Boston tech raised more than $122M this November. Here are the top 5 rounds

by Justine Hofherr
November 30, 2016

Winter is coming and even though your toes might feel frozen, Boston’s tech ecosystem is heating up. Here are the companies with the highest rounds in November.

 

5. HawkEye 360, $11M, November 29

Investors: Razor’s Edge Ventures

Bio: HawkEye 360 has created a space-based global intelligence network that uses radiofrequency technology to monitor transportation across air, land and sea and help with emergencies.

News: The company said it intends to use the funding to complete the development and manufacturing of the HawkEye 360 Pathfinder Cluster of three small satellites, which will fly in formation collecting data on the use of wireless signals across the globe and helping governments or corporations to better track their transportation assets. The cluster is scheduled for launch in late 2017. Read more here.

 

 
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4. Jibo, $13M, November 10

Investors: RRE Ventures, CRV, Acer and Flybridge Capital

Bio: Jibo created the first social robot for the home, which interacts with humans and responds to voice commands.

News: Users waiting for their very own home robot will have to wait a little longer. Jibo CEO Steve Chambers said the social robot won't start shipping until 2016 due to some new issues that came up in recent beta testing. Read more here.

 

 

3. Yottaa, $15M, November 15

Investors: Stata Venture Partners and General Catalyst Partners

Bio: Yottaa is a SaaS platform that speeds up e-commerce for online businesses. Companies can use Yottaa’s software to accelerate, manage and secure end-user experiences on all devices in real-time with no code change. Yottaa’s services are used by 100 retailers across 700 eCommerce sites,including Puma, eBags, King Arthur Flour, Jo-Ann Fabric and Moosejaw.

News: Yottaa hired Rich Stendardo as its new chief executive officer this month, an e-commerce leadership veteran with experience at companies like Endeca, Amazon, DataXu and General Electric. Read more here.

 

 
 

2. Cogito, $15M, November 18

Investors: OpenView, Romulus Capital and Salesforce Ventures

Bio: Cogito analyzes phone conversations and the human voice, offering real-time guidance to help phone professionals better engage and connect with customers. Accounting for factors like volume, pauses and speed, Cogito makes recommendations to agents through “text nudges.”

News: Having just scratched the surface of what is possible through behavioral science, Cogito announced the funding would be used to continue digging into the troves of data made available through machine learning. Read more here.

 

 

1. Quantopian, $25M, November 14

Investors: Andreessen Horowitz

Bio: Quantopian allows talented people everywhere to write investment algorithms. Select authors can license their algorithms to us and get paid based on performance.

News: Quantopian said in a press release it would use the funding to invest in improving its software tools and education materials and gathering more financial data for its 100,000+ members. Read more here.

 

 

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