PolyAI Raises $40M in Series B Funding

PolyAI, a London, UK-based provider of enterprise voice assistants, raised $40M in Series B funding. The round was led by Georgian with participation from Twilio Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and expand operations. Founded in 2017 by Nikola Mrkšić, Tsung-Hsien Wen and […]

Pitch Deck Template by Peter Thiel

Peter Andreas Thiel is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund. As per Peter Thiel, a killer pitch deck should include the following slides: Problem Solution Market Size Product Traction Team Competition Financials Amount being raised Financial Model Here is the detailed layout of the pitch deck […]

Ceezer Raises €4.2M in Funding

Ceezer, a Berlin, Germany-based marketplace for carbon credits, raised €4.2m in funding. The round was led by Carbon Removal Partners and Norrsken VC with participation from existing investor Picus Capital. The company intends to use to expand its impact and sourcing team and to increase the product offering. Led by Founder and CEO Magnus Drewelies, Ceezer is […]

Delli Raises $7.2M in Funding

Delli, a London, UK-based community-focused food and beverage company, raised $7.2M in funding. The round was led by Balderton and HV Capital. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and expand operations. Founded by Simon Beckerman, Delli is a community food and drink platform that uses the “drop” model to sell products […]

Zeet Raises $4.3M in Seed Funding

Zeet, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an integrated DevOps and deployment platform for software developers, raised $4.3M in Seed funding. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Race Capital, as well as engineering leaders from AWS, Google, Twitch, Repl.it, Yelp, Sentry and more. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate […]

ZineOne Raises $28M in Series C Funding

ZineOne, a Milpitas, Ca-based martech platform provider, raised $28M in Series C funding. The round was led by SignalFire, with participation from Norwest and other existing investors. Chris Scoggins at SignalFire, has joined ZineOne’s Board of Directors. The company intends to use the funds expand operations and its development efforts. Led by CEO Debjani Deb, […]

ILiAD Biotechnologies Closes $42.8M Series D Financing

ILiAD Biotechnologies, a Weston, FL-based clinical stage biotechnologies company, raised $42.8M in Series D funding. The round was led by Knott Partners. The company intends to use the funds to conduct a Phase 2b Human Challenge study to determine if vaccination with BPZE1 prevents colonization from wild-type Bordetella pertussis infection. In addition to funding continued operations, R&D […]

Gravity Co Raises £5M in Funding

Gravity Co, a London, UK-baserd co-living operator, raised more than £5M in funding. The backers were not announced. The company intends to use the funds to expand globally. Co-founded in 2017 by Capital Riccardo Tessaro and Susanna Rock, Gravity Co provides a community-focused, international living experience via four properties currently located in London and one in Reading. The […]

Apricity Raises €17M in Series B Funding

Apricity, a London, UK-based virtual fertility clinic, raised €17m in Series B funding. The round was led by MTIP, with participation from Iris Ventures. Marc Dietrich joined the board of directors on behalf of MTIP. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth in the UK, expand geographically (to Spain before the end of […]

Neukio Biotherapeutics Closes $50M Series A-1 Financing

Neukio Biotherapeutics, a Chinese company committed to developing cell therapy products, raised $50M in Series A-1 funding. The round was led by CD Capital, with participation from Alwin Capital, Surplus Capital, Lilly Asia Ventures, Sherpa Healthcare Partners and IDG Capital. The company, founded at the Simbay Park in Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (China) in June […]