Shift Technology Raised $220M, Crayon Got $22M, and More Boston Tech News

As the Boston tech scene undergoes the ebb and flow of growth, a handful of companies last week secured fresh venture capital to fund new moves. Read up on their latest developments. This is the Built In Boston weekly refresh.

Written by Ashley Bowden
Published on May. 10, 2021
Shift Technology Raised $220M, Crayon Got $22M, and More Boston Tech News
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As the Boston tech scene undergoes the ebb and flow of growth, a handful of companies last week secured fresh venture capital to fund new moves. Read up on their latest developments. This is the Built In Boston weekly refresh.

Shift Technology got $220MSpecializing in detecting insurance fraud, this company helps providers automate and optimize several of the processes across the policy lifecycle. Its installment of Series D funding, led by Advent International, values the company at $1 billion. The company is planning to invest in its R&D efforts, growing its presence in the U.S., Europe and Asia, and expanding into new markets. [Built In Boston]

Coin Metrics raised $15MThe cryptocurrency industry has been booming recently, and crypto data provider Coin Metrics is growing as well following its Series B. The company is looking to power global expansion and product innovation with the capital from its Goldman Sachs-led round. It’s also hiring for plenty of roles on its team. [Built In Boston]

Boston Tech Quote of the Week

“We help businesses understand what’s happening outside the four walls of the company, then translate that into better execution and better decision making across their sales, marketing, product and executive teams — across the entire company.” —Jonah Lopin, Crayon co-founder and CEO 

Crayon pulled in $22MIts market intelligence platform collects info from both inside and outside of a business to generate insights that influence more confident decisions. With its fresh injection of Series B funding led by Baird Capital, Crayon is looking to fuel product development and double its 100-person team. [Built In Boston]

Upshot secured $7.5MThe Boston startup offers a blockchain-based protocol that works to help expert collectors provide honest valuations of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), profit from their knowledge and create opportunities for novice appraisers. Framework Ventures, CoinFund and Blockchain Capital led the Series A round. [Business Wire]

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