– Pass It Down is a digital storytelling company based in Baton Rouge.
– Company raised nearly $2m in funding.
– The round was led by VentureSouth, with participation from Cultivation Capital, Techstars, Red Stick Angels and Acadian Capital Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to create and launch Iconic Moments, an NFT marketplace exclusively for the world’s museums and cultural institutions, in the fourth quarter of 2021.

– Joshin, a digital care platform that connects care providers to families with specialized care needs, announced today that it has closed a seed funding round of $3m.
– The round was led by Anthemis Group and The Autism Impact Fund.
– Joshin is also expanding its services to the West Coast markets of Los Angeles and Seattle, continuing its strong growth in the past year with a 200% increase in its community base, including care providers and members.

– Maven Clinic from New York provides virtual clinic for women’s and family health, offering continuous, holistic care for fertility, pregnancy and parenting.
– Company raised $110m in Series D funding.
– The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, Lux Capital with participation from BOND, Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, and Icon Ventures, as well as Oprah Winfrey.
– The new investment will be used to expand into new populations and to invest in additional product innovation to further enhance its member experience designed to improve clinical outcomes.

– Juno Medical, a New York-based primary care company, raised $5.4m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Vast Ventures with participation from Atento Capital, Company Ventures, humbition, RareBreed Ventures and Lafayette Square.
– The company intends to use the funds to launch its Brooklyn location, expand its virtual care services and price transparency capabilities, and to hire new team members across the business.

– PairTree announced the closing of a $2.25m seed financing round to modernize adoption through its use of technology to enable a more ethical, affordable and equitable adoption process.
– As one in eight couples suffers from infertility, more people are seeking alternate paths to parenting, including more than five million families looking into adoption in the U.S. every year.
– PairTree’s seed round was led by Urban Innovation Fund, with Founder Collective, Female Founders Alliance and Techstars as the other major participants.

– Lingokids from Madrid is a provider of an early learning platform.
– Series C $40m round brings company valuation to $100m.
– The round was led by an undisclosed investor, with participation from GP Bullhound and existing investors HV Capital and Ravensburger, among others.
– The new investment will be used for further international expansion, development of new and engaging forms of content for kids, as well as global hiring, especially for the platform engineering and development teams.

– Cleo, the leading family benefits platform supporting working families in the planning stage through the teenage years, today announced a $40m Series C investment led by Transformation Capital, with participation from Glynn Capital, PruVen Capital and Gaingels and existing investors Greylock, NEA and Felicis.
– In conjunction with this round, Transformation Capital Managing Partner, Mike Dixon will join Cleo’s Board. This round brings Cleo’s total funding to $83m.
– Since its founding in 2016, Cleo has become the industry’s most complete and high-impact family benefits platform. Its products and services help a diverse set of more than 100 leading employers attract, retain, and drive better health outcomes for working parents in over 55 countries.

– Maple, a family tech platform, raised $3.5m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Inspired Capital and joined by Box Group, but also supported by Shopify President Harley Finkelstein and other angels.
– The platform is launching on iPhone and Android for all and onboarding new users from its waitlist over the next few weeks.
– Maple offers a social layer, a task-focused list of shared responsibilities, and a bourgeoning service marketplace that looks and feels a lot like the ecosystem Shopify has built for empowering e-commerce entrepreneurs.
– The platform will offer users the ability to tap others for help with tasks – these could be other family members added to the household, or the partners mentioned above (the plan is to bring on more, but to gate admittance initially while developing API endpoints that any company can potentially tap into).