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- ixLayer raises $75M for telehealth diagnostics
Diagnostic health testing startup ixLayer raised $75 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by General Catalyst. The San Francisco-based company provides a telehealth infrastructure for payors, providers and government partners to scale testing in weeks versus months. - Oishii harvests $50M for vertical strawberry farms
Oishii, a developer of vertical farms for growing artisanal strawberries, raised $50 million in a Series A round led by SPARX Group’s Mirai Creation Fund II. The New York startup plans to use the funds for R&D and to expand to geographies beyond its core audience of Manhattan foodies. - Roblox surges in first-day trading
Shares of gaming company Roblox closed at $69.50 in first-day trading, up 54 percent from the initial reference price. The New York Stock Exchange debut marked the first major venture-backed tech direct listing of the year. - Value of public cloud companies soared to $2T
The BVP Nasdaq Emerging Cloud Index, an index designed by Bessemer Venture Partners to track the performance of emerging public companies that provide cloud software, hit a record $2.2 trillion in value in February. Just a year earlier, pre-pandemic, the index was valued at $1 trillion. - Cowbell Cyber secures $20M for insurance
Pleasanton, California-based Cowbell Cyber, a provider of cyber insurance, secured $20 million in a Series A round led by Brewer Lane Ventures. The financing comes as more small and medium-sized enterprises look for policies against the growing number of cyberattacks. - AcreTrader lands $12M Series A
Farmland investing platform AcreTrader landed $12 million in a Series A round led by Jump Capital. The Fayetteville, Arkansas-based company enables individuals to purchase shares of farmland online and oversees farm management, reporting and administration. - Apploi nabs $8M to address nurse shortage
Apploi, a provider of recruiting, onboarding and credentialing software for hiring nurses and other health professionals, raised $8 million in a round led by Underscore VC. The New York-based company aims to help address critical shortages of nursing staff by speeding up the hiring process. - Aqua Security closes on $135M, Snyk snags $300M
Aqua Security, a provider of cloud-native security technology, raised $135 million in a Series E round led by ION Crossover Partners at a valuation of $1 billion. In other news, Boston-based application security developer Snyk closed a $300 million Series E at a valuation of $4.7 billion. - Keep up with the Crunchbase News Briefing
To keep up on breaking news throughout the day, check out the Crunchbase News Briefing. This continuously updated daily feature on our main news site has summaries of notable funding announcements, IPOs, M&A, and other happenings in the startup world. - Sales and startups: Jessica Cunningham’s path to Bloomberg
Jessica Cunningham, director of business development at Second Measure, a startup recently acquired by Bloomberg, is building out a provider of data analytics. But her career has been far from linear. In a Q&A, she shares why the best careers zigzag, as well as helpful advice she received before joining the startup world.
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