The online insurance marketplace developer will use the proceeds from the Transamerica-backed round for product development and expansion.
Author: Robert Lavine
Discord creates $50m in new round
The Tencent and Time Warner-backed developer of a game-based messaging platform with more than 87 million users, is now valued at $1.65bn.
Pivotal picks up $555m in IPO
GE is selling $58m of shares in the Dell EMC spinout, which is also backed by Ford and VMware, as it prepares to float in the middle of its range.
Corporates help mete out $7m to Measurabl
Building sustainability database Measurabl has secured $7m in a Camber Creek-led round also featuring Salesforce Ventures.
Geli stores away $5.5m
Shell Technology Ventures-backed energy storage platform Geli has raised $5.5m of an $8m round, taking its total funding to $19.5m.
Cambia Health exits as Livongo buys Retrofit
Livongo has paid an undisclosed amount to acquire Cambia Health Solutions-backed weight and health management platform Retrofit.
SoftBank enters Funding Societies in $25m round
Peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Societies has secured new funding in a series B round led by SoftBank Ventures Korea.
Tencent considers $100m bet on Dream11
Dream11, the market leader in India’s daily fantasy sports sector, is in talks with Tencent over a $100m investment at a valuation of up to $450m.
BenevolentAI generates $115m in funding
The AI-focused drug developer received cash from new and existing investors that could include Lundbeck and Upsher-Smith Laboratories.
SpaceX gets $214m of cargo for $500m round
Undisclosed investors have contributed upwards of 40% of a planned $500m round for the GV-backed space services provider, according to a securities filing.
Alibaba branches out with Huitongda Network investment
Huitongda Network, a rural e-commerce spinout of appliance retailer Jiangsu Five Star, has received $717m in funding from Alibaba.
Epistema goes Slack to raise $6m
Slack has invested in data collaboration platform developer Epistema alongside Mithril Capital Management.
PullRequest passes series A review with $8m
Gradient Ventures, the Google unit that led coding review service PullRequest’s December seed round, returned to do the same for its series A.
GV helps form Basis in $133m round
Basis, the creator of a stablised cryptocurrency, has secured funding in a private placement that included GV, through a SAFT offering.