- SlashNext is a Pleasanton, CA-based AI phishing defense company. - The company closed a $26m Series B funding. - Backers included new investors Tom and Matt Gallo, Telia Group, and the ACTIVE Fund of the Ayala group, and early investors Norwest, Wing, and Alter Ventures. - The new investment will be used to scale customer acquisition and operations domestically and internationally.

- Citcon received $30m in Series C financing led by Norwest Venture Partners and Cota Capital. - The new funding will support the rapid addition of world-class staff and global expansion that builds on the company’s international presence on four continents. - The company’s annualized payment volume is more than $1 billion, representing 300%+ year-on-year growth. - Citcon’s global enterprise payments gateway allows merchants to participate in global commerce by enabling secure online or in-store transactions with more than 100 different payment methods, including mobile wallets, local payment schemes, and traditional credit cards -- all through one single integration and reconciliation platform.

– Elligo Health Research, a healthcare-enabling research organization powered by the novel IntElligo technology, announced a $135m Series E financing round.
– Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Ally Bridge Group participated in the financing round.
– The round was also participated by Norwest Venture Partners and all major existing investors, including Cerner, Hatteras Venture Partners, Noro-Moseley Partners, Piper Sandler Merchant Banking, Shumway Capital, and Syneos Health.
– This financing allows Elligo to invest further in its technology platform and leverage data in new ways to address current challenges in the clinical trial industry.

– Propel announced it has raised $20m in Series C financing.
– The investment was led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Cloud Apps Capital Partners, Green D Ventures and TIFF.
– The company has raised a total of $48m in funding to date.
– With this new round of funding, Propel will continue its development of Product 360 – the only unified quality management (QMS), product lifecycle management (PLM) and commercialization solution built on Salesforce.
– By connecting product, quality, customer and supplier information in a single platform, Product 360 helps manufacturers launch products faster, simplify quality and compliance, and improve their employee user experience.

– Petabyte Technology raised $15m through a Series B Funding Round.
– The funding includes investments from National Veterinary Associates, UNAVETS (a European-based veterinary group), Norwest Ventures Partners, Halle Capital Management, and Relevance Ventures.
– Petabyte revolutionizes patient management for veterinary hospitals through its suite of software solutions. Rhapsody, the cloud-based Practice Information Management System (PIMS), and Boop, the mobile client companion app, include features such as virtual check-in, on-the-go communications, a built-in payment system, and comprehensive wellness plans.

– Amsterdam-based startup VanMoof has raised a $128m Series C funding round.
– The company designs and sells electric bikes that are quite popular in some markets.
– It now wants to become the world’s leading e-bike brand by iterating at a faster pace.
– Asia-based private equity firm Hillhouse Investment is leading the round, with Gillian Tans, the former CEO of Booking.com, also participating.
– Some existing investors also put some more money on the table, such as Norwest Venture Partners, Felix Capital, Balderton Capital and TriplePoint Capital.
– Overall, if you add it all up, the startup has raised $182m in total.

– Bright, a live video platform that lets fans engage in live conversations with their favorite creators and celebs, has raised $15m in new funding.
– The round was co-led by co-founder and talent manager Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures, the fund he founded with Ashton Kutcher.
– RIT Capital and Regah Ventures also co-led.
– Other investors in the new round include Marc Benioff’s TIME Ventures, Globo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Shawn Mendes & Manager Andrew Gertler’s AG Ventures, as well as Jeff Lawson, CEO and co-founder of Twilio.

– Icon, an Austin, Texas-based developer of advanced construction technologies including robotics, software and building materials, raised $207M in series B financing.
– The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from 8VC, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, BOND, Citi, Crosstimbers, Ensemble, Fifth Wall, LENx, Moderne Ventures and Oakhouse Partners.
– Led by Jason Ballard, Co-founder and CEO, Icon develops advanced construction technologies using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials.

– Enable, a San Francisco, CA-based cloud-based software solution for B2B rebate management, raised $45m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from previous investors Menlo Ventures and Sierra Ventures, along with several angel investors.
– The new investment will be used to continue to expand operations and its business reach.

– Mindtickle, which provides a “sales readiness” platform for enterprises, announced it has closed a $100 million series E funding round led by SoftBank, with participation from Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan, NewView Capital, and Qualcomm Ventures.
– The funds, which bring the company’s total raised to $281 million at a $1.2 billion post-money valuation, will be used to expand Mindtickle’s sales enablement, revenue operations, and training teams, according to cofounder and CEO Krishna Depura.

– Third Wave Automation, Inc. is an Union City CA-based autonomous industrial solutions company.
– The company raised $40m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from prior investors Innovation Endeavors and Eclipse, along with Toyota Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate growth and commercialization efforts.

– Treeverse has raised $23m in a series A round of funding from Dell Technologies Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Zeev Ventures.
– The funding will be used to expedite both the development and adoption of LakeFS in enterprise data teams.
– Treeverse is an open source platform that can be deployed on the cloud — AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud — or on-premises.
– It also works out-of-the-box with most of the modern data frameworks, including Kafka, Apache Spark, Amazon Athena, Delta Lake, Databricks, Presto, and Hadoop.

– ActiveFence raised $100M in funding.
– The announcement covers both a Series B round, led by CRV and Highland Europe, and a previously unannounced Series A round, led by Grove Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners.
– Other significant participants in the rounds include Vintage Investment Partners, Resolute Ventures and others.
– The company protects billions of people worldwide from disinformation, child abuse, terror, hate speech, fraud, and other online harms.
– The company’s roster of customers – which includes social media, audio and video streaming, file sharing, gaming, marketplaces and other types of technology platforms – continues to grow 100% year over year.
– The funds will be used to invest in product development as well as accelerate global growth. Today the company employs almost 200 people across six global offices.

– FloQast, an accounting collaboration, automation, and close-management platform, has raised $110 million in a series D round of funding at a $1.2 billion valuation.
– The round was led by Meritech Capital, with participation from Insight Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Coupa Ventures, Polaris Partners, and Norwest Venture Partners.
– Financial close management is the business process of checking and adjusting account balances at the end of each month or other predefined period to publish compliant financial reports for regulators, managers, shareholders, or any other stakeholder that needs to know a company’s current financial position.

– Abodu, a startup that builds prefabricated ADUs, raised $20m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners and joined by previous backer Initialized Capital, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, Mayor Michael Tubbs, GGV investor Hans Tung and Paradox Capital’s Kyle Tibbitts.
– The startup claims that one of its backyard homes can be installed in just 10% of the time it would take for a traditional ADU to be built.

– BillionToOne, Inc. from Menlo Park develops molecular diagnostics company.
– The company closed a $55m Series B funding round.
– The round was led by existing investor Hummingbird Ventures and incoming investor Four Rivers Group with participation from Neotribe Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Y Combinator, and Libertus Capital.
– The new investment will be used to expand the company’s clinical lab and commercial team nationwide.

– Forum Brands, a technology-driven e-commerce acquisition platform, raised $27m in equity funding.
– The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners and joined by NFX and Concrete Rose.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand its team and accelerate product development.

– Pequity is a San Francisco, Calif. – based intelligent compensation platform that allows companies to create fair and competitive compensation programs.
– The company raised $19m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from First Round Capital, Designer Fund, and Scribble Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to continue investing in product development and expand its hiring.

– Flyhomes announced a $150m Series C financing to fuel its growth and build upon its record-setting quarters.
– The round was co-led by venture capital firms Norwest Venture Partners and Battery Ventures, with additional participation from Balyasny Asset Management, Fifth Wall, Trustbridge Partners, Camber Creek, Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Canvas Ventures.
– As part of the transaction, Lisa Wu of Norwest Venture Partners and Roger Lee of Battery Ventures will join the Flyhomes Board of Directors.
– Flyhomes is a pioneer and market leader of the end-to-end homebuying model.

– Monogram Health is a Nashville TN-based kidney disease benefit management and care delivery company.
– Company raised $160m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by TPG Capital, the private equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG, with participation from existing investors Frist Cressey Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners, as well as Humana Inc. and other notable national and regional strategic investors.
– The new funding will be used to accelerate business expansion.

– Exabeam, a security analytics and automation company, announced a $200m Series F growth round at a valuation of $2.4b.
– The round was led by the Owl Rock division of Blue Owl Capital and supported by existing investors Acrew Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.

– Spiff, a developer of sales commission software, announced $46m in Series B funding.
– Led by Lightspeed Ventures Partners, the new round includes investments from Salesforce Ventures and Stripes, along with existing partner Norwest Venture Partners and all of the original investors.
– In total, Spiff has raised $68m.

– Homeward, a real estate startup, raised $136m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners and joined by Blackstone, Breyer Capital, and existing investors Adams Street, Javelin and LiveOak Venture Partners.
– The company has also secured $235m in debt.
– Homeward’s model seems to be appealing to both home buyers (including first time ones) and agents alike, with lots of growth occurring since May 2020 when it raised $105m in debt and equity.
– The company declined to reveal hard revenue figures but noted that its GMV (gross merchandise value) run rate is up over 600%+ year over year.

– Swimply is a marketplace for homeowners who want to rent out their underutilized pools to local swimmers.
– The company announced it is expanding into 25 new cities nationwide.
– The company also announced the closing of a $10m Series A financing.
– The funding round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from Trust Ventures and notable angel investors.

– Uptycs has raised $50m in a series C funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, bringing the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company’s total raised to $93m.
– The company’s customer roster includes Fortune 500 and FinTech firms like Comcast Security, Flexport, and Lookout.
– Sapphire Ventures and ServiceNow Ventures also participated in Uptycs’ latest funding round.

– Qualified is a conversational sales and marketing platform purpose-built for Salesforce Sales Cloud.
– The company raised $51m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures.
– The new investment will be aimed at accelerating product innovation and expanding the team in all key functions including engineering, sales, marketing and customer success.

– Qualified, a startup that builds better interactions for B2B sales and marketing teams that already use Salesforce by tapping into extra data sources to develop a better profile of those visiting your website, in aid of improving and personalizing the outreach has picked up $51m in funding.
– The funding round was led by Salesforce Ventures and joined by Norwest Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures, both previous backers, among others.
– The startup will be using the Series B to continue building out its business with more functionality in the platform, and hiring across the board to expand business development and more.

– Mindful Health Solutions (MHS), a leading provider of interventional psychiatry and other mental health services, announced that it has closed a growth investment from Norwest.
– General Partner Dr. Ryan Harris and Principal Ryan McDonald will join MHS’ Board of Directors.
– Founded in 2007, Mindful Health Solutions (MHS) provides in-network mental health services, focused on improving clinical outcomes for patients with a wide range of conditions such as anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, PTSD, and memory disorders.
– MHS provides access to comprehensive mental health care, offering virtual and in-person Medication Management, talk therapy, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Esketamine nasal spray, and other therapies via its extensive team of psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners.

– oneNav announced that it has closed a $21m Series B funding round, led by GV, with participation from Norwest Venture Partners and GSR Ventures.
– The company also unveiled the world’s first pure L5 mobile GNSS receiver, which provides the highest location accuracy with half the footprint of existing solutions.
– Further validating the company’s unique mobile offering, oneNav has signed a strategic partnership agreement with In-Q-Tel Inc., providing U.S. intelligence and defense agencies with a first-of-a-kind GNSS technology solution.

– Legion is an AI-powered workforce management company.
– The company raised $50m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Stripes and joined by Norwest Venture Partners, First Round Capital, XYZ Ventures, Webb Investment Network, and Dollar General.
– The company plans to build on its momentum to increase hiring and accelerate product innovation.

– PAIR Eyewear, the first direct-to-consumer, customizable eyewear brand by Forbes 30 Under 30 Co-Founders Sophia Edelstein and Nathan Kondamuri, announced today the close of a $12M Series A investment round.
– The round was led by Alex Gurevich at Javelin Venture Partners with participation from Norwest Venture Partners, Precursor Ventures, Bolt, Gingerbread Capital and other strategic investors including NFL player Christian McCaffrey, David Rogier, Founder and CEO of Masterclass, among others.
– PAIR Eyewear is reimagining the consumer experience for those with glasses. After landing a deal on Shark Tank on March 6th of 2020, PAIR Eyewear has seen immense success growing 30% MOM, bringing a more personalized eyewear experience to families across the US.

– Productiv, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of a SaaS management platform, closed a $45M Series C funding.
– The round was led by IVP with participation from existing investors Accel, Norwest Venture Partners, Okta Ventures, and new strategic investor Atlassian Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to continue to expand operations and its business reach.

– Cynet is a Boston, MA-based provider of an autonomous XDR platform.
– Company closed a $40m Series C funding.
– The round was led by Greenfield Partners with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, BlueRed Partners and Deutsche Telekom.
– The new investment will be aimed at expanding the company’s business reach in the North American and European markets.