• Chime, a San Francisco-based U.S. challenger bank, raised $200 million in Series D funding at a $1.5 billion post-money valuation. DST Global led, and was joined by Coatue Management, General Atlantic, ICONIQ Capital, Dragoneer Investment and return backers Menlo Ventures, Forerunner Ventures and Cathay Innovation. http://axios.link/V2aG
🚑 Beam Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of genetic medicines via base editing, raised $135 million in Series B funding from Redmile Group, Cormorant Asset Management, GV, Altitude Life Science Ventures and return backers F-Prime Capital, Arch Venture Partners, Eight Roads Ventures and Omega Funds. http://axios.link/c5g9
• Pantheon, a San Francisco-based website operations platform for marketers, raised $40 million in Series D funding. Sageview Capital led, and was joined by return backers Foundry Group, Scale Venture Partners and Industry Ventures. www.pantheon.io
• Zinier, a San Francisco-based provider of field service automation solutions, raised $22 million in Series B funding. Accel led, and was joined by Founders Fund, NGP Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and Newfund. http://axios.link/XajJ
• Blueground, a New York-based renter of “tech-equipped” apartments, raised $20 million from VentureFriends, Endeavor Catalyst, Jabbar Internet Group and Kevin Ryan. www.theblueground.com
• Functionize, a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of cloud software testing solutions, raised $16 million in Series A funding led by Canvas Ventures. http://axios.link/6z5p
• RackTop Systems, a Fulton, Md.-based data storage and security startup, raised $15 million in Series A funding. Razor’s Edge Ventures and Grotech Ventures co-led, and were joined by Maryland Venture Fund, Blu Venture Investors and Gula Tech Adventures. http://axios.link/ZObQ
• Brodmann17, an Israeli developer of automotive computer vision technology, raised $11 million in Series A funding. OurCrowd led, and was joined by Maniv Mobility, AI Alliance, UL Ventures, Samsung and Sony. http://axios.link/ayd0
• Wade & Wendy, a New York-based recruitment platform, raised $7.6 million in Series A funding. Jazz Venture Partners led, and was joined by Randstad Innovation Fund, ff Venture Capital and Indicator Ventures. http://axios.link/xtPa
🚑 Tasso, a Seattle-based blood collection startup, raised $6.1 million led by Vertical Venture Partners. http://axios.link/WYng
• Alto, a Nashville-based platform that lets investors add alternative assets to their IRAs, raised $2.8 million in seed funding. Mountain Group Partners led, and was joined by Foundation Capital, Sequoia Capital's Scout Fund and Amplify.LA. www.altoira.com