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1047 Games raises $100M on the runaway success of its debut title, Splitgate
– 1047 Games, a game developer, raised $100m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and joined by Insight Partners, Anthos Capital, and earlier seed round investors Galaxy Interactive, VGames, Human Capital, Lakestar, DraperDragon, and Draper University.
– It brings the company to a valuation of $1.2 billion.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand its team and continue to build out its game portfolio.
Cleanhub Raises Seed Funding
– Cleanhub from Berlin develops a digital solution that enables local communities in developing countries to create large-scale collection businesses for non-recyclable plastics.
– The company closed a seed funding round of undisclosed amount.
– The round was led by Lakestar and 468 Capital, joined by Übermorgen Ventures, Pirate Impact Capital, and angel investors Andreas Brenner, Marc Stöckli, Charles Songhurst, Erik Hahnloser, and Friedrich Neuman.
– The startup plans to use the capital to further establish its digital solution for businesses and expand its tracking technology for larger collection volumes.
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Pitch Raises $85 Million To Build The First Complete Platform for Presentations
– Pitch, the collaborative presentation platform for modern teams, announced that it has raised an $85 million Series B funding round led by Lakestar and Tiger Global, and joined by existing Pitch investors Index Ventures and Thrive Capital.
– Six months after launching to the public, the Series B investment comes at a time of significant growth and momentum for Pitch. To date, tens of thousands of teams have opened 125,000 workspaces on Pitch, including top companies like Intercom, Superhuman and Notion.
– Pitch is a collaborative presentation platform that enables teams to create, edit, review and share presentations in real-time.
– Pitch is used by companies like Intercom, Superhuman and Notion.
– The company will use the new funding to continue to build out its team and product.
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Uncapped Raises $80M in Funding
– Uncapped from London develops a platform for online companies to fund their growth and inventory costs.
– The company raised $80m in funding.
– The round was led by Lakestar with participation from existing investors (which include Mouro Capital, Global Founders Capital, White Star Capital, Seedcamp, and All Iron Ventures).
– The new capital will be used to expand the company’s business reach with a host of new products and services due to launch in the near future, to increase its headcount from 35 to 100 people by the end of the year, with a particular focus on engineering and product roles.
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Fintech startup ClearGlass Analytics closes $3.6M for pension funds transparency platform
– Fintech startup ClearGlass Analytics has closed a £2.6m funding round.
– The round was led by Lakestar and Outward VC, and included several angels from both the asset management and pension fund worlds.
– The company is targeting the £1.5 trillion mature “Defined Benefit” pension schemes market.
– It will use the funding to expand into the U.K. Defined Contribution pension market, and consolidate its early footprint in Europe and Africa.
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Rows Raises $16M in Series B Funding
– Rows.com (previously dashdash) is a cloud platform-based spreadsheet for developing business tools.
– Company raised $16m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Lakestar with participation from Accel and Cherry Ventures, as well as new angel investor Christian Reber, CEO of Pitch, who joined the Advisory Board.
– The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and to build out functionality.