(More $ for) Privacy, Please: cybersecurity start-ups are ripe for new rounds as peers get funded

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It's been quite a week of venture deal making across industries and vertical, as you'll see.

Here's the run down of everything we saw, in reverse chronological order of when they were reported.

John Gannon //?VC Deals ?//?VC Careers

?? M&A

??? Abaca , a Little Rock, AR-based cannabis FinTech platform, has been acquired by Safe Harbor Financial (Nasdaq: SHFS) ?for $30 million. (More from the acquirer )

??Remix , a startup that develops an open source web framework, has been acquired by Shopify . (More from CEO Michael Jackson )

??? Spry Fox , a Seattle, WA-based indie gaming studio, has been acquired by Netflix . (More from the acquirer )

?? Sourcing Ideas?(companies w/raises reported on or around Nov 4, 2021)

??????? Ethyca , a New York, NY-based developer of data privacy infrastructure, raised $7.5 million from IA Ventures , Lee Fixel, Lachy Groom and Bill Ackman’s Table Management. (More in TechCrunch )

??????? Blotout , a Fremont, CA-based privacy-focused customer data platform, raised $3 million in Seed funding in a round led by First Rays Venture Partners , with participation from YC, Pascal Capital and Launchpad. (More in TechCrunch )

????? Activeloop , a Menlo Park, CA-based streaming database for AI applications, raised $5 million in Seed funding co-led by 468 Capital and CM Ventures, and were joined by Tribe Capital and Shasta Ventures. (More in TechCrunch )

?? VC Deals

????Guaranteed , a New York, NY-based company providing modern end-of-life care, closed a $6.5 million Seed round, led by BrandProject LP , with participation from Precursor Ventures, Springbank Ventures, Lakehouse Ventures and Cake Ventures. (More in VC News Daily )

???? The Mobility House , a Belmont, CA-based renewable energy company, raised an internal round of financing led by Mercuria , and co-led by Ventura Capital and Green Gateway Fund, with participation from Mercedes-Benz, Alliance Venture, Mitsui and SP Group. (More in VC News Daily )

???? Runwise , a New York, NY-based building control company, raised a $19 million in a Series A funding round led by Fifth Wall , with participation from Rudin Management, SOJA Ventures and The Strykers of Friedman Management and MCJ Collective, Derive Ventures, Helium-3, Silence VC, The Cannon Project as well as Waterman Ventures; existing investors include Initialized Capital, Notation Capital, Susa Ventures and NextView Ventures. This round brings the total equity funding to $24 million. (More in VC News Daily )

??? Logiwa , a Chicago, IL-based cloud fulfillment platform for DTC and omnichannel businesses, completed its Series B funding, closing a $10 million second round of investment led by Prologis Ventures?and BAM Elevate, with participation from existing investors Valor Siren Ventures, Runway Venture Partners, Spider Capital and Launch Capital; in total, Logiwa has received more than $26.4 million in Series B capital. (More in VC News Daily )

?? Boston Materials , a Billerica, MA-based high-performance materials company, raised a $12 million Series A2 round led by Good Growth Capital , with participation from new investors GS Group and PTT Global Chemical, as well as existing investors ACCELR8, Valo Ventures and ACVC Partners, bringing the company's total funding to date to $26.8 million. (More in VC News Daily )

??????? Darwinium , a San Francisco, CA-based customer protection platform, raised a Seed funding round of $10 million, led by Blackbird ?alongside Airtree. (More in VC News Daily )

?? ??? meez , a digital recipe tool for professional chefs, closed an $11.5 million Series A funding round, led by Craft Ventures , with participation from Struck Capital, FJ Labs, AME Cloud Ventures and Moving Capital. (More in VC News Daily )

?????? Dataloop AI , a Herzlia, Israel-based data management, automation pipeline and annotation platform for AI projects, raised $33 million in a series B round of funding, led by NGP Capital ?and Alpha Wave Ventures. (More in VentureBeat )

?? Emalex Biosciences , a Chicago, IL-based rare and orphan neurological condition treatment company, closed a $250 million Series D funding round led by Bain Capital Life Sciences Fund LP , with participation from Paragon Biosciences, Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company and several family offices. (More in VC News Daily )

?? project44 , a Chicago, IL-based logistics startup, raised $80 million in a funding round led by Generation Investment Management ?and A.P. Moller Holding, with participation from previous investors Goldman Sachs, Chicago Ventures and Emergence Capital, bringing the total raised by the company to $897.5 million since it was started in 2014. The fresh funding values the company at $2.7 billion. (More in Crunchbase News )

???? NOVADIP Biosciences S.A. , a Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on large bone defects and injuries, raised an additional EUR 40 million in a Series B round comprised of EUR 24 million in new equity and EUR 16 million in non-dilutive financing, led by the Walloon Region. CR-CP Life Science Fund (China) joined existing investors, including New Science Ventures (US), Fund+, SRIW Life Sciences, VIVES Louvain Technology Fund and InvestSud. (More in Business Wire )

???? Apiiro ,?a New York, NY-based cloud-native application security for development teams platform, announced a Series B round of $100 million, led by General Catalyst , with participation from Greylock and Kleiner Perkins. (More in TechCrunch )

?? SparkPlug , a San Francisco, CA-based incentive management and wage supplementation platform for retail salesforce, announced an $8 million Series A funding round, led by Lightbank , with participation from Industry Ventures, as well as existing investors TenOneTen Ventures and Jason Calacanis, bringing the company's total investment raised to $11.5 million. (More in VC News Daily )

??? Playgig , a Los Angeles, CA-based gaming studio, raised $10.85 million in a Seed round led by March Capital , with participation from additional global investors including Paramark, Aream and Gaingels. (More in VentureBeat )

?? ? WalletConnect Foundation , a Newark, DE-based web3 communications protocol company, raised $12.5 million in an ecosystem round, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Shopify, ConsenSys, Circle Ventures, Polygon, Uniswap Labs Ventures, Union Square Ventures, 1kx, HashKey, Foresight Ventures and others. (More in BusinessWire )

??????? Akto.io , a Palo Alto, CA-based cybersecurity for APIs platform, raised $4.5 million in Seed funding, led by Accel in India with participation from angel investors. (More in VentureBeat )

???? Concerto Biosciences , a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company designing microbial communities that restore deficient microbiomes to treat disease, raised $23 million in a Series A funding round led by Safar Partners ?and joined by Horizons Ventures and M Ventures. (More in VC News Daily )

?? ???? GoCo.io, Inc. , a Houston, TX-based provider of flexible software solutions for HR, benefits, and payroll, announced a $15 million funding round led by ATX Venture Partners ?in September, bringing the total recent investment to $27.5 million. (More in VC News Daily )

???? AMP , a Los Angeles, CA-based energy management for e-mobility platform, closed a Series A investment round of $17.25 million led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund ?and Helios Climate Ventures . (More in VC News Daily )

?? Interprice Technologies , a New York, NY-based treasury capital markets funding platform, announced the closing of its $7.3 million Series A funding, co-led by Nasdaq Ventures?and DRW Venture Capital, with participation from existing investors including Bowery Capital. (More in VC News Daily )

?? Arta Finance , a Mountain View, CA-based startup creating a digital family office, raised $90 million while in stealth mode from Sequoia Capital India, Ribbit Capital and Coatue. (More in Crunchbase News )

???? Orum ?? , a sales acceleration platform that focuses on live conversations, raised $25 million in Series A funding, led by Craft Ventures , with participation from Unusual Ventures and Neo, bringing the company's total funds raised to $29 million since its inception in 2018. (More in TechCrunch )

???? Haven , a New York, NY-based homeownership platform that unlocks value for mortgage servicers and sub-servicers, raised $8 million in Series A funding round led by Fifth Wall ?with participation from Fidelity National Financial, RWT Horizons, and 1Sharpe Ventures, as well as existing investors Conversion Capital, BoxGroup, AME Cloud Ventures, and Operator Partners, bringing total funding to date to $13.5 million. (More in VC Daily )

???? Galileo , a San Francisco, CA-based company that improves unstructured data for machine learning (ML) applications, raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Battery Ventures , with participation from previous investor The Factory and new investors Walden Catalyst and FPV Ventures, bringing the total raised to $23.1 million. (More in VentureBeat )

?? ???? Qwick , a Phoenix, AZ-based on-demand staffing platform for hospitality businesses and professionals, closed a $40 million Series B investment round led by Tritium Partners , with participation from current investors Album VC, Kickstart, Desert Angels, and Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. (More in TechCrunch )

???? Galen Robotics , a Baltimore, MD-based Digital-Surgery-as-a-Service company, completed the 1st close for a Series A round with $15 million in funding, including investment from Ambix Healthcare Partners . (More in VC News Daily)

???? TouchBistro , a Toronto, ON-based restaurant point-of-sale system, announced on Tuesday it raised $110 million in growth financing led by Francisco Partners , bringing the total amount raised to $320.2 million. (More in Crunchbase News )

?? Boomerang Medical , a Mountain View, CA-based bioelectronic medicine company for autoimmune diseases, raised a $15 million Series A financing round led by returning investor Arboretum Ventures , with participation from Hatteras Venture Partners, bringing total funding to date to $18 million. (More in BusinessWire )

?? Samsara Eco , a Sydney, Australia-based startup that uses enzyme-based technology to break down plastic into its core molecules, raised ~$34.7 million in a Series A funding round from investors including Breakthrough Victoria , Temasek, Assembly Climate Capital, DCVC and INP Capital, with participation from existing investors like deep-tech fund Main Sequence, Woolworths Group’s W23 and Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). (More in TechCrunch )

??????? Medcrypt , a San Diego, CA-based cybersecurity solution provider for medical devices, announced its $25 million Series B funding round that included marquee strategic investments by Intuitive Ventures , 强生公司 Innovation, and participation by institutional investors Section 32, Eniac Ventures, Anzu Partners, and Dolby Family Ventures. (More in VC News Daily )

?? ??? Roots Automation , a New York, NY-based creator of “Digital Coworkers” for the insurance industry, announced a $10 million Series A round of funding led by MissionOG , with participation from Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Vestigo Ventures and CRV. (More in VC News Daily )

?? Infleqtion , a Boulder, CO-based quantum technology company, announced a $110 million Series B round of funding led by LCP Quantum , with participation from In-Q-Tel, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, Breakthrough Victoria, BOKA Group Holdings I LP, as well as existing investors including Foundry Group, Global Frontier Investments, and Maverick Ventures. (More in VC News Daily )

???? Metrist , a startup that helps IT teams stay on top of outages among the many cloud services they use to run their own applications, raised a $5.5 million Seed round from Heavybit , Morado Ventures and individual investors. (More in TechCrunch )

????? modl.ai , a Copenhagen, Denmark-based AI/ML company that automates processes like debugging and quality assurance testing for game developers, raised $8.4 million in a series A funding round led by Griffin Gaming Partners ?and M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund , with participation from Rendered.vc, PreSeed Ventures, and Transistormedia. (More in VentureBeat )

?? ???? Fringe , a Richmond, VA-based HR Tech startup for customizable employee perks and benefits, raised $17 million in a funding round led by @origin ventures Origin Ventures ?and Felton Group. (More in TechCrunch )

???? Volocopter , a Baden-Württemberg, Germany-based startup building electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, secured $182 million for the second signing of its Series E round led by NEOM , with participation from GLy Capital Management; this comes on top of the $170 million raised for the same round in March at a $1.87 billion post-money valuation. (More in TechCrunch )

?? Solugen , a Houston, TX-based chemicals company focused on decarbonization, raised $200 million at ~$2 billion valuation; the company has taken in $635.2 million to date, including $350 million previously raised in Series C funding from Baillie Gifford ?and GIC last year. (More in Crunchbase News )

?? Arnica , an Alpharetta, GA-based software supply chain security startup, raised a $7 million seed round led by Joule Ventures ?and First Rays Venture Partners. (More in TechCrunch )

?? OncoPrecision , a New York, NY-based platform that recreates cancer patients’ disease ex-vivo, raised $3.3 million in Seed funding with participation from SOSV's IndieBio , GRIDX, New York Ventures, Creative Ventures, Fundacion Para el Progreso de la Medicina; OncoPrecision has raised a total of $4.2 million to date. (More in VC News Daily )

???? Bright Machines , a San Francisco, CA-based software-defined manufacturing company, announced $132 million in debt and Series B equity funding; the equity portion of the funding, worth $100 million, was led by Eclipse ; the debt portion of the funding, worth $32 million, was led by Silicon Valley Bank ?and Hercules Capital. (More in VC News Daily )

???? GoodShip , a Nashville, TN-based cloud-based collaboration platform for procurement, carrier scorecarding and reporting automation, raised $2.4 million in funding in a round led by FUSE , with participation from Cercano Management, Flexport Fund, Innovation Endeavors, Sope Creek Capital and Kindergarten Ventures. (More in VC News Daily )

???? Icertis , a Bellevue, WA-based contract lifecycle management company using AI and NLP, raised $150 million in funding from Silicon Valley Bank . (More in Venture Beat )

???? AUGx , a New York, NY-based company building an AI-based visual storytelling platform for creators that transforms text or audio into videos, raised $1 million in Seed funding. (More in Venture Beat )

?? invygo , a Dubai, UAE-based startup for long-term car subscriptions, raised $10 million in its Series A funding led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) ?with participation from Al Rajhi Partners, Arab Bank’s AB Ventures, Amaana Capital and Palm Drive Capital and existing backers Signal Peak Ventures and Knollwood Investment Advisory. Invygo has raised $14.3 million to date. (More in TechCrunch )

??SmallSmall , a Lagos, Nigeria-based PropTech company which gives renters access to monthly rent payments and offers landlords a way to vet tenants, increase their income and manage properties, raised $3 million ($2 million equity and $1 million debt) in Seed funding, led by Techstars Toronto Accelerator ?with participation from Oyster VC, Asymmetry Ventures, Vivaz and Niche Capital. (More in TechCrunch )

?????? Money Fellows , a Cairo, Egypt-based fintech company digitizing money circles, raised $31 million in the first close of its Series B investment round led by CommerzVentures , Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) and Arzan Venture Capital, with participation from Partech, Sawari Ventures, Invenfin, National Investment Company (NIC), 4DX Ventures and P1Ventures, bringing the total raised since inception to $37 million. (More in TechCrunch )

?? ? Zebra Labs , a China-based web3 entertainment platform, raised $5 million in a funding round led by the Chinese gaming firm NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited 網龍網絡控股有限公司 ?and the Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo . (More in TechCrunch )

See you next week!