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Meditation app Calm picks up $88 mln Series BCalm, a meditation app, has raised $88 million in Series B financing. TPG Growth led the round with participation from Creative Artists Agency, Insight Venture Partners and Sound Ventures.
- Augury raises $25 mln
Augury said Jan. 31 that it closed a $25 million series C round led by Insight Venture Partners. Also participating were existing investors Eclipse Ventures, Munich Re/HSB Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, and Lerer Hippeau. Augury is an AI-based machine health solution provider.
- LearnLux locks in $2 mln seed
LearnLux, a digital financial wellness platform, has secured $2 million in seed funding. The investors included Sound Ventures, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Underscore VC.
- Andreessen Horowitz leads $65 mln for Atrium
Atrium, a provider of providing legal services for fast growing companies, has secured $65 million in funding, according to a blog post https://www.atrium.co/blog/a16z/ on its site. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from General Catalyst, YC Continuity and Sound Ventures. In addition to the funding, Andrew Chen and Michael Seibel will join Atrium's board while Marc Andreessen will become a board observer.
- Insurtech firm wefox in talks with suitors including Softbank: Reuters
Wefox, one of Europe’s fastest-growing insurance technology firms, is close to settling on a new “triple-digit million” euro funding round, with Softbank’s (9984.T https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=9984.T ) Vision Fund among the suitors, Reuters reported.
- Sound Ventures targets $150 mln for sophomore fund
Sound Ventures is seeking to raise $150 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708018/000170801818000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml Sound Ventures was founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary.
- Electric scooter startup Bird raises $300 mln, Sequoia leads round
Venice, California-based electric scooter provider Bird, which has been rumored for weeks to be raising a large round at a billion-dollar valuation, announced it has closed its Series C funding at $300 million. Sequoia Capital led the round, which included new investors Accel, B Capital, CRV, Sound Ventures, Greycroft Partners and e.ventures, as well as previous investors Craft Ventures, Index Ventures, Valor, Goldcrest, Tusk Ventures and Upfront Ventures. As part of the funding, Sequoia Partner Roelof Botha has joined the board.