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Private Placement / Financing Transactions

Vercel: The company raised $250 million of Series E venture funding in a deal led by Accel on May 16, 2024, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $3 billion. GV, TrueBridge Capital Partners, Goanna Capital, CRV, Bedrock Capital, Geodesic Capital, 8VC, Tiger Global Management, Notable Capital, SV Angel, Angels of Many and Ground Control Ventures also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a cloud-based workflow platform intended to optimize the development and deployment experience for frontend teams.

Sigma: The company raised $200 million of Series D venture funding in a deal led by Avenir Growth Capital and Spark Capital on May 16, 2024, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $1.62 billion. Snowflake Ventures, NewView Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Altimeter Capital Management, D1 Capital Partners, and XN also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a cloud data warehouse analytics software designed to analyze complex databases.

PolyAI: The company raised $50 million of venture funding from Point72 Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Hedosophia on May 16, 2024, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at an estimated $450 million. nVentures and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. Georgian, Sands Capital and Passion Capital has also invested in the round. The company is a developer of a conversational AI-based customer service platform designed to facilitate human-machine voice interaction.

Voxel51: The company raised $30 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Bessemer Venture Partners on May 16, 2024, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $85 million. Tru Arrow Partners, Shasta Ventures, Drive Capital, Top Harvest Capital, iD Ventures America and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an AI software platform that enables machine learning and computer vision scientists to rapidly curate and experiment with their datasets in order to build higher performing machine learning systems.

Codesphere: The company raised EUR 16.5 million of venture funding in a deal led by Creandum on May 17, 2024. LEA Partners, 42CAP, Begin Capital, and 468 Capital also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a cloud based workflow software for developers.

Pear Commerce: The company raised $14 million in Series A venture funding from Mairs & Power Venture Capital and other undisclosed investors on May 14, 2024, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $23.6 million. The company is an operator of an online marketing platform intended to connect consumer packaged goods companies to retailers.

Gamma: The company raised $12 million of Series A venture funding from Accel, South Park Commons and Script Capital (United States) on May 16, 2024, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at $100 million. Lorimer Ventures and Susa Fellows Fund also participated in the round. The company is a developer of an AI-based presentation tool intended for enterprise collaboration.

Steel City Interactive: The company raised GBP 8 million of venture funding in a deal led by Novator Partners on May 13, 2024, putting the company’s pre-money valuation at GBP 34.4 million. London Venture Partners and other undisclosed investors also participated in the round. The company is a video game development studio.

Recall: The company raised $10 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Ridge Ventures on May 16, 2024. Bungalow Capital, Industry Ventures, Irregular Expressions, Hack VC and Y Combinator also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a cloud-based enterprise video conferencing software designed to take notes during video calls.

Bookelicious: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Gulf South Angels on May 14, 2024. The company is an operator of an online reading platform intended to help kids choose books by age, interest, and reading level.

Figma: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Franklin Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz on May 17, 2024, putting the company’s post-money valuation at $12.5 billion. Fidelity Investments also participated in the round. The company is a developer of a browser-based design tool intended to help teams brainstorm, design and build products together.

Metaplane: The company raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Snowflake Ventures on May 15, 2024. The company is a developer of a machine learning based data observability platform designed to assist data scientists.


M&A Transactions

Motional / Hyundai Motors Group: The company was acquired by Hyundai Motors Group for $923 million on May 16, 2024. The company is a developer of driverless technology intended to make autonomous vehicles safe, reliable and accessible.

IQGeo / Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: The company entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts through a GBP 316 million LBO on May 14, 2024. IQGeo Group PLC is a provider of mobile geospatial software that integrates data from any source – geographic, real-time asset, GPS or external cloud-based sources.

TrueContext / Battery Ventures: The company was acquired by Battery Ventures through a CAD 142.8 million public-to-private LBO on March 13, 2024. TrueContext Corp is a provider of field intelligence solutions that enables enterprise teams to optimize decision-making, decrease organizational risk and maximize the uptime of valuable assets.

Augment / StayinFront: The company was acquired by StayinFront for an undisclosed amount on May 14, 2024. The company is a develper of an augmented reality platform designed to create and manage 3D models.

Butter / GrubMarket: The company was acquired by GrubMarket for an undisclosed amount on May 16, 2024. The company is a developer of an AI-powered supply chain management solution for food wholesalers and distributors.

CodeSee / GitKraken: The company was acquired by GitKraken, via its financial sponsors Resurgens Technology Partners and Dovesco, through an LBO on May 14, 2024 for an undisclosed amount. The company is a developer of cloud-based data visualization software.

FatHappy / Five to Sixty: The company was acquired by Five to Sixty for an undisclosed amount on May 16, 2024. The company is an operator of a New Orleans based video production company that specializes in video and animation.

Lionsgate Studios / Screaming Eagle Acquisition: The company acquired Screaming Eagle Acquisition through a reverse merger, resulting in the combined entity trading on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NASDAQ: LION for approximately $4.6 billion on May 14, 2024. Lionsgate Studios Corp is an operator of a motion picture and television studio.

NoLimitCoin / Greenlite Ventures: The company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Greenlite Ventures for an undisclosed amount on May 17, 2024. The company is a provider of online gaming services for fantasy sports, poker, and sports betting.

OutMoove / BroadSign International: The company was acquired by BroadSign International for an undisclosed amount on May 13, 2024. The company is a developer of a digital out-of-home (OOH) service that helps businesses to buy digital outdoor advertising.

PlayMob / Sphaira Innovation: The company was acquired by Sphaira Innovation for an undisclosed amount on May 14, 2024. The company is a developer of a market insights platform for brands and non-profit organizations to connect to gaming audiences.

Satellifacts / CFNEWS: The company, a subsidiary of Fréquences, was acquired by CFNEWS for an undisclosed amount on May 13, 2024. The company is a news and entertainment publisher catering to audiovisual and cinema professionals.

Skytap / Kyndryl Holdings: The company was acquired by Kyndryl Holdings for an undisclosed amount on May 13, 2024. The company is a developer of a cloud computing and animation platform designed to move and natively run traditional enterprise applications.

Sports Channel Media / Varsity Hype: The company was acquired by Varsity Hype for an undisclosed amount on May 14, 2024. The company is an operator of a live-streaming sports platform based in Jackson, Wyoming.

WebMechanix / Level Agency: The company was acquired by Level Agency, via its financial sponsors Route 2 Capital Partners and Dubin Clark & Company, through an LBO on May 16, 2024 for an undisclosed amount. The company is an operator of a full-service digital marketing agency.


Source: Pitchbook Data, Inc.

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