LightBeam.ai, a Palo Alto, CA-based zero trust data protection company, has raised $17.8 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. SaaS Investors The investment was led by Vertex Ventures US and supported by Dropbox Ventures, 8VC, Village Global, and several angel investors. Founded in 2015, Vertex Ventures US is …

Fora, a New York-based executive relationship management (ERM) platform, has emerged from stealth with $3.8 million in pre-seed funding. SaaS Investors The round was led by Converge, with participation from GTM Fund, Zelkova Venture Partners, Acadian Ventures, 14Peaks, and others. Converge is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B …

Sentify, a London, UK-based platform that enables users to extract actionable insights from large language model (LLM) products, has raised over $1.1 million in oversubscribed pre-seed funding. SaaS Investors The round was led by Episode 1, with participation from 500 Emerging Europe and angel investors. Founded in 2013, Episode 1 …

Watershed, a San Francisco, CA, and London, U.K-based enterprise sustainability platform, has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round. The investment brings Watershed's valuation to $1.8 billion. SaaS Investors The round was led by Greenoaks with participation from existing investors including Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil, Emerson …

HireAra, a London, UK-based HRtech startup that aims to modernize the recruitment industry, has raised €527,000 in a seed round. SaaS Investors The round was joined by the founders of the UK's leading recruitment tech companies: Mercury, SourceWhale, One Up Sales, and Candidate.ID and several sets of customers. The round …

Metronome, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of usage-based billing for companies such as OpenAI, Databricks, and NVIDIA, has raised $43 million in a Series B funding round. SaaS Investors The round was led by NEA, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst. New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture …

Aim Security, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based cybersecurity startup on a mission to secure enterprise GenAI adoption, has raised $10 million in seed funding. SaaS Investors The round was led by YL Ventures, with participation from CCL (Cyber Club London), the founders of WIZ, and angel investors from Google, Proofpoint, and …