New moves from fresh funding to a company acquisition swept across the Bay Area tech scene last week. Check out which companies are growing and hiring new talent. This is the Built In SF Weekly Refresh.
Typeface raised $65M. Newly emerging from stealth, Typeface is a generative AI app that helps brands create personalized content. The company pulled in an oversubscribed funding round from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV and other investors. Typeface partners with enterprises and digital-native brands to help them quickly produce and adapt content to their enterprise workflows. [PR Newswire]
Attio raised $23.5M. The company operates a customer relationship management solution that allows businesses to filter customer records and use that data to build customized workflows. Attio pulled in Series A capital led by Redpoint Ventures that’ll go toward accelerating engineering and product development as well as globally expanding its go-to-market presence. [PR Newswire]
SF Tech Quote of the Week
“Most things that are out there for ADHD are always focused on fixing deficiencies and fixing things that are wrong with you. And that’s why we love coaching because it’s not just about that; it’s about reaching your goals. And people with ADHD have certain things that they’re also great at.” — Christal Wang, Shimmer co-founder and CEO
Shimmer was featured in the Built In Future 5 series. Rooted in the belief that individuals with ADHD excel in various areas of life, Shimmer’s coaching platform helps its users thrive. The solution provides personalized coaching to help members with ADHD build skills, routines and systems. Shimmer has served hundreds of users to date and is quickly growing as it continually develops new platform features. [Built In SF]
These San Francisco tech companies raised the most capital in February. A variety of local tech companies secured capital last month. The largest venture sums raised went to businesses in industries such as autonomy, cybersecurity, climate tech and more. Learn how these five companies are investing in expansion, hiring and other initiatives. [Built In SF]
IXL Learning acquired Teachers Pay Teachers. San Mateo-based edtech company IXL Learning provides students with curriculums in math, literacy, language and other subjects. The company added Teachers Pay Teachers, a catalog of educator-created content and digital instruction tools, to its solution. Financial terms of the acquisition were not made public. [PR Newswire]
In more VC funding news: With plans to expand nationwide, chef-to-consumer marketplace Shef pulled in a $73.5 million Series B round. [TechCrunch]
Gable gives distributed colleagues the chance to convene and work alongside one another. The company will expand its capabilities and team following its $16 million raise. [Built In SF]
