automotiveMastermind Inc and the CFO of NRC National Response Corporation.
Epic Games acquired Bandcamp, a music download platform.
Acorns raised $300 million at a $1.9 billion valuation.
Byju’s raised $800 million at a $22 billion valuation.
CircleCI acquired Ponicode, a software testing platform.
Course Hero acquired Scribbr, an edtech suite with tools equipped to assist students apply for college.
Niantic acquired 8th Wall, an AR development platform.
Scopely invested $20 million in a new gaming studio, Burlingame Studios.
February 28, 2022
Bloomreach raised $175 million at a $2.2 billion valuation.
Klarna’s operating losses increased to 6.58 billion Swedish crowns ($688.85 million) in FY 2021 which represents a 4X multiple compared to last year’s operating losses.
Omada Health raised $192 million at a $1 billion valuation.
Circle Internet Financial planned to be acquired by Concord Acquisition Corp, a SPAC, in a deal that values the company at $9 billion.
Flutterwave raised $250 million at a $3 billion valuation.
Noom paid $62 million as part of its lawsuit pertaining to making it difficult for users to opt out of subscription renewals.
Roman Health raised $150 million at a $7 billion valuation.
February 15, 2022
Last week, BlockFi was fined $100 million during a SEC investigation related to its high yield lending product. As a result of the investigation, BlockFi isn’t allowed to open accounts for new users.
Branch raised $300 million at a $4 billion valuation.
Starburst Data raised $250 million at a $3.35 billion valuation.
February 8, 2022
Last week, Bolt’s CEO, Ryan Breslow, resigned following a rant on Twitter pertaining to his personal beliefs of the startup realm.
Calm acquired Ripple Health Group, a healthcare platform that has a caregiving product offering.
Flexport raised $935 million at a $8 billion valuation.
Netlify acquired Quirrel, a serverless job queueing platform.
Ramp raised a new funding round at a $8 billion valuation.