S2G Ventures and Food Systems for the Future have launched a $2B fund named the Food, Nutrition, and Health Investor Coalition. The fund will invest in food, biotech, and related verticals. More: - Other participants in the fund include ACON Investments, Astanor Ventures, Beyond Impact Advisors, Bluestein Ventures, Boardwalk Collective, Cleveland Avenue, iSelect Fund, KdT Ventures, Khosla Ventures, L Catterton, Leaps by Bayer, Mayfield Fund, Middleland Capital, PowerPlant Partners, Rethink Food, Rich Products Ventures, Supply Change Capital, Synthesis Capital, and Tyson Ventures.
- The fund will be deployed within the next three years, with the goal of increasing access to healthy foods for the 34 million Americans who experience food insecurity.
- FNHIC stated that it is open to having more investors join the fund in the future.
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Cybersecurity company NetSPI has raised a $410M growth round. KKR led the funding round. More: - The company aims to use the funds to invest in innovation, talent acquisition, and global expansion.
- NetSPI provides attack surface management, pen testing as a service, and breach and attack simulation services to numerous clients, including Fortune 500 companies.
- The company claims it has grown its revenue fivefold in the last five years, while it has seen 61% revenue growth so far in 2022.
- The North American, European, and Israeli markets are the company's main target.
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AI company Altana Technologies has raised a $100M Series B. Activate Capital led the round. More: - Other participants in the round include OMERS Ventures, Prologis Ventures, Reefknot Investments, Four More Capital, GV, Amadeus Capital Partners, Floating Point, and Ridgeline Partners.
- Altana uses public and private data to create a database of suppliers, traders, and collaborators that comply with specific regulations, all while protecting data and user privacy.
- The company offers features such as identifying who is sending and receiving the shipments, classifying the goods being sent in categories, giving security ratings for the shipments, etc.
- Altana has worked with UPS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, BMW, Maersk, Merck, Boston Scientific, etc.
- The startup has a presence in New York, London, and Washington.
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Kneron has raised a $48M Series B funding round. The company is based in California. More: - The round was led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from LITEON, ADATA, Foxconn, and a family office.
- Kneron develops software and hardware products for Artificial Intelligence. The company believes its products can boost AI adoption due to their low latency.
- According to the company CEO, the funding will be used to manufacture AI chips.
- The company's client list includes names such as Panasonic, Toyota, Garmin, Foxconn, Quanta, Advantech, Chunghwa Telecom, and Nave.
- Kneron is based in San Diego, California.
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Today's funding 💵 Biotech - Valitor (California), aims to use innovative methods to create treatments for ophthalmology and vision-threatening diseases: $28M B led by Morningside, with participation from First Spark Ventures, ExSight Ventures, Berkeley Catalyst Fund, and Pandect Bioventures.
Esports - Gamurs (Australia), a network of gaming media outlets: $12M A led by Elysian Park Ventures, and Cerro Capital, with participation from Powerhouse Capital, Aura Ventures, and Artesian.
Artificial Intelligence - Xembly (Seattle), a natural language processing tool that takes notes, creates a schedule, and completes other similar tasks: $15M A led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Ascend, Seven Peaks Ventures, and Flex Capital.
Edtech - Halp (New York), an online platform that helps international students get admitted to college: $4M Seed led by Lerer Hippeau and Serena Ventures with participation from N49P, Shed Capital, Gambit Partners, and angel investors.
Consumer - Tumble (California), an app that makes shared smart laundry management more efficient: $7M Seed led by Hivers and Strivers, with participation from Array Ventures, Western Technology Investment, PenFed Foundation, and Zag Capital.
Real estate tech Health tech Web3/Crypto - Lasso Labs (California), a data platform that enables users to create utility for NFTs: $4.2M Seed led by Electric Capital, with participation from Ethereal Ventures, Village Global, OpenSea, Page One Ventures, and angel investors.
Fintech - Railsr (U.K.), a finance platform that helps companies increase customer engagement: $46M equity and debt led by Anthos Capital and Mars Capital, with participation from Ventura, Outrun Ventures, CreditEase, and Moneta.
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Quick Hits: - Google Ventures (GV) leads a $35M round investing into Courier’s notification system joining Twilio, Slack, Bessemer, and Matrix Partners as investors.*
- DFW Neuropathy, a neuropathy treatment company based in Texas, has raised an undisclosed round led by Baymark Partners, with participation from HCAP Partners.
- Sensient Technologies has acquired Endemix Doğal Maddeler for an undisclosed amount. The latter is a Turkey-based natural color and extracts company.
- Work-Relay, a business processing software company based in Chicago, has been acquired by Neostella for an undisclosed amount.
- Software and drone imagery company Spexi has raised a $5.5M Seed funding round led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from Protocol Labs, InDro Robotics, Alliance DAO, FJ Labs, Dapper Labs, CyLon Ventures, and Fort Capital.
- New York-based Qunnect has raised $8M in a Series A funding round led by Airbus Ventures, with participation from Quantonation, SandboxAQ, NY Ventures, Impact Science Ventures, and Motus Ventures. Qunnect builds quantum technology hardware.
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 |  | Arbër is an Inside writer who also has experience in entrepreneurship. He has experience covering Consumer Tech, Venture Capital, NFTs, Crypto, etc. Arbër holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from XAMK University in Finland. When he is not reading(and writing) business news, he chooses to watch sports or anime...and then read news about sports or anime. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. | |
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