– Near Space Labs, a geospatial intelligence startup, raised $13m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Crosslink Capital and joined by Toyota Ventures and existing investors Leadout Capital and Wireframe Ventures.
– Near Space Labs also announced that Crosslink partner Phil Boyer has joined its board.
– Near Space Labs is focused on urbanized areas where change happens very rapidly.
– The company has named its platform “Swifty”.
– Each one is capable of reaching altitudes between 60,000 and 85,000 feet and capturing 400-1,000 square kilometers of imagery per flight.
– The company sells the data it collects and has developed an API through which customers can access the data via a subscription model.

– Cribl from San Francisco develops an Observability Pipeline to provide real-time visibility into the data center.
– Series C $200m round led by Greylock and Redpoint Ventures, with participation from new investor IVP, existing investors Sequoia and CRV, and strategic backers Citi Ventures and CrowdStrike.
– The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach.

– Pave announced $46m Series B funding led by the YC Continuity Fund and welcomed Ali Rowghani to its board.
– The round also includes participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and others.
– Pave integrates directly with customers’ HR and equity systems so that customers have access to real-time compensation data and never have to use spreadsheets for compensation surveys, merit cycles, or total rewards statements again.

– Verifiable, a healthcare provider credentialing API toolkit, raised $17m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Altman Brothers and joined by David Sacks/Craft Ventures and a group of individual investors including Flexport’s Ryan Petersen, Rippling’s Parker Conrad, Front’s Mathilde Collin, Syapse’s Jonathan Hirsch, Todd Goldberg and Rahul Vohra.
– Tiger Global and existing investors also participated in the round.
– The company plans to scale the team.

– Real Time Medical Systems is the leading healthcare interventional analytics solution.
– The company closes $20m Series C round funding led by BASE Capital and SunBridge Capital.
– This new investment continues to advance Real Time’s interventional analytics platform and further accelerates its steady market growth.

– Cybereason from Boston, MA provides a future-ready attack protection platform that unifies security from the endpoint to the enterprise to everywhere the battle moves.
– The company raised $275m in crossover financing.
– The round was led by Liberty Strategic Capital with participation from Irving Investors, certain funds advised by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, and Softbank Vision Fund 2.
– The company intends to use the funds to continue to accelerate the growth driven by demand for its AI-powered platform.

– Home365, a PropTech/InsureTech residential Real Estate investment and property management company, raised $16.3m in funding.
– The round was led by Greensoil PropTech Ventures II (GSPV II) with participation from Eyal Ofer, O.G. Tech, Verizon Ventures, Lool Ventures and North First Ventures.
– The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its end-to-end technology platform and its expansion into more of the top 100 markets across the United States.

– Ably from London, UK provides a platform that powers synchronized digital experiences in realtime for distributed applications, devices, and hybrid cloud environments.
– The company closed a $70m Series B funding.
– The round was co-led by Insight Partners and Dawn Capital with participation from existing investors Triple Point, Digital Horizon, Forward Partners, and MMC.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate growth, adding a further 125 hires to strengthen its core UK team and growing its US presence over the next 15 months.

– Forto has successfully raised $240M in an investment round.
– The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 21, with participation from Citi Ventures and G Squared, and strong backing from existing investors including Northzone, Inven Capital, Cherry Ventures, and Unbound.
– With this round, Forto’s valuation now stands at $1.2B.

– Wristcam, a wearable camera maker, raised $25m in funding.
– The round was led by Marker LLC and joined by other investors.
– The company plans to use the funding to scale its team, Wristcam production, go to market, and R&D of its computer vision engine for wearables.

– Cortex Intel is a Washington, DC-based building analytics software company.
– The company raised $6M in Series A funding.
– The round was led by 4490 Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to expand the company’s product management, sales and marketing teams, as well as build new software and machine-learning products.

– OnLume Surgical, a Madison, Wis.-based medical device company developing novel imaging systems for use during surgery, closed a $7m Series A funding.
– The round was led by Cambridge Investment Group (Luzich Partners LLC) with participation from WARF Ventures (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) and Wisconsin Investment Partners (WIP).
– The company intends to use the funds to execute its plans for commercial launch.

– RBC Signals, a satellite ground station venture, raised $1.2m funding.
– The round was led by new investors and included debt conversions.
– The company has agreements to use more than 80 antennas at more than 50 locations in more than 20 countries to communicate with orbiting satellites.
– It has also collaborated with Amazon Web Services on AWS Ground Station services.

– Trax secured $640m in a Series E financing round.
– The round was led by Softbank Vision Fund 2 and technology-focused funds managed by existing investor BlackRock, Inc.
– New investors include OMERS, one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, and Sony Innovation Fund by IGV.
– Trax’s cloud platform is accelerating the digital transformation of consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and grocery retailers by providing granular visibility of rapidly changing store conditions.
– Trax solutions enable users to make timely, data-driven decisions and implement immediate corrective actions.
– As a result, brands and retailers are accelerating growth, reducing costs, and driving awareness and purchase intent.
– Trax empowers its customers to provide the best shopping experiences imaginable.

– Classcraft from Sherbrooke develops learning technology for students and teachers.
– The company raised $3.6M in Series A funding round.
– The round was led by Brightspark Ventures, with participation from Whitecap Venture Partners, Amplify Capital, and new investors Theodorus Investment Funds and Unreasonable Collective.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate product development and sales and marketing efforts and grow the team.

– Roambee completed a $18+ million Series B1 funding round led by Reefknot Investments, a global top-tier logistics sector-focused venture capital fund.
– The completion of the fundraise positions Roambee for further expansion of its technology, services and global market penetration ahead of its Series C round targeted for Q2 2021.
– Roambee’s proven monitoring solution, as used by one of the largest US-based vaccine makers, is envisioned by the company as the first step towards transformation of multiple industries via unfettered access to verifiably better supply chain visibility at scale.

– Vyopta is an Austin, Texas-based collaboration intelligence company.
– The company raised US$8m in growth funding.
– The round was led by Vistara Capital Partners.
– The new funding will be used to accelerate customer acquisition and add new monitoring and analytics features.

– Lob, the leading direct mail platform, announced that it has raised $50m in Series C funding.
– Led by long-time investor Y Combinator Continuity, this new financing round brings Lob’s total capital raised to $80m.
– Over 8,500 customers, including Twitter, Expedia, Booking.com, Betterment, Clover Health, Root Insurance and ThredUp, are using Lob’s platform to automate direct mail workflows.
– One in two U.S. households have now received mail generated from Lob’s platform, and the company is on pace to triple the amount of mail it will send in a single year.
– To continue scaling its operations, Lob is expanding its print delivery network—already the largest in America.

– Sentry, the leader in application monitoring, has raised $60m in Series D funding.
– The round was led by its first capital investor, Accel, with participation from existing investor New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and new investor, BOND.
– Accel was the first investor in Sentry, leading its seed round in 2015 and it has increased its stake in every subsequent round.