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Sourcegraph raises $125M Series D on $2.6B valuation for universal code search tool Jul 14, 2021

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Sourcegraph, a late stage startup that wants to bring the power of search to code, announced a $125 million Series D investment today on a $2.625 billion valuation, a 3x growth from its previous valuation in December 2020, according to the company.

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Mighty Buildings lands $22M to create ‘sustainable and affordable’ 3D-printed homes Jul 13, 2021

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Oakland-based Mighty Buildings, which is on a quest to build homes using 3D printing, robotics and automation, has raised a $22 million extension to its Series B round of funding.

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VU raises $12M to remove cybersecurity friction from digital experiences Jul 13, 2021

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Pretty soon, people won’t have to provide a fingerprint or a driver’s license to prove their identity — if VU has its way.

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Dovetail, the venture studio that has worked with startups like Afterpay, is raising a new fund Jul 13, 2021

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Based in Sydney and Auckland, Dovetail is a full-service venture studio that works closely with founders who have a great idea, but may lack technical backgrounds.

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Cloud security platform Netskope boosts valuation to $7.5B following $300M raise Jul 12, 2021

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Netskope, focused on Secure Access Service Edge architecture, announced Friday a $300 million investment round on a post-money valuation of $7.5 billion.

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r2c raises $27M to scale its security-focused code analysis service Jul 09, 2021

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This morning r2c, a startup building a SaaS service around the Semgrep open-source project, announced that it has closed a $27 million Series B. Felicis led the round, which the company said was a pre-emptive deal.

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Rootly nabs $3.2M seed to build SRE incident management solution inside Slack Jul 09, 2021

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As companies look for ways to respond to incidents in their complex micro services-driven software stacks, SREs or site reliability engineers are left to deal with the issues involved in making everything work and keeping the application up and running.

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Younited Credit raises $170 million for its data-driven credit offering Jul 08, 2021

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French startup Younited Credit has raised a $170 million funding round. Goldman Sachs is leading the round with existing investors Eurazeo, Bpifrance and AG2R La Mondiale also participating. The company offers several credit products to European consumers. It also has a diversified distribution strategy.

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WellSaid attracts $10M A round for higher quality synthetic speech Jul 08, 2021

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WellSaid Labs, whose tools create synthetic speech that could be mistaken for the real thing, has raised a $10M Series A to grow the business. The company’s home-baked text-to-speech engine works faster than real time and produces natural-sounding clips of pretty much any length, from quick snippets to hours-long readings.

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Lacuna raises $16 million in Series A to help cities manage mobility via digital twin Jul 07, 2021

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Lacuna Technologies, a startup that helps cities create and enforce transportation policies by building and managing open-source digital tools, has raised $16 million in a Series A round, bringing the company’s total investment to $33.5 million.

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