| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.02.2021 | Datadog ($DDOG) to acquire application security management platform Sqreen | Cloud monitoring platform Datadog has announced that it plans to acquire Sqreen, a software-as-a-service security platform. Datadog ($DDOG) is a cl... |
| 05.01.2021 | Twitter acquires social podcasting app Breaker | - |
| 17.12.2020 | Passport raises $12M Series A - hits 3M packages shipped | - |
| 17.11.2020 | OpenPhone raises $14M Series A to put your work phone in an app | - |
| 28.10.2020 | Graph Protocol raises $12M in token sale | - |
| 27.10.2020 | Locker Room, live sports radio community raises $9.3M from Google Ventures | - |
| 19.10.2020 | Fraud detection API Unit21 raises $13M Series A | - |
| 06.10.2020 | Remotion raises $13M to create a workplace video platform for short, spontaneous conversations | - |
| 05.10.2020 | Tone raises $4M to help e-commerce brands connect with their customers | - |
| 29.09.2020 | Collective, an automated backoffice platform for 50M+ freelancers, raises $9M seed round | Collective, a 2-year-old, 20-person San Francisco-based startup that’s been quietly building back-office services like tax preparation and bookkeep... |
| 08.09.2020 | Silk and Sonder Lands $3.6M for Monthly Women’s Mental Health Program | Silk and Sonder is helping women with their daily self care in a way that is easy and fun. And it now has a new round of capital to expand its subs... |
| 24.07.2020 | SaaS startup Swoop raises $3.2M to modernize mom-and-pop transportation companies | Chauffeured group transportation — the vehicles used for corporate outings, special events and even weddings — is a fragmented industry, with hundr... |
| 07.07.2020 | Replenysh raises $2M to build Operating System for recycled materials | Replenysh connects material recycling centers with mills to treat and reprocess materials and sell back to the biggest consumer brands (Unilever, P... |
| 30.06.2020 | Material Raises $22M from Andreessen Horowitz to Redefine Enterprise Email Security | The $22M Series A led by A16Z with participation from Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, Sun founder Andy Bechtolsheim and application security industry lea... |
| 30.06.2020 | Decentralized Data API TheGraph raises $5M from Coinbase Ventures | Decentralized Data API TheGraph raises $5M from Coinbase Ventures, Multicoin, DTC Capital, Framework Ventures and others to decentralize the query ... |
| 25.06.2020 | A New Card Ties Your Credit to Your Social Media Stats | Founded by Instagram and finance alums, Karat wants to be the black card in every influencer’s wallet. Karat’s first product is the Karat Black Car... |
| 10.06.2020 | Transcend raises $25M from Accel & Index Ventures for data privacy infrastructure platform | The $25M Series A led by Accel and Index Ventures comes just a year after their $4M seed round led by Accel. Transcend also announced they have add... |
| 03.06.2020 | Anvil secures $5M from Google Gradient to make traditional paperwork thing of the past | The $5 million investment was led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused investment fund, with participation from Menlo Ventures and 122WEST. A... |
| 21.05.2020 | Virtual events platform RunTheWorld raises $11M from A16Z and Founders Fund | The Series A round comes just months after raising its $4M seed round from A16Z. The platform continues to see incredible adoption from conference ... |
| 07.04.2020 | TrueNorth raises $3M to make independent trucker operations more seamless | TrueNorth, which graduated from YCombinator just a few weeks ago, announced today it raised a $3M seed round at a $15M valuation from a crop of inv... |
| 27.02.2020 | Andreessen Horowitz & 122WEST back live online events platform RunTheWorld | The live events platform announced today the close of a $4.3M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from 122 West Ventures, Face... |
| 20.02.2020 | TrueNorth, software suite for independent truckers, raises $600k pre-seed round | TrueNorth provides truckers with a platform to manage insurance, fuel and maintenance. It also helps truckers with route optimization, dispatch and... |
| 29.01.2020 | OpenPhone raises $2M for its business phone number app | The round was led by Slow Ventures w/ participation from Kindred, YCombinator and 122WEST. The company is working on an app that lets you seamlessl... |
| 26.11.2019 | Swiggy lines up $100M to deliver milk, other essentials w/ Supr Daily | Swiggy to invest $100M for its subscription based delivery business under our portfolio company Supr Daily, which delivers milk and other daily ess... |
| 21.11.2019 | Hippo Acquires Home Maintenance Platform Sheltr | Hippo, the insurance technology startup most recently valued at $1B, announced today the acquisition of Sheltr, a home maintenance platform and 122... |
| 20.11.2019 | Verto Education Raises $6M from First Round Capital, 122 WEST to Bring College Students Abroad | Verto annoucned today a $6.3M seed round led by First Round Capital with participation from 122 West Ventures. Founded in 2017, Verto connects firs... |
| 04.11.2019 | Kenzie Academy Raises $100M ISA Fund to Pay for Students' Education | Education startup Kenzie Academy, one of the several new ventures that provide financing for students in exchange for a proportion of future earnin... |
| 08.10.2019 | Southeast Asian real estate portal 99.co acquires iProperty & REA Group | 99.co's last round was a $15M Series B that took it's valuation above $100M. The deal will make 99.co the market leader in Indonesia and positions ... |
| 04.10.2019 | Alteryx acquires machine learning startup Feature Labs | Alteryx, Inc. (NYSE: AYX), revolutionizing business through data science and analytics, today announced that it has acquired Feature Labs, a data s... |
| 30.09.2019 | Kenzie Academy Raises $7.77 Million to Build Tech Talent in Overlooked Places | To date, Kenzie has raised $13.6 million. This latest capital infusion comes about a year after its $4.2 million seed round. At that time, the comp... |
| 24.09.2019 | Meet SoundCloud rival Audius, free & anti-takedowns | Today Audius launches its music streaming and free hosting service backed by DJs like deadmau5 and Zed’s Dead, plus $5.5 million in A-list venture ... |
| 16.08.2019 | Property marketplace 99.co raises $15m series B round | 99.co, a property marketplace focused on Indonesia and Singapore, has raised a US$15 million series B round to accelerate regional expansion. |
| 15.08.2019 | Sheltr on Yahoo Finance: Home ownership doesn't have to come with big maintenance costs | Our portfolio company Sheltr was recently featured on a Yahoo Finance segment about home ownership and how to save money on maintenance. |
| 14.08.2019 | Influencers taking their following offline one meetup at a time | Our portfolio company Vibely and some of their early influencer communities were recently featured in Forbes. |
| 08.08.2019 | A Physical Space for Instagram Brands: Is This the Future of Retail? | Could Re:store, a VC-backed "WeWork for brands" in San Francisco, be the next Barneys? |
| 03.08.2019 | OpenPhone gives you a separate business line for $10 per month | OpenPhone was recently featured in the Verge for its business telephony application that helps small businesses easily manage multiple business pho... |
| 29.07.2019 | Y Combinator-backed Vahan is helping low-skilled workers in India find jobs on WhatsApp | In the last year, Vahan has amassed more than a million users and has helped over 20,000 people secure a job. Each day, around 5,000 users check Va... |
| 29.07.2019 | Dark emerges from stealth with unique 'deployless' software model | The company emerged from stealth today and announced $3.5 million in seed funding from Cervin Ventures, Data Collective, Harrison Metal and 122 Wes... |
| 18.06.2019 | Probably Genetic helps families identify genetic conditions early with AI and DNA tests | With new backing from Khosla & 122 West, Probably Genetic wants to test the DNA of children with autism to provide them early diagnoses of more tha... |
| 04.04.2019 | Transcend raises $3.95M from Accel to give users more control over their data | Accel led the seed round with return backer 122WEST and South Park Commons also participating. Transcend plans to use the funds to continue to buil... |
| 02.04.2019 | Sqreen raises $14M from Greylock Partners for its Application Security Platform | 122 West portfolio company Sqreen announced today that it raised $14M from Greylock Partners as well as surpassed its 500th enterprise customer. |
| 13.02.2019 | Forget People, Elroy's Self-Flying Drone Hauls Heavy Cargo | If you dream of a world of smooth logistics, where emergency supplies, firefighting chemicals, and all the crap you order online moves through the ... |
| 14.12.2018 | LemonBox, which brings US vitamins to Chinese consumers, raises $2M | LemonBox, a Chinese e-commerce startup that imports vitamins and health products from the U.S., has raised $2 million to develop its business. |
| 16.10.2018 | Passport raises $3M to redefine international shipping | Passport raises $3M to help ship products from US eCommerce companies to billions of international customers. |
| 01.10.2018 | "WeWork for Retail" Brings Instagram Brands to Storefronts | 122 West invests alongside Sequoia Capital and South Park Commons to bring your favorite instagram brands to shared storefronts in your city. |
| 06.09.2018 | Audius Signs 6 New Music Biz Advisors | Audius adds Beatport CEO, Twitch co-founder, former Avicii manager, Robinhood VP of product, Ultra Music head of business development, and Pandora ... |
| 08.08.2018 | SoundCloud on the blockchain? Audius raises $5.5M to decentralize music | 122 West Ventures co-invests in $5.5M Series A alongside General Catalyst, Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins and Pantera Capital. |
| 24.07.2018 | Unlock wants to rebuild your feed through a decentralized paywall | General Catalyst, Consensys Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Betaworks, 122 West Ventures and Coinbase Ventures back $1.7M seed round. |
| 18.07.2018 | Tech Training and Apprenticeship Startup Kenzie Academy Raises $4.2M | Kenzie’s latest funding round was led by Rethink Education. The seed round follows a $1.6 million seed raised in November 2017, bringing the compan... |
| 01.07.2018 | OpenPhone lets you get a business phone number with an app | Meet OpenPhone, a startup in the current Y Combinator batch. The company has been working on an app to make it easier to get and use a business pho... |
| 02.05.2018 | Coinbase acquires Cipher, a decentralized app browser and cryptocurrency wallet | Coinbase announced today that it has acquired Cipher Browser, a decentralized app browser and wallet for the Ethereum blockchain that it will be us... |
| 01.05.2018 | PayPal Co-Founder and First YouTube Engineer Joins Origin Protocol | Yu Pan began his career as founding engineer at PayPal and later was the very first employee at YouTube. He developed many core parts of PayPal’s p... |
| 25.04.2018 | Origin Protocol Nabs $28 Million for Peer-to-Peer Blockchain Platform | Token sale fuels massive funding round; about 45 companies have committed as customers. Team includes paypal co-founder & early youtube engineers. ... |
| 06.03.2018 | This Is the First Country to Adopt a Cryptocurrency As Its Official Currency | The Marshall Islands is partnering with Israeli company Neema to launch the SOV. It plans to sell some of the currency to international investors a... |
| 04.03.2018 | Marshall Islands Partners w/ Neema to Create its Own Cryptocurrency | The Marshall Islands is partnering with 122WEST portfolio company Neema to launch the SOV. The Marshall Islands will issue 24 million SOVs with hal... |
| 24.02.2018 | Feature Labs launches out of MIT to accelerate the development of machine learning algorithms | Our portfolio company FeatureLabs announced a $1.5M round of financing led by Flybridge Capital with participation from 122WEST. Feature Labs ident... |
| 17.02.2018 | Sqreen wants to become the IFTTT of web app security | French startup Sqreen recently launched a Security Hub with dozens of plugins to put you in control of the security of your web app. In many ways, ... |
| 23.12.2017 | Massive robot-powered drones may solve everything wrong with package delivery | San Francisco-based startup Elroy Air announced Dec. 22 that it’s secured $4.6 million in seed funding to build large, autonomous drones, capable o... |
| 29.10.2017 | Kenzie is an ambitious project to bring tech jobs to Middle America | Kenzie academy and CEO Chok Ooi were recently featured in TechCrunch on their mission to build a 2-year software development education program in M... |
| 11.10.2017 | A new startup is teaching middle America how to code | Business insider recently featured Kenzie and their ambitious mission to cultivate new engineering hotbeds in middle America. |
| 14.09.2017 | Patreon raises big round at ~$450M valuation to get artists paid | TechCrunch has learned that Patreon has closed a big Series C round of funding, three sources confirm. Two say it values the startup at around $450... |
| 03.08.2017 | Inside Patreon, The Economic Engine of Internet Culture | The Verge recently profiled Patreon and CEO Jack Conte and the tens of thousands of creatives pursuing their passion thanks to Patreon. |
| 15.07.2017 | 122WEST at Experts Day w/ Andrew Chen, Eric Ries & Sarah Tavel | Our GP Evan Tana will be attending to advise a small, highly curated group of post-launch startups with some of the best minds in the tech world. |
| 21.06.2017 | Snapchat acquires social map app Zenly for $250M to $350M | Snapchat’s newest feature, Snap Map, is based on its latest acquisition, social mapping startup Zenly. TechCrunch has learned that Snapchat has bou... |
| 08.06.2017 | India’s Supr Daily raises $1.5 Million to expand its grocery delivery service | The new capital will be used to scale and build a city playbook to take the business to multiple cities in India. |
| 18.05.2017 | Patreon doubles in a year to 1M paying patrons and 50K creators | Patreon doubled the number of monthly active paying patrons to 1 million, and the number of active creators to 50,000. It’s now on track to pay out... |
| 06.04.2017 | 99.co raises $7.9M from Sequoia & Eduardo Saverin as property battle heats up | Singapore property portal 99.co has raised US$7.9 million in fresh funding, it announced today. The round was co-led by Sequoia and Facebook co-fou... |
| 19.03.2017 | TechInAsia Is Raising $6M To Double-down On Its Recruitment Business | The Company has raised over $10M to date and has over 100 employees in 3 countries. TIA launched its recruitment business in May 2016 and it claims... |
| 07.12.2016 | Why You’re Not Getting Value from Your Data Science | FeatureLabs co-founder Kalyan Veeramachaneni recently published an essay in the Harvard Business Review about how businesses can realize the full p... |
| 19.01.2016 | Patreon Gains $30 Million Series B Funding To Support Growth | Patreon recently closed on a fresh round of $30 million in Series B funding, led by Thrive Capital, to accelerate hiring to support it's 17,000 art... |
| 19.10.2015 | An Algorithm May Be Better Than Humans At Breaking Down Big Data | Newsweek featured FeatureLabs co-founder Max Kanter and their proprietary Deep Feature Synthesis algorithm. |
| 09.10.2015 | New MIT algorithm rubs shoulders with human intuition in big data analysis | The Washington Post recently profiled FeatureLabs' automated "Data Science Machine" that beat 615 of the 906 human teams it's come up against in 3 ... |
| 01.09.2015 | Used Car Retailer, Shift, Raises $50 Million from Goldman Sachs | With $50 million in new funding, the online used car marketplace Shift is hoping to drive off the stereotypes and outrace the stigma associated wit... |
