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Hello and welcome back to Last Week In Venture, a weekly roundup of venture deals that may have flown under your radar this week.

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But before we get to those, here鈥檚 a quick look back at some of our coverage from the week. Apparently, everyone is either going public or looking to go public; we covered whatever can be covered (which is to say, not much) about The We Company鈥檚 confidential S-1, rumors that SoftBank may take its Vision Fund public, and a juicy IPO from Beyond Meat. We reported on Andreessen Horowitz鈥檚 big new growth fund and profiled Touchdown Ventures, a venture firm investing in startups on corporations鈥� behalf. We also looked at supergiant (>$100M) venture capital rounds raised by companies like Rappi ($1 billion, with a 鈥渂鈥�), UiPath ($568 million), and Divvy ($200 million). There鈥檚 a weird valence to the $200 million number, because it popped up elsewhere: streaming news site Cheddar sold for $200 million, and, sadly, after raising around $200 million, AI robotics toy manufacturer Anki shuttered operations.

That鈥檚 just a sample of what we covered, which, in turn, is a small fraction of all that happened at the intersection of tech and money. There are plenty of other startups outside the public spotlight that deserve a mention too.

So, without further ado, let鈥檚 take a look at a few other companies that raised rounds in venture-land.

Some Interesting Rounds From The Week

• raised from , , , , , and which also contributed to the round. The company’s tech platform aims to build an alternative to Wikipedia which, instead of relying exclusively on human editors, augments and extends contributions by individuals with artificial intelligence. Its machine learning models are trained to identify, extract, and validate key information from web resources added by Golden’s community of contributors. Golden generates revenue from team and enterprise options which feature a more advanced querying interface, as well as private knowledge bases for companies. Golden was founded by , who was previously co-founder of mobile ad network , which was for $45 million, from VCs. We’ll have to wait and see what sort of markups Golden can shake out.
• Chances are, if you’re reading this, you decidedly sit on one side of the “digital divide.” Also, considering this is ostensibly a column about startups raising money, chances are you’re also on one side of the “financial divide”. This is to say, you probably have ready access to a computer (and likely more than one) and you probably have a bank account of some sort. Hundreds of millions of people around the world don’t have the same privilege. Talking about digital and financial inclusion can be a challenge for some, which is why UK-based secured : to begin to bridge that gap. , , , and impact-focused investment bank committed capital to the round. According to , “We Are Digital work to tackle social exclusion by upskilling vulnerable people with limited technological skills, providing them with essential digital and financial training to enhance their everyday lives in an increasingly digitised world.”
• Cash rules everything around a business. To this end, is a San Diego-based company which develops and sells cash management, financial position visualization, and forecasting software as a service. This week, the startup raised co-led by and . As part of the transaction, Tim Murphy鈥攚ho currently serves as the treasurer at 鈥攋oined the company’s board of directors.
• Every once in awhile, it’s important to have a moment to yourself and take a deep breath. But how would you know if the air you’re breathing is clean? is a San Francisco-based startup which aims to bring air quality monitoring technology into your home. On Thursday, the company announced that it raised led by clean-tech investor . , , (makers of Roomba robot vacuum cleaners), and participated in the round. Awair’s sensor products come in different shapes and sizes, ranging from a clock radio-sized countertop boxes to plug-mounted models which double as nightlights. Its sensors detect and monitor temperature, humidity, and ambient levels of CO2, chemical fumes, and fine particulates. As climate change ever more severe weather and natural disasters like wildfires, expect the market for air quality monitoring to pick up over the coming decades.

And with that, we鈥檙e done for the week! Here鈥檚 to what鈥檚 hopefully a restorative and relaxing weekend for you, your friends, and your kin. See you back 鈥榬ound these parts next time!

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