September 14, 2020
Last week, Airtable raised $185 million at a $2.58 billion valuation.
Tiktok was having advanced discussions to be acquired by Oracle.
Klarna was in talks with investors to raise a new funding round at a valuation greater than $10 billion.
Zymergen raised $300 million in its Series D round.
September 8, 2020
Last week, Optimizely was acquired by Episerver.
Robinhood was under civil fraud investigation from the SEC for failure to disclose that the company sold customers’ orders to high-speed trading firms.
Wish filed documents for its upcoming IPO
August 31, 2020
Last week, Sumo Logic and Unity filed their respective S-1s.
Asana filed for a direct listing.
Warby Parker raised $245 million at a $3 billion valuation.
August 24, 2020
Kabbage was acquired by American Express.
Palantir’s leaked S1 revealed several insights into the company’s financials. The company generated $742 million in revenue in 2019 (25% increase compared to 2018 revenue) with a net loss of $580 million in 2019 (similar to 2018 net loss).
Robinhood raised $200 million at a $11.2 billion valuation.
SpaceX raised $1.9 billion at a $46 billion valuation.
NEW YORK, August 12, 2020 – Inc. magazine today revealed that Rainmaker Securities, LLC is No. 1948 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
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Last week, Blend raised $75 million at a $1.7 billion valuation.
Epic Games decided to sue Apple and Google once Apple and Google removed Fortnite from their app stores. Apple and Google decided to remove Fortnite since Epic Games declined to pay the transaction fee for Fornite’s in-app purchases.
Impossible Foods raised $200 million in a new funding round.
