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After several weeks of just having one or two rounds of nine figures, this week saw an explosion. Eight rounds hit $100 million or more as big rounds seemed to pour in. No one sector cleaned up, as the money was spread around from cleantech to biotech to fintech to even restaurant-centric software.

1. 그라데이션, 225억 XNUMX만 달러, 청정 기술: Gradiant became one of the newest unicorns this week after raising a fresh 시리즈 D에서 225만 달러 주도 볼트락 홀딩스 및 센타우루스 캐피탈. 물 기술 스타트업의 가치는 현재 1억 달러로 평가됩니다. 이 스타트업은 제약, 반도체, 식음료 및 기타 물 수요가 많은 산업 분야의 기업을 위해 물 사용량을 줄이고 폐수 처리 시스템을 구축하는 기술을 개발합니다. 자금은 적어도 2022년 초 이후 폐수 처리 공간에서 가장 큰 규모입니다. 2013년에 설립된 기술 매사추세츠 공과 대학. The company has now raised more than $392 million, Crunchbase에 따르면.

2. 티 팔티, 150억 XNUMX만 달러, 핀테크: Automated payment solution Tipalti raised big this week with a $150 million “incremental growth financing” round, as the company called it. Back in 2021, the Foster City, California-based fintech raised a $270 million Series F funding led by G 제곱 at a valuation of $8.3 billion. No valuation was given this time around — although that is not unusual in this time of slowing venture funding and declining valuation. The latest round was from JPMorgan 체이스 뱅크 및 헤라클레스 캐피탈, which specializes in venture debt, although no distinction between debt and equity was announced by Tipalti. Founded in 2010, Tipalti has now raised about $700 million, according to the company’s 공개.

3. 레스토랑365, $135억 XNUMX만, 회계: It’s hard to run a restaurant — as anyone who has watched several reality shows based on doing so knows. Restaurant365 tries to make that a little easier and this week the Irvine, California-based startup added some big-named backers. The company nailed down a $135 million round co-led by KKR 및 패 터턴. 새로운 라운드는 회사를 1억 ​​달러로 평가합니다. 공개. Restaurant365 offers enterprise management software for restaurants, helping them take care of accounting, payroll, supply chain and more. The company has surpassed $100 million in revenue and is used in more than 40,000 restaurant locations. Founded in 2011, the company has raised more than $260 million, Crunchbase 당.

4. (묶음) 애비뉴 원, $100M, property management: New York-based Avenue One also joined the unicorn herd this week with a $100 million raise led by 웨스트캡. The cash infusion gave the company a valuation of $1 billion. The startup, founded in 2020, provides a handful of services to single-family rental investors — such as finding  their next property or financing. Institutional investors started buying up single-family homes during the pandemic as interest rates remained low and families sought more space. Even as interest rates have climbed back up, there clearly is still enough interest in the market to mint a property management startup as a unicorn.

4. (묶음) 무한 바이오, 100억 달러, 생명공학: It seems every week a biotech startup or two raise a huge round. This week is no different. First off is Boundless Bio, a clinical stage, next-generation precision oncology startup, which raised a $100 million Series C co-led by 바이엘의 도약 및 RA 자본 관리. The San Diego-based startup is developing therapeutics directed against extrachromosomal DNA for patients with oncogene amplified cancers. In the past, targeted therapies have been mostly ineffective in treating patients with oncogene amplified cancers, according to the company. Founded in 2018, the company has raised more than $250 million, Crunchbase 당.

4. (묶음) 이글 아이 네트워크, 100억 XNUMX천만 달러, 보안: When a security company raises a nine-figure round, it is normal to assume it is referring to cybersecurity. However, not in this case. Eagle Eye Networks is an actual physical security company  — although with a tech twist. The company offers cloud-based video surveillance. Perhaps not the sexiest of industries, but still a significant market. The Austin, Texas-based startup locked up $100 million in a round led by Japan-based 세콤. Founded in 2012, the firm has now raised $195 million, Crunchbase에 따르면.

4. (묶음) 레이 테라퓨틱스, 100억 달러, 생명공학: Another biotech was able to raise a nine-figure round this week. San Francisco-based Ray Therapeutics locked up a $100 million Series A led by 노보홀딩스 A/S. The startup is looking to restore vision for people with the rare blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa. While some companies are looking to stop the disorder before it results in blindness, Ray differentiates itself by looking into therapeutics to actually bring back vision.  Founded in 2021, the company has now raised $110 million, Crunchbase 당.

4.(공동) 지퍼, $100M, procurement: Procurement software certainly is not the sexiest of industries, but there is no denying the need for systems that help companies with the burdensome process of buying new software and hardware. San Francisco-based Zip helps companies do just that and this week it raised a 100 만 달러 시리즈 C 투자자로부터 Y Combinator, CRV 및 타이거 글로벌. The startup also bucked the trend of declining valuations. The new cash gives the procurement startup a $1.5 billion post-money valuation. While many companies are seeing stagnant or falling valuations, the new valuation represents a slight bump from its previous $1.2 billion valuation last May after the company raised a $43 million Series B. Zip helps companies with sourcing, approving and paying for needed business tools, ideally helping to streamline the process to make it less taxing. Founded in 2020, Zip has raised $181 million to date, per the company.

9. Nido Biosciences, 87억 달러, 생명공학: Watertown, Massachusetts-based Nido Biosciences, a biotech startup developing medicines for debilitating neurological diseases, announced it has raised a total of $109 million in seed, and Series A and B financings. Previous SEC filings (여기에서 지금 확인해 보세요. 및 여기에서 지금 확인해 보세요.) indicate the Series B — led by 생물발광 벤처 — likely was around $87 million.

10. 마르 멜로, 77억 XNUMX천만 달러, 전자 상거래: San Francisco-based luxury retailer Quince raised a $77 million Series B led by 웰링턴 경영. 2018년에 설립된 이 회사는 141.5억 XNUMX천만 달러를 모금했으며, Crunchbase에 따르면, positioning it for accelerated growth and expansion.

큰 글로벌 거래

Even though the U.S. saw some big funding rounds, none came close to the biggest this week.

방법론

우리는 13월 19일부터 XNUMX월 XNUMX일까지 XNUMX일 동안 미국 기반 회사에서 모집한 Crunchbase 데이터베이스에서 발표된 가장 큰 라운드를 추적했습니다. 대부분의 발표된 라운드가 데이터베이스에 표시되지만 일부 라운드는 주 후반에 보고됩니다.

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