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WestCap and Peter Thiel-backed FLYR Labs closes $150M Series C
– FLYR Labs, a deep learning platform for airlines, raised $150m in Series C funding.
– The funding round was led by WestCap, with participation from Silver Lake Waterman, WndrCo, as well as Peter Thiel, Streamlined Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures and Gopher Asset Management.
– The company plans to use the funding to grow its core business and expand into other verticals.
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Flip bags $28M to turn beauty, wellness social commerce on its head
– Social commerce startup Flip closed on a $28m Series A led by Streamlined Ventures.
– The round was joined by Mubadala Capital Ventures, BDMI and a group of early backers and angel investors.
– The company plans to use the new funding to scale the company and its creator ecosystem, while also expanding the end-to-end logistics part of the platform.
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reThought Raises $15.5M in Series A Funding
– reThought Insurance, a Broomfield, Colo.-based tech-enabled MGA, closed a $15.5m Series A funding.
– The round was led by Telstra Ventures with participation from Hudson Structured Capital Management and ArcTern Ventures as welll as existing venture funds Menlo Ventures, ManchesterStory and Streamlined Ventures.
– The company intends to use the funds to expand sales team, technology, research and development and growth in the flood insurance market.
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Censia Raises $21M in Series A Funding
– Censia is a San Francisco, CA-based Talent Intelligence technology company.
– The company raised $21M in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Marbruck Investments, which joined existing investors Streamlined Ventures, Merus Capital, The CXO Fund, and CerraCap.
– The new investment will be used to expand go-to-market efforts, scale their API-first offering, and continue product innovations for talent acquisition and workforce planning powering HR technologies of the future with AI.
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Breinfy Raises $11M in Seed Funding
– Breinify is a San Francisco CA-based company that enables enterprises to deliver personalized and relevant digital experiences.
– The company raised $11M in seed funding.
– The round was led by Gutbrain Ventures and PBJ Capital, with participation from Streamlined Ventures, The CXO Fund, Amino Capital, Startup Capital Ventures and Sterling Road.
– The new investment will be used to continue to expand operations and product features.
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Breinify announces $11M seed to bring data science to the marketing team
– Breinify, a startup working to apply data science to personalization, raised $11m funding.
– The funding was led by Gutbrain Ventures and PBJ Capital with participation from Streamlined Ventures, CXO Fund, Amino Capital, Startup Capital Ventures and Sterling Road.
– The company is growing fast and has 24 employees, up from 10 last year.