Aspect Ventures

Tara AI, a product management platform, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Aspect Ventures led the round with participation from Slack Fund, Y Combinator and Moment Ventures.

Evident ID Inc, a platform that powers identity and credential verification for many of the world’s fastest-growing companies, has raised $20 million in Series B financing. Aspect Ventures led the round.

CipherTrace, a blockchain security company, has raised $15 million in funding. Aspect Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Galaxy Digital, Neotribe Ventures and WestWave Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Aspect’s Mark Kraynak will join CipherTrace's board of directors.

San Francisco and New Zealand-based PredictHQ, a data intelligence company for real-world events, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Aspect Ventures led the round with participation from Lightspeed, Rampersand VC and AddVenture Fund. In addition to the funding, Theresia Gouw, Aspect Ventures co-founder, will join PredictHQ’s board of directors.

Silicon Valley-based Aspect Ventures, a venture firm, has named Vishal Lugani as principal. Lugani joined the firm in 2016. Prior to joining Aspect, Lugani worked at Greycroft Partners.

Future Family, which offers monthly payment solutions for fertility services, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Aspect Ventures led the round with participation from iNovia, BBG Ventures, LaunchCapital, RiverPark Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Day One Ventures and Portfolia. In addition to the funding, Aspect Ventures Partner Lauren Kolodny will join the Future Family's board of directors.

San Francisco-based Future Family, a provider of fertility care services, has raised $10 million in a Series A round of funding led by Aspect Ventures. Also participating in the round are iNovia Capital, BBG Ventures, LaunchCapital, Ulu Ventures and Portfolia's FemTech Fund. Future Family, which provides a monthly payment service for such fertility services as egg freezing, in vitro fertilization and concierge care, has now raised $14.2 million in total funding. As part of the latest round, Aspect Ventures Partner Lauren Kolodny will join the board.

San Francisco-based Qordoba, a UX content management platform, has raised $11.5 million in Series B funding. Aspect Ventures led the round with participation from Upfront Ventures, Rincon Ventures, Broadway Angels and Michael Stoppelman, the co-founder of Yelp.

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Fintech company Deserve has secured a $250 million credit facility from Goldman Sachs, Cross River and Waterfall Asset Management.

Salesforce has agreed to acquire Troops.ai, a provider of revenue communications solutions, according to an announcement on the former company's site.

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The longtime investor and entrepreneur joins the diversity-focused Acrew as a venture partner.

Backers included Mindset Ventures. The San Francisco company provides fintech services for fertility-related services and last raised $10m in late 2018.

Vida, which treats mental and physical conditions together, stood out to GA for many reasons, including its proven engagement, with revenue more than tripling since the start of 2020.

Eden Health, a concierge healthcare provider, has raised $60 million in Series C funding.