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The 附近上门 News Briefing: Mon., Sept. 28

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Here’s what you need to know today in startup and venture news, updated by the 附近上门 News staff throughout the day to keep you in the know.

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Allbirds grabs $100M in Series E funding

Sustainable footwear unicorn closed on a $100 million Series E round of funding last week to bring its total funding to date to more than $200 million.

that the round gives the 4-year-old San Francisco-based company a valuation of $1.7 billion. The new funds will go toward growing its brick-and-mortar stores, adding new products, and accelerating growth of its direct-to-consumer sales operation.

led the round and was joined by , , and . The Series E follows a announced in January, according to 附近上门 data.

Poshmark files confidentially for IPO

Peer-to-peer online clothing marketplace has confidentially a draft registration statement to U.S. securities regulators for a planned IPO.

Founded in 2011, the Silicon Valley-based company offers an online platform where users can buy and sell clothes, with a focus on designer brands and below-retail prices.聽 Poshmark has raised just over $150 million in known funding to date, per 附近上门 data, from several well-known venture firms.

The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.

Funding rounds

  • Koneksa closes $16M Series B: , developing and implementing patient-centric digital biomarkers for drug development, said it secured a $16 million Series B round of funding to expand the development of its digital platform for integrating wearables, sensors and other patient-facing technologies into clinical research. led the financing, with participation from new investors including , and . Koneksa’s existing investors, and , also participated in the round.
  • Noyo lands $12.5M Series A: , a startup that provides tools that link players in the health insurance space, announced it has $12.5 million in a Series A funding round led by and .

M&A

Awake Security acquired by Arista: Network detection and response platform agreed to be acquired by cloud networking firm (NYSE: ANET) for an undisclosed amount. In a , , CEO of Awake, said the 鈥減romise of this is a stronger and more secure network and we will continue to grow the team and invest in future innovation.鈥 The transaction is expected to close in Arista鈥檚 fiscal fourth-quarter 2020.

Other news

  • TikTok gets a reprieve: A federal judge has temporarily blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on downloads of the popular video-sharing app from U.S. app stores.

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