附近上门

Homes can really sneak up on you. After a month of work and play on the East Coast, I鈥檓 finally back in San Francisco, and I feel thankful and settled. More settled than I expected.

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So, with a nod to the venture capitalist who told me I鈥檇 be over this city by the six-month mark, let鈥檚 get into what startupland was up to this past week.

Starting big, our聽聽unpacked how supergiant rounds – rounds that are nine figures or more – aren鈥檛 just raised by late-stage companies. Read his piece to learn聽how younger companies are landing those big checks, too.

Money in mind, let鈥檚 move onto funding rounds. Vroom, an online delivery platform for used cars,聽raised a $254 million Series H, and Hastee, a fintech startup,聽snapped up $270 million in debt and equity. Mary Ann covered Mexico鈥檚 Konfio, a fintech startup for small and medium sized businesses,聽raised $100 million, and聽spotlighted the newest unicorn in Brazil.

Smaller funding affairs included a聽bridal startup that wants to help dress fittings go easier, and a聽language-learning app nabbing $30 million聽(and grabbing unicorn status).

Now let鈥檚 jump to聽Sophia, who gave us a fair share of public market coverage this week, even though Twitter had its lion share of Peloton drama.聽ZoomInfo confidentially filed for an IPO,听飞丑颈濒别听Bill.com and Sprout Social set their price ranges ahead of IPOs. As always, bug her on all things public market and late stage聽.

We鈥檒l end with some of our diversity coverage. I wrote about Harlem Capital, which invests in diverse founders,聽raising its debut $40 million fund, and聽聽wrote about Plexo Capital, which is focused on聽investing in both diverse funds and founders. Jason described the聽ten most common first names for VC partners in the United States, and found an unsurprisingly high number of Davids, Michaels, and Johns. And finally,聽聽took us to the panel she gave at Slush, a conference in Helsinki, and taught us about聽how technology is aiming to address under-reporting in the #MeToo era.

And with that, I鈥檒l let you all go until Monday. Your loyal readership means a ton each week, and is the true reason why we are here.

Always,

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