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Customer engagement analytics startup Retain.ai nabs $23M
– Retain.ai, a platform that gives enterprises a view of customer engagement across teams, processes, and apps, has raised $23m in a funding round led by Emergence Capital, with participation from Baseline Ventures, Upside Partnership, and Afore Capital.
– The new funding will be used to support growth and more than double Retain.ai’s workforce by the end of 2021, cofounder and CEO Eric Chernoff said.
– This round brings the company’s total raised to more than $27m to date.
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Homebase Announces $71 Million in Series C Funding
– Homebase announced its $71m Series C funding round to expand its products and services.
– With $109m in total funding to date, Homebase is also launching new innovative tools for HR and payroll that broaden its offering for small business owners and accelerate the company’s growth and expansion.
– This funding round was led by new investor, GGV Capital, and includes existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Bedrock Capital, Cowboy Ventures, and Khosla Ventures, and additional investor PLUS Capital.
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Construction robotics firm Dusty raises $16.5M
– Dusty Robotics, a construction robotics company, raised $16.5m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Canaan Partners and featured NextGen Venture Partners, Baseline Ventures, Root Ventures and Cantos Ventures.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand its team and product line.
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Competitive Intelligence Platform Crayon Raises $22 Million
– Crayon is a competitive intelligence platform for the enterprise.
– The company raised $22m in Series B funding.
– Baird Capital led the round and joined by Baseline Ventures, Bedrock Capital, C&B Capital and Oyster Funds.
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CircleCI: $100 Million Funding And $1.7 Billion Valuation
– CircleCI is a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform.
– The company raised $100m in Series F funding.
– Greenspring Associates led the round with participation from Eleven Prime, IVP, Sapphire Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Baseline Ventures, Threshold Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Owl Rock Capital, and Next Equity Partners.
– Stacey Epstein will also join CircleCI’s board of directors.