Enterprise Weekly #501:
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Company: GovWell
Role: Founding Backend Engineer
Technology: Modern Software For Local Government
Funding: $4.5M from Work-Bench, Bienville Capital
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DevAI raises $6M led by Emergence Capital
Infrastructure / Dev Tools • Seed • Palo Alto, CA
Co-Founders: Susie Wee (CEO), Edwin Zhang
Astra Security raises $2.7M led by Emergent Ventures
Risk / Security • Seed • Claymont, DE
GetWhys raises $2.8M led by NEXT Frontier Capital
Sales / Marketing • Seed • Boise, ID
LogicStar raises $3M led by Northzone
Infrastructure / Dev Tools • Pre-Seed • Zurich, Switzerland
Pandektes raises $3M led by People Ventures and Interface Capital
Future of Work • Seed • Copenhagen, Denmark
Invary raises $3.5M led by SineWave Ventures, Hyperlink Ventures, and Others
Risk / Security • Seed • Lawrence, KS
Neuralk-AI raises $4M led by Fly Ventures
Data / AI / Machine Learning • Seed • Paris, France
Perspective AI raises $4M led by Village Global, Array Ventures and Others
Sales / Marketing • Seed • Palo, Alto, CA
Converge raises $5.6M led by Uncorrelated Ventures, and General Catalyst
Sales / Marketing • Seed • New York, NY
Warmly raises $6M led by RTP Global
Sales / Marketing • Series A • San Francisco, CA
Lorikeet raised $9M led by Blackbird
Sales / Marketing • Seed • Sydney, Australia
Desteia raises $8M led by Autotech Ventures, Nazca, and Village Global
Future of Work • Seed • New York, NY
Prior Labs raises $9.4M led by Balderton Capital
Data / AI / Machine Learning • Pre-Seed • Freiburg, Germany
Tana raises $14M led by Tola Capital
Collaboration / Productivity • Series A • Palo Alto, CA
GenLogs raises $14.6M led by Venrock and HOF Capital
Future of Work • Series A • Arlington, VA
Cognida.ai raises $15M led by Nexus Venture Partners
Data / AI / Machine Learning • Series A • Chicago, IL
Ivo raises $16M led by Costanoa Ventures
Future of Work • Series A • San Francisco, CA
Atombeam raises $20M led by StartEngine
Data / AI / Machine Learning • Venture • Moraga, CA
Riot raises $30M led by Left Lane Capital
Risk / Security • Series B • San Francisco, CA
7AI raises $36M led by Greylock Partners, Spark Capital, and CRV
Risk / Security • Seed • Boston, MA
Protex AI raises $36M led by Hedosophia
Future of Work • Series B • Dublin, Ireland
Semgrep raises $100M led by Menlo Ventures
Risk / Security • Series D • San Francisco, CA
Solaris raises $145.2M led by SBI Group and Boerse Stuttgart Group
Future of Work • Series G • Berlin, Germany
Riverwood Capital acquires Quicklizard for $52.5M
Sales / Marketing • Private Equity • Tel Aviv, Israel
Sophos acquires Secureworks for $859M
Risk / Security • Acquisition • Atlanta, GA
Worldpay acquires Ravelin for an Undisclosed Amount
Risk / Security • Acquisition • London, UK
Databricks acquires BladeBridge for an Undisclosed Amount
Data / AI / Machine Learning • Acquisition • New York, NY