Andes, a five-year-old startup based in Alameda, Ca., that adds microorganisms to soil in order to remove CO2 and thus generate carbon renewal credits, raised an additional $15 million in Series A funding. Investors included Voyager VC, Yamaha Motor Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, Cavallo Ventures, KdT Ventures, Venturance, Germin8, and Accelr8. The company has raised a total of $38 million. ESG Today has more here.
Blank Street Coffee, a coffee chain that started in 2020 with a single cart in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and that raised $67 million(!) in 2021, has closed a $20 million round with investors that include Left Lane Capital, HOF Capital, General Catalyst, and Tiger Global. Fast Company has more here.
Coactive AI, a two-year-old startup based in San Jose, Ca., that applies AI to unstructured visual content, raised $14 million in a combined seed and series A funding. Investors included Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners, SV Angel, AME Cloud Ventures, Cloud All Star Fund, Next Play Capital, and Exceptional Capital. More here.
DragonflyDB, a one-year-old Tel Aviv startup that provides an in-memory datastore for cloud environments, raised a total of $21 million. Redpoint Ventures led a seed round, while Quiet Capital led the Series A. SiliconANGLE has more here.
Illumix, a six-year-old startup based in Redwood City, Ca., that uses AR to let customers try on merchandise such as jewelry, raised an $18 million Series A round. Investors included LightShed Ventures, Henry Kravis, Mark Cuban, Sony Innovation Fund, RW3 Ventures, OV, and Visible Ventures as well as previous investors Maveron and Lightspeed. The company has raised a total of $26.6 million. Forbes has more here.
Luma AI, a startup based in Sunnyvale, Ca., whose app enables users to capture objects in 3D, raised a $20 million Series A round led by Amplify Partners, with NVIDIA, General Catalyst, and previous investors Matrix Partners and South Park Commons also contributing. The company has raised a total of $28.1 million. More here.
Mecanizou, a three-year-old Sao Paulo startup that has built an auto parts marketplace, raised a $14.5 million Series A round led by Monashees and including Alexia Ventures, FJ Labs, and Dalus Capital. The company has raised a total of $18.5 million. TechCrunch has more here.
OP3N, a two-year-old startup that aims to build a "WhatsApp meets Amazon" app for web3, raised a $28 million Series A round led by Animoca Brands, with additional participation from Dragonfly Capital, SuperScrypt, Creative Artists Agency, New Enterprise Associates’ Connect Ventures, Republic Crypto, Avalanche’s Blizzard Fund, Galaxy Digital, and Warner Music Interactive. TechCrunch has more here.
Operto Guest Technologies, a seven-year-old Vancouver startup whose software enables property owners and managers to remotely monitor and control their properties, raised a $25 million Series B round led by Centana Growth Partners, with Thayer Ventures, FUSE, Blackpines Capital Partners, and Derive Ventures also chipping in. The company has raised a total of $40 million. More here.
Sifflet, a two-year-old Paris startup that is building a data observability platform aimed at helping businesses build trust in their data, raised a $12.9 million Series A round. EQT Ventures was the deal lead. TechCrunch has more here.
Tomi, a DAO aiming to build an "alternative internet" to promote free speech and access to uncensored information, raised $40 million led by DWF Labs. CoinDesk has more here.
Two, a three-year-old Oslo startup that provides buy-now-pay-later invoice financing for SMBs, raised a $19.3 million Series A round co-led by Shine Capital and Antler, with Sequoia Capital, Day One Ventures, Alumni Ventures, LocalGlobe, The Visionaries Club, and Alliance VC also piling on. The company has raised a total of $22.3 million. Sifted has more here.
Unlearn.AI, which has built a machine learning platform that creates "digital twin" profiles of patients in clinical trials, has raised $15 million from Radical Ventures and Wittington Ventures, while Mira Murati, the CTO of OpenAI, is joining the startup's board. Reuters has more here.
Wingtra, a nine-year-old Zurich startup whose drones are used to perform surveying missions by organizations such as NASA and the Army Corps of Engineers, raised a $22 million Series B round. Investors included DiamondStream Partners, EquityPitcher Ventures, Verve Ventures, the European Innovation Council Fund, and Ace & Company. The company has raised a total of $41 million. TechCrunch has more here.
XXII, a Paris-based AI-powered computer vision SaaS provider for the deployment and configuration of video stream analysis algorithms, raised a €22 million Series A round. Fonds Innovation Défense (Defence Innovation Fund) managed by Bpifrance, led the round; it was joined by 574 Invest, CIB Développement, Techmind, Kima Ventures, business angels, and the Duval Group. Silicon Canals has more here.
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