Growthink Capital Research tracked $12.0 billion in new venture funding in October 2021 up from $10.3 billion in September 2021.
The month’s biggest funding event belonged to Thrasio, an e-commerce and retail brand that acquires and cultivates category-leading products that people demand.
Forty companies raised $100 million or more in October. Other than Thrasio, the 10 companies which raised the most are as follows:
- Orca Security ($550 million) a cloud-based security platform that delivers comprehensive full-stack visibility into cloud infrastructure.
- Magic Leap ($500 million) a virtual computing interface system that seamlessly combines digital and physical lives through computer-generated 3D imagery.
- Saama ($430 million) an enterprise platform that assists medical companies in assessing business risk decisions.
- Deel ($425 million) a payroll platform that reimagines payouts for businesses working with global remote contractors.
- Honor ($370 million) a provider of home-care services that offers expert and professional in-home care services for elders.
- Dutchie ($350 million) an online marketplace to connect consumers to local dispensaries for cannabis.
- Perfect Day ($350 million) animal-free milk substitutes and proteins that offer protein nutritionally identical to that of cow’s milk.
- Medable ($304 million) a cloud-based platform that provides effective therapies to patients.
- VideoAmp ($275 million) an integrated screen optimization platform to bring television and digital video advertising together.
- ClickHouse ($250 million) an online analytical processing (OLAP) database management system for real-time analytics.
The hottest sectors for funding during the month were A.I./Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, InsurTech, BioTech, and FinTech.
Key funding events in each of these sectors for the month are below:
- A.I./Machine Learning deals included Saama ($430 million), Augury ($180 million), Weights & Biases ($100 million), SkyHive ($40 million), Anomalo ($33 million), Neural Magic ($30 million), Duality ($30 million), Modern Age ($27 million), AiDash ($27 million), Deep North ($16.7 million), and Akridata ($15 million).
- Cybersecurity deals included Orca Security ($550 million), Dragos ($200 million), Aura ($200 million), Sonrai Security ($50 million), Skyflow ($45 million), SlashNext ($26 million), Picus Security ($24 million), TripleBlind ($24 million), and Shift5 ($20 million).
- InsurTech deals included At-Bay ($205 million), Sure ($100 million), Ladder ($100 million), Coterie Insurance ($50 million), Stride Health ($47 million), Sana ($20 million), Homee ($17 million), and SkyWatch/Voom ($15 million).
- BioTech deals included Structure Tx ($100 million), Neumora Therapeutics ($100 million), Cedilla Therapeutics ($82.6 million), Intergalactic Therapeutics ($75 million), Mozart Therapeutics ($55 million), Alto Neuroscience ($32 million), and Kingdom Supercultures ($25 million).
- FinTech deals included Betterment ($160 million), Republic ($150 million), Tifin ($47 million), Extend ($40 million), Atomic Financial ($22 million), Copper Banking ($13.3 million), and Ando ($6 million).
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