10 High-Growth Companies to Watch

February 25, 2021

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The year 2020 may have been the year of a pandemic and a socioeconomic crisis, but it was also the year where record-high funding was raised by many startups. Quarterly funding in Q3, 2020 reached over $100BN according to PrivCo, up almost 4x the funding recorded in Q3, 2019.

Meanwhile, these companies had an unstoppable second half of 2020.

🚛 Lineage Logistics
🎮 Epic Games
💳 Chime Bank
🚵‍♂️ Zwift
👟 Fanatics
🛒 Instacart
🧑‍💻 Tanium
🚗 Nuro
📩 Klaviyo
🔑 Better Mortgage

Purchase the full report and dig deeper into the top companies of all the growing verticals, as well as investigate upcoming trends for 2021, including a not-to-miss recap of funding activity in E-sports, Logistics, and Autonomous Vehicles.

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Since last week, PrivCo has added:
1,504 Companies | 214 Funding Activities | 82 M&A Deals

Funding & Deal Highlights:

Zomato raises $250MM led by Kora Management
Delivery Software & Internet Services • Round J • New Delhi, India

Dapper Labs raises $250MM
Games Software & Internet Services • Equity • Vancouver, Canada

Standard Cognition raises $40MM led by Initialized Capital
AI Software & Internet Services • Round A • San Francisco, CA

Yerba Beuna VR raises $1.5MM
Virtual Reality Software & Internet Services • Round A • San Jose, CA

Gravy Solutions raises $4.5MM led by Arlington Family Offices
SaaS Software & Internet Services • Round A • Atlanta, GA

Iterion Therapeutics raises $2.6MM led by Sante Ventures
Health Care Products • Round B • Houston, TX

Vestaron Corporation raises $18.3MM led by Northpond Ventures
Biotechnology • Round B-1 • Kalamazoo, MI

Fictiv raises $35MM led by 40 North Management
Industrial Services • Round D • San Francisco, CA

Metropolis Technologies raises $41MM led by 3L Capital
Autonomous Vehicles Software & Internet Services • Round A • Los Angeles, CA

Nomad raises $2MM
Real Estate Software & Internet Services • Equity • Denver, CO

Edgybees raises $9.5MM led by Seraphim Capital
Aerospace & Defense • Round A • Santa Clara, CA

Zomentum raises $13MM
CRM Software & Internet Services • Equity • San Francisco, CA

1Kosmos - BlockID raises $15MM
Blockchain Software & Internet Services • Round A • Somerset, NJ

Red Canary raises $81MM
Cyber Security Software & Internet Services • Round C • Denver, CO

Kalshi raises $30MM led by Sequoia Capital
Fintech Software & Internet Services • Round A • San Francisco, CA

Yellow Wood Partners acquires Scholl’s Wellness Co
Apparel Retail • Acquisition • Parsippany, NJ

ONE merges with Markforged for $400MM
Commercial & Industrial Engineering • SPAC • Cambridge, MA

Reinvent Technology Partners merges with Joby Aviation for $1.6BN
Aerospace & Defense • SPAC • Santa Cruz, CA

Berkshire Grey merges with Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp
Commercial Products & Office Supplies • SPAC • Lexington, MA

Xos Trucks merges with Next Gen Acquisition Corp
Vehicle Manufacturers • SPAC • North Hollywood, CA

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