Lightspeed picks up the investment pace

Plus, $1.5B raise tops 10 largest deals February 5, 2024 Hi, {NAME}. Not everyone or everything ended 2023 on a down note. In fact, [Lightspeed Venture Partners]( — one of Silicon Valley’s legendary startup investors — [picked up its investment pace]( in the final quarter of 2023, [Crunchbase]( data shows. Plus, [last week’s 10 largest U.S. startup funding deals]( — including the largest of all, a $1.5 billion round to a renewable energy provider. ⚡️ [Lightspeed picks up the pace]( [Lightspeed Venture Partners]( — now nearly a quarter of a century old and known for backing companies such as [Snap]( [Nest]( and [Stripe]( — significantly picked up its investment cadence in the final quarter of 2023, [Crunchbase]( data shows. Related Crunchbase Pro list: [Lightspeed Venture Partners’ Investments]( 🏅 [Top 10: How’s a fresh $1.5B for you?]( Who said large growth rounds were dead? Last week’s list of 10 largest U.S. startup deals was topped by a whopping $1.5 billion fundraise by a renewable energy company, and followed by large rounds for AI, transportation and biotech companies. See also: [The Crunchbase Megadeals Board]( 📊 [The state of startups in 7 charts]( From M&A activity to Web3 funding, let’s look at what’s happening in the startup world as seen through seven charts based on recent [Crunchbase]( data. 🤔 [5 interesting startups that got money in January]( Several interesting, under-the-radar companies got investor cash in January, including a startup cleaning up space and one developing humanoid robots to help around the house. Let’s take a look. 💸 [What does it take to raise a Series A?]( [Healy Jones]( of startup advisory firm [Kruze Consulting]( analyzed data from about 100 seed-funded startups that tried to raise a Series A in 2023 and compared those that were successful with those that failed. Get more with Crunchbase Enterprise Find out more about Crunchbase’s prospecting software that enables your entire team to find the right companies, identify the right people, and connect with the decision-makers who can move deals forward – all in one solution. [BOOK A MEETING NOW]( Recent Investments [Cohere Health]( [$50M]( / [Series C]( Cohere Health is a SaaS company that focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery. Categories: Consumer Software • Health Care • SaaS • Software Founders: [Duncan Reece]( [Siva Namasivayam]( Investors: [Deerfield Management]( (Lead), [Define Ventures]( [Flare Capital Partners]( [+ 2 more]( [LightBeam.ai]( [$18M]( / [Series A]( LightBeam.ai employs a zero-trust data protection approach to streamline and unify data security, privacy, and AI governance. Categories: Compliance • Information Services • Privacy • Security • Software Founders: [Aditya Ramesh]( [Himanshu Shukla]( [Priyadarshi Prasad]( Investors: [Vertex Ventures US]( (Lead), [8VC]( [Dropbox Ventures]( [+ 1 more]( [Tenchi Security]( [$7.0M]( / [Series A]( Tenchi Security minmizes information asymmetry related to security and compliance risks within corporate ecosystems. Categories: Cloud Security • Risk Management • SaaS • Security Founders: [Alexandre Sieira]( [Dani Dilkin]( [Felipe Boucas]( Investors: [Banco Bradesco]( (Lead), [Accenture Ventures]( [GFC]( [+ 3 more]( More Fundings Company Amount / Round Lead Investor [Watershed]( $100M / [Series C]( [Greenoaks]( [Artera]( $20M / [Venture Round]( - [Planet A Foods]( $15M / [Series A]( [World Fund]( [edrone]( 20M PLN / [Venture Round]( [Inventures]( [All Recent Funding Activity]( Recent Acquisitions [Friulair]( Pending acquisition by [Ingersoll Rand]( for $146M More Acquisitions Company Acquired By Amount [Accolite Digital]( [Bounteous]( Unknown [All Recent Acquisition Activity]( #{Rails.configuration.daily.cb_url} Discover innovative companies and the people behind them. [Follow Us on Crunchbase]( [View Jobs on LinkedIn]( [Follow Us on Twitter]( [Like Us on Facebook]( 564 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94104 © 2024 Crunchbase Inc. All rights reserved. [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( [Unsubscribe]( from Crunchbase Daily.