Jan
26
Intellizence publishes monthly reports about Startup Funding, Venture Capital/Private Equity Investment Deals. The following in-depth insights are based on the analysis of the Intellizence Startup Funding Dataset for the month of December 2020. Key takeaways: The top 3 most well-funded startups were the Chinese online education app Zuoyebang ($1.6 billion),... read more →
Dec
28
Intellizence has curated a list of mega startup funding deals announced recently. In 2020, many of the deals were in transportation ( autonomous vehicle, electric vehicle), education technology, and life sciences sectors. Many of those startups are located in the United States and China. Source: Intellizence... read more →
Dec
16
ClickUp, the productivity platform that replaces all other workplace apps across an organization, entered the unicorn club raising $100 Million in Series B funding. The company has seen tremendous growth in the past several months, with the number of users doubling up to 2 million. It had also seen 900%... read more →
Dec
15
A Brooklyn, NY-based healthcare provider for lower-income communities, Cityblock Health, has raised a $160 million Series C funding round. With this financing, Cityblock reaches a valuation of over $1 billion, joining the unicorn club. The funding was led by New Cityblock investor General Catalyst, with participation from crossover investor Wellington... read more →
Dec
11
A Brooklyn, NY-based healthcare provider for lower-income communities, Cityblock Health, has raised a $160 million Series C funding round. With this financing, Cityblock reaches a valuation of over $1 billion, joining the unicorn club. The funding was led by New Cityblock investor General Catalyst, with participation from crossover investor Wellington... read more →
Dec
09
Calm, the meditation app startup has scored a $2 billion valuation raising $75 Million in a Series C financing round, bringing its total funding to date to $217 million. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, which also saw participation from Insight Venture Partners, TPG and Salesforce CEO and... read more →
Dec
08
SpaceX's Starlink satellite network has won $885 Million in federal aid for rural broadband. The funding is a part of the $9.2 Billion allocations by the FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction, to be paid across 180 auction bidders. The money will help provide most rural areas with broadband speeds... read more →
Dec
04
Digital health startup Everlywell has raised a $175 million Series D funding round that included a number of new investors, including BlackRock, The Chernin Group (TCG), Foresite Capital, Greenspring Associates, Morningside Ventures and Portfolio, along with existing investor Highland Capital Partners. With this funding, the startup has raised more than... read more →
Dec
03
Virta Health, the first healthcare company dedicated to reversing type 2 diabetes without medications or surgery, has raised $65 million in Series D funding. The financing round was led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities, alongwith Caffeinated Capital that brings the total funding to more than $230 million and Virta Health’s... read more →
Dec
02
Unacademy, an online learning platform that provides content for major competitive examinations has raised new funds from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group. The funding round values Unacademy Group at $2 Billion. This investment will further help Unacademy strengthen its aim to democratise knowledge. The latest funding follows around... read more →