At Greenspring we believe in venture capital's ability to propel innovation, job creation and positive societal change. We celebrate those who think differently, take measured risk and challenge perceptions. Here's what's trending in VC this week

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We are excited to share our participation in the upcoming Pension & Investments Private Markets Virtual Series. The event will take place June 15th through June 17th and will enable asset owners and managers to connect in a meaningful way to address the challenges and uncover the opportunities within private markets. Greenspring General Partner Lindsay Redfield will be participating in the panel What Role Should Private Assets Play in an Institutional Portfolio and the Question of Benchmarking? on June 16th and Greenspring General Partner Hunter Somerville will be participating in the panel Secondary Markets on June 17th. To learn more about the conference and register, click here


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Lithic, a New York-based card issuing platform provider, has raised $43 million in Series B funding led by Greenspring manager Bessemer Venture Partners. Learn more about the Company’s rebranding and round here

 

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Esper, the industry’s first Android DevOps platform, has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Greenspring manager Scale Venture Partners. Learn more about how the Company plans to fuel device DevOps innovation here.

 

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Salto, an enterprise app configuration platform, has raised $42 million in Series B funding. This round was led by Greenspring manager Accel, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Learn more here.

 

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Ecommerce fraud prevention startup Forter has raised $300 million in Series F funding with participation from Greenspring managers Bessemer Venture Partners and Scale Venture Partners. Learn more here.

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iLife, a company designed to help digitize life insurance, has raised $4 million in seed funding. Learn more about why Greenspring manager Foundation Capital led this round here.

 

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Qualified, a conversational sales and marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce, has raised $51 million in Series B funding. Learn more about this company’s growth and why Greenspring manager Redpoint Ventures participated in this round here.

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Security startup Tessian has raised $65 million in Series C funding with participation from Greenspring manager Accel. Learn more about this round here.

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San Francisco-based company Octave has raised $20 million in Series B funding with participation from Greenspring manager Felicis Ventures. Learn more about the Company’s plans here.

 

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Prima, a Santa Monica- based CBD beauty brand, has raised $9.2 million in seed funding with participation from Greenspring managers Greycroft Ventures and Defy Partners. Learn more here

 

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AcuityMD has raised $7 million in funding led by Greenspring manager Benchmark. Learn more about how this Company plans to close the medical device industry information gap here

 

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