VR/AR funding falls as investors face reality, 5 cool startup deals, and more - November 4, 2022

November 4, 2022 [VR/AR funding falls as investors face reality]( Investing in virtual and augmented reality brings real-world risks, and investors are taking notice. Funding to VR/AR startups has been dropping quarter over quarter since the peak in late 2021. Time to explore the metaverse, Crunchbase-style. [5 interesting startup deals you possibly missed in October]( October brought us bread-baking robots, divorce tech, and digital celebrity trading cards. Check out the intriguing startups behind these concepts. [App security startup Apiiro locks down $100M]( The cloud can feel a bit like the Wild West, rife with new app releases and constant patching. Enter Apiiro, which closed a $100 million Series B round to tighten cloud-native application security. [Project44 raises $80M to tackle the supply chain]( Logistics unicorn Project44 raised $80 million, bringing its funding total to a cool $897.5 million since 2014. The company collects data at ports around the world and merchandise movement. [Useful AI may finally be here]( Artificial intelligence has been a hot buzzword in tech, even shrugging off some of this year’s venture funding malaise. This time around, AI is showing real staying power, with an October full of big rounds for startups that use the technology to produce content. [Another month when fewer unicorns were born]( For the fourth month in a row, the number of startups joining [The Crunchbase Unicorn Board]( has stayed below 20. Fourteen companies joined the board in October, led by a Chinese electric vehicle startup valued at more than $14 billion. [Funding to Latine-founded US companies falls sharply in 2022]( Venture funding is down all around, but this year’s pullback is hitting Latine-funded companies in the U.S. particularly hard. Funding to Latine-founded companies fell more than 80% in third-quarter 2022, both quarter over quarter and year over year. [Enhance Your Sales Team’s Prospecting]( [Crunchbase Enterprise is an all-in-one prospecting solution. Download this product overview sheet to learn how to close more deals without the headache.]( [Download Now]( Crunchbase Pro: Searches and Lists Name Type Entries [MIT alum founded companies]( Companies 1149 [Investments in waste management companies in the last 5 years]( Funding Rounds 733 [US-based outsourcing companies funded since 2014]( Funding Rounds 176 [More Featured Searches and Lists]( [Check out our Crunchbase solutions here]( – prospecting tools made for everyone Recent Investments [Polestar]( [$1.6B]( / [Post-IPO Debt]( Polestar is an electric performance brand, focused on uncompromised car design and technology. Categories: Automotive • Electric Vehicle • Mechanical Engineering Investors: [PSD Investment]( (Lead), [Volvo Cars]( (Lead) [Alation]( [$123M]( / [Series E]( Alation offers a machine learning data catalog to help people find, understand, and trust data across their organizations. Categories: Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • Business Intelligence • Data Integration • Machine Learning Founders: [Aaron Kalb]( [Feng Niu]( [Satyen Sangani]( [Venky Ganti]( Investors: [Costanoa Ventures]( (Lead), [Sanabil]( (Lead), [Thoma Bravo]( (Lead) [+ 9 more]( [Apiiro]( [$100M]( / [Series B]( Apiiro enables security and development teams to proactively remediate risk before releasing to the cloud. Categories: Cloud Security • Network Security • Risk Management • Software Founders: [Idan Plotnik]( [Yonatan Eldar]( Investors: [General Catalyst]( (Lead), [Greylock]( [Kleiner Perkins]( More Fundings Company Amount / Round Lead Investor [Zest AI]( $50M / [Venture Round]( [CMFG Ventures]( [Plend]( 40M GBP / [Seed Round]( - [Binary Defense]( $36M / [Private Equity Round]( [Invictus Growth Partners]( [Orum]( $22M / [Series B]( [Tribe Capital]( [AiDash]( $10M / [Convertible Note]( [SE Ventures]( [University of Cincinnati]( $3.5M / [Grant]( [National Institutes of Health]( [MoEVing]( 200M INR / [Seed Round]( [JSW Ventures]( [All Recent Funding Activity]( Recent Acquisitions [Ensign Natural Resources]( Pending acquisition by [Marathon Oil Corporation]( for $3.0B Upcoming Tech Events Accelerator Deadlines Date Accelerator Location Nov 7, 2022 [(ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator]( New York Dec 31, 2022 [Nex Cubed]( San Francisco [More Upcoming Deadlines]( Don’t see your event? Reach out to us at events@crunchbase.com. #{Rails.configuration.daily.cb_url} Discover innovative companies and the people behind them. [Follow Us on Crunchbase]( [View Jobs on LinkedIn]( [Follow Us on Twitter]( [Like Us on Facebook]( 564 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94104 © 2022 Crunchbase Inc. All rights reserved. [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( [Unsubscribe]( from Crunchbase Daily.