10 найбільших раундів фінансування тижня: Xaira та інші стартапи AI мають великий тиждень

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After a slowdown in big rounds минулого тижня, investors were back at it again dishing out nine-figure rounds. This week’s theme was definitely AI, as many of the largest rounds went to startups using AI in coding or biotech.

1. Xaira Therapeutics, $1B, biotech: The biggest round this week was really big. Xaira Therapeutics came out of stealth and announced it had secured more than $1 billion of committed capital from lead investors Arch Venture Partners та Foresite Capital — both of which jointly incubated the company — as well as several other big-name investors including Sequoia Capital та Lightspeed Venture Partners. The San Francisco-based biotech firm is led by founding CEO Марк Тесьє-Лавінь, who previously served as president of Стенфордський університет but resigned last year after questions arose concerning his scientific research. Xaira is the latest — although likely best-funded — startup to try to use AI models to find new drugs.

2. Збільшувати, $227 млн, штучний інтелект: AI coding startups made a big splash this week. The biggest round went to another startup emerging from stealth — AI coding assistance startup Augment. The Palo Alto, California-based company locked up a $227 million Series B round at a $977 million post-money valuation. The round included cash from the likes of Sutter Hill Ventures, Індексні підприємства та Lightspeed Venture Partners. Augment helps developers and software teams by giving them AI coding assistance. Founded in 2022, Augment’s total funding now stands at $252 million, per the company, following its $25 million Series A led by Sutter Hill Ventures в січні.

3. Розпушування, $200 млн, людські ресурси: HR startup Rippling wrapped up a huge $200 million round that valued the San Francisco-based startup at $13.5 billion. The deal also included a $590 million secondary offering for employees to sell their private shares to investors. The  new equity round was led by Пальто. The company offers a workforce management platform that combines HR, information technology and finance to help customers streamline operations. The new round represents about a 20% uptick in valuation for Rippling, which was last valued at $11.3 billion in March 2023.

4. Пізнання, $175 млн, штучний інтелект: Another nine-figure round for an AI coding startup. This one went to San Francisco-based Cognition, which як повідомляється locked up a $175 million investment led by Фонд засновників at a $2 billion valuation. The six-month-old startup has developed an artificial intelligence–powered coding assistant called Devin. Just last month the startup raised a $21 million Series A at a $350 million valuation.

5. Endeavor BioMedicines, 133 мільйонів доларів, біотехнологія: Yet another big biotech raise this week. San Diego-based Endeavor BioMedicines locked up a $132.5 million Series C led by AyurMaya. The company, which focuses on medicines for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, last raised more than two years ago — a Серія B на 101 мільйонів доларів співоч Група союзників та Партнери Avidity. Заснована в 2018 році, компанія залучила майже 296 мільйонів доларів, за Crunchbase.

6. ThreatLocker, $115 млн, кібербезпека: Cyber funding has shown some signs of life recently, and this week we have another example. ThreatLocker, a cybersecurity startup offering zero trust endpoint security solutions, raised a $115 million Series D led by existing investor Генеральний Атлантичний. In the past year, ThreatLocker has doubled its revenue and added 50% to its workforce. Founded in 2017, the company has raised nearly $240 million, за Crunchbase.

7. Люмеріс, $100 млн, охорона здоров'я: St. Louis-based Lumeris, a developer of a healthcare spending platform, raised a $100 million investment  led by Управління Дірфілдом та Endeavor Health. Заснована в 2000 році, компанія залучила 325 мільйонів доларів, за Crunchbase.

8. ШІ здивування, $63 млн, штучний інтелект: It was a busy week for Perplexity AI. The company announced a $ 62.7 мільйонів раундів on the same day it was повідомляє the AI startup was looking to raise another $250 million-plus at a valuation between $2.5 billion and $3 billion. The newly announced round was first повідомляє минулого місяця й очолив Деніел Гросс. До нього також увійшли такі інвестори, як  Nvidia, IVP, NEA, Джефф Безос та Гаррі Тан серед інших. Новий раунд як повідомляється values the company at more than $1 billion. However, per the report in TechCrunch, the AI search engine startup is far from done, engaging investors in talks of a megaround that would increase that valuation by at least 150%. IVP and NEA were said to be looking at participating in the new round. It was just in January the company raised a $73.6 million Series B led by IVP that valued it at $520 million.

9. Міді здоров'я, $60 млн, охорона здоров'я: Los Altos, California-based Midi Health, a virtual care clinic for women, closed a $60 million Series B led by Колектив Емерсона. Founded in 2021, Midi Health has raised $100 million to date, per the company.

10. Givebutter, $50M, CRM: Austin, Texas-based Givebutter, a platform for nonprofit fundraising and CRM, announced it has closed a $50 million strategic growth investment led by BVP Forge. Заснована в 2016 році, компанія залучила 57 мільйонів доларів, за Crunchbase.

Великі глобальні угоди

There were not really any large rounds outside the U.S. this week. The biggest came from the Emerald Isle.

• Дублін SynOx Therapeutics, a biotechnology research company focused on developing the treatment of giant cell tumors, raised a $75 million Series B.

Методологія

Ми відслідковували найбільші анонсовані раунди в базі даних Crunchbase, які були зібрані американськими компаніями за семиденний період з 20 по 26 квітня. Хоча більшість анонсованих раундів представлено в базі даних, може бути невелика затримка в часі, оскільки деякі раунди повідомляється наприкінці тижня.

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