dbt Labs, a Philadelphia, PA-based pioneer in analytics engineering, today announced that it raised $222 million in Series D financing at a $4.2 billion valuation. The round was led by existing investor, Altimeter, with participation from existing investors Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, and Sequoia. New investors participating in Series D …

Avanti Software, a Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based independent Payroll and Human Resources (HR) software company, raised $25 million in funding. The round was led by Round13 Capital, with participation from Scotiabank Technology & Innovation Banking and existing investors. The company intends to use the funds to expand its engineering and product …

Varos, a San Francisco, CA and Tel Aviv, Israel-based data-sharing platform helping companies compare their KPIs to their peers, emerged from stealth and announced its $4 million seed financing round led by Ibex Investors. Additional investors in the round include Tom Glocer, former CEO of Thomson Reuters, Andy Dunn co-founder …

Bloomreach, a Mountain View, California-based developer of cloud-based software that connects both customer and product data to personalize all customer touch-points, raised a $175 million Series F valued at $2.2 billion. The round was led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, with participation from existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and Sixth …

Redpanda Data (formerly Vectorized), a San Francisco, CA-based modern streaming data platform for developers, announced that it raised $50 million in Series B funding. The round was led by GV, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) and Haystack VC. With its latest capital infusion, Redpanda has raised $76M to …

Epoch, a San Francisco, CA-based leading employee experience platform, today announces the close of $3.6 million in seed funding. Rally Ventures led the seed round, with participation from Precursor Ventures, Turner Novak, m]x[v, Maschmeyer Group Ventures, and several angel investors with deep operational and industry expertise. The funding will be …

Signadot, a San Mateo, California Kubernetes-based platform that scales microservices testing for engineers, announced the public beta of its product in addition to the closing of a $4 million seed funding round. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, and angel investors including Adam Gross …