--Consumer Internet--
-- Sea (Singapore), gaming platform, e-wallet: $550M from undisclosed investors. Rebranded from Garena.
-- Territory (Alexandria, CA), prepared food delivery for dieting: $6.7M from Upfront, NRV, Lewis & Clark, Motley Fool Holdings. Rebranded from Power Supply.
-- Smule (San Francisco, CA), collaborative creation/expressive sharing music app: $54M led by Tencent, participation from Adams Street, Bessemer, Floodgate, Franklin Templeton, Shasta. CEO Jeffrey Smith is a serial entrepreneur and former EIR at Bessemer.
--Enterprise--
-- Kobalt Music (New York, NY), global rights management platform for musicians and publishers: $75M D led by Hearst Entertainment, participation from Balderton, MSD. Received $775M evaluation.
-- Xiaodian (Beijing, China), paid public charging services using powerbanks: $51M B led by Sequoia Capital, Banyan Capital, participation from Tencent.
-- MariaDB (Menlo Park, CA), cloud distributed open source database: $27.3M from European Investment Bank. Plans EU expansion. CEO Michael Howard’s previous company C9 was acquired by InsideSales.
-- BlueCart (Mountain View, CA), automated wholesale purchasing: $10M from undisclosed investors.
-- Dropoff (Austin, TX), same-day delivery for businesses: $8.5M led by Fulcrum Equity Partners, participation from Greycroft, Correlation. CEO Sean Spector is an angel investor, former TechStars mentor, and investor at NextGen Ventures.
--AI/Machine Learning--
-- Grammarly (San Francisco, CA), AI assistant for personal/professional document management: $110M led by General Catalyst, participation from Breyer, IVP, SignalFire, Spark. CEO Brad Hoover was formerly an investor at General Catalyst.
--Biotech/Health--
-- Cannabaco Pharmaceutical (Canada), marijuana for medical, recreational, export, and medical industrial uses: $24M from undisclosed investors.
-- Aadi Biosciences (Pacific Palisades, CA), nanoparticle albumin-bound mTOR inhibitor: $23M A led by Hermed Capital, participation from Celgene, Vivo, Decheng, Helsinn, Star Summit.
-- Vizunex Medical (Fremont, CA), optical systems for pediatric eye disorders: $20M B from undisclosed investors.
-- Luxexcel (Belgium), 3D printing for prescription eyeglasses: $10M from KLA-Tencor, SET, Munich Ventures, PMV.
-- Artemis Health (Salt Lake City, UT), data analytics to maximize health benefits while minimizing spend: $8.3M A led by Maverick Ventures.
--Data/Analytics--
-- SimpleReach (New York, NY), data platform for branded content: $13M B led by Spring Mountain Capital.
-- Falcon Computing (Santa Clara, CA), acceleration solutions for big data programs: $8M led by Intel Capital, participation from Baidu, Clear, SV Tech, Sierra.
-- Perspecticum (San Diego, CA), connects data producing apps to their data consuming counterparts: $8M A led by TVC Capital.
-- Twine Data (Los Angeles, CA), data activation and monetization for app publishers: $4.5M A led by Aligned Partners.
--Industry4.0--
-- SiFive (San Francisco, CA), customized semiconductors based on the free and open RISC-V: $8.5M B led by Spark Capital, participation from Osage University, Sutter Hill. Chief Architect Krste Asanovic is a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley.
-- Flex Logic (Mountain View, CA), configurable RTL in chip and system designs: $5M B led by Lux Capital, Eclipse Ventures, participation from Tate Family Trust.
--Edtech--
-- Revolution Prep (Santa Monica, CA), software/service for ACT, SAT prep tutoring: $4M led by Kennet Partners.
--Cybersecurity--
-- Polyverse (Kirkland, WA), proactive cybersecurity based on varying applications attack surfaces: $2M from undisclosed investors.