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Perch raises $123.5M for brands on Amazon

, a startup that acquires direct-to-consumer businesses that are聽 selling on and growing their operations, has $123.5 million in a new funding round led by .

The Boston-based company focuses on products and brands that have a steady history of strong customer reviews and are consistently one of the top three products within their category on Amazon.聽 Featured brands in its stable include makers of an exfoliating brush, slime-making kits, leggings, reusable straws and other products.

The company’s platform is used for sales analytics, pricing, advertising and marketing聽 strategy, and inventory.

Funding rounds

• V2food bites into $55M: Plant-based meat startup announced $55 million in Series B funding led by a group of investors that includes , , , , , , , , and . The Sydney-based company intends to use the funds to complete its production facility and launch products into new markets, including Asia.
• 4iQ secures $30M: Cyber intelligence company said it raised $30 million in Series C funding, led by and , with participation by existing investors , and new investor . In addition, 4iQ announced its new CEO . The new funding will enable the Los Altos-based company to ramp up go-to-market activities and accelerate product development.
• Sami raises $16.8M: Brazil-based health plan operator raised $16.8 million in Series A funding led by and . Other investors included and . The company described the deal as 鈥渢he biggest Series A funding round ever recorded for a health startup in Latin America.鈥� With the new funding, Sami will serve small businesses and professionals in S茫o Paulo.
• Synthetaic raises $4.5M: , a Delafield, Wisconsin-based company that grows large and high-quality datasets sufficient for machine learning, announced $4.5 million in funding to date. That includes $1 million in pre-seed funding and a $3.5 million seed round led by , with participation from as well as .
• Jam brings in $1.5M: , a new in-the-flow company that turns any website into a collaborative document, announced $3.5 million in seed funding. led the round and was joined by , and .

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