• Berkshire Grey, a Lexington, Mass.-based developer of pick-and-place robots for commerce, raised $263 million in Series B funding. SoftBank Group led, and was joined by Canaan Partners, NEA, and Khosla Ventures. http://axios.link/OGdl
- Bonus: Multiple sources tell Axios that SoftBank originally offered to buy Berkshire Grey, before the two sides settled on this venture deal.
🥩 Memphis Meats, a Berkeley, Calif.-based developer of cell-based meats, raised $161 million in Series B funding. SoftBank Group, Norwest Venture Partners, and Temasek co-led, and were joined by Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Threshold Ventures, Cargill, Tyson Foods, Finistere, Future Ventures, Kimbal Musk, Fifty Years and CPT Capital. http://axios.link/ZIqY
• Qonto, a French challenger business bank, raised $115 million in Series C funding co-led by DST Global and Tencent. http://axios.link/MSyc
• Personio, a German provider of HR software for SMBs, raised $75 million at around a $500 million valuation. Accel led, and was joined by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lars Dalgaard, and return backers Index Ventures, Northzone, Global Founders Capital, and Picus Capital. http://axios.link/0agu
• LumApps, a France-based social intranet for the enterprise, raised $70 million in Series C funding. Goldman Sachs led, and was joined by Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners, Iris Capital, and Famille C. http://axios.link/Habj
• Sysdig, a San Francisco-based dev-ops platform, raised $70 million in Series E funding. Insight Partners led, and was joined by Goldman Sachs and return backers Accel and Bain Capital Ventures. www.sysdig.com
Adagene, a Chinese oncology immunotherapy company, raised $69 million in Series D funding led by General Atlantic led, and was joined by return backers Eight Roads Ventures China, F-Prime Capital, WuXi, and Sequoia China. http://axios.link/o7Wp
• Scoutbee, a Germany-based supplier discovery platform, raised $60 million in Series B funding. Atomico led, and was joined by Lakestar and Next47. http://axios.link/0tTT
• Liberis Group, a UK-based lender to small businesses, raised $42 million in new equity funding. FTV Capital led, and was joined by return backer Blenheim Chalcot. www.liberisgroup.net
• Zoomcar, an Indian self-drive mobility platform, held a $30 million first close on a $100 million-targeted Series D round. Backers include Sony. http://axios.link/IEB2
• Software Motor Co., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of optical motor systems, raised $25 million from firms like BMW i Ventures. www.softwaremotor.com
• Outlier, an Oakland-based provider of automated business analytics, raised $22.1 million in Series B funding. Emergence Capital led, and was joined by return backers Ridge Ventures, 11.2 Capital, First Round Capital, Homebrew, Susa Ventures, and SV Angel. www.outlier.ai
• Privafy, a Burlington, Mass.-based developer of a “secure private network on the public Internet,” raised $22 million from undisclosed backers. www.privafy.com
• Intezer, an Israeli provider of malware identification and eradication software, raised $15 million in Series B funding. OpenView Venture Partners led, and was joined by return backers Intel Capital, Magma, Samsung, and the United Services Automobile Association. http://axios.link/YWkB
• Shyft, a San Francisco-based corporate relocation marketplace, raised $15 million in Series A funding. Inovia Capital led, and was joined by Blumberg Capital and FJ Labs. http://axios.link/Gov0
• Placer.ai, a Los Altos, Calif.-based provider of retail foot-traffic analytics, raised $12 million in Series A funding. JBV Capital led, and was joined by Aleph, Reciprocal Ventures, and OCA Ventures. http://axios.link/QOwU
• Sayari Labs, a Washington, D.C.-based data intelligence startup focused on corruption in emerging markets, raised $9 million in Series B funding. Arsenal Growth led, and was joined by Lavrock Venures and NS2 Ventures. http://axios.link/xyFh
⛽ ConnectDER, a Philadelphia-based startup that helps utilities integrate residential distributed energy resources, raised $7.25 million in Series B funding from Clean Energy Ventures, Skyview Ventures, and Avista Development. www.connectder.com
🚑 DoctorLogic, a Plano, Texas-based digital marketing platform for healthcare providers, raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Unbundled Capital. http://axios.link/7KP9
• vChain, a Houston-based digital asset notarization startup, raised $7 million in Series A funding. Elaia led, and was joined by Bluwat and Acequia Capital. http://axios.link/pjdH
• Cann, a Los Angeles-based maker of cannabis-infused beverages, raised $5 million in seed funding. Imaginary and JM10 Partners co-led, and were joined by Navy Capital and Global Founders Capital. http://axios.link/CDpp
• Tealbook, a Toronto-based supplier data startup, raised C$5 million in seed funding from Refinery Ventures, Grand Ventures, Workday, Stand Up Ventures, and BDC Capital. www.tealboook.com
• Punch List, a mobile app for home remodels, raised $4 million from Bling Capital, Bedrock Capital, Ludlow Ventures, and Mayfield. http://axios.link/DBbG
• Thundra, a Boston-based serverless tooling startup, raised $4 million in Series A funding led by Battery Ventures. http://axios.link/n9Jx
• TriggerMesh, a Swiss serveless management platform, raised $3 million in seed funding co-led by Crane Venture Partners and Index Ventures. http://axios.link/Xb7q
• Moov, a San Francisco-based marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, raised $2.4 million in seed funding led by NFX. www.moov.co
• Tokopedia, an Indonesian ecommerce marketplace, is finalizing a $1.5 billion investment from Temasek, SoftBank and Alibaba at a valuation of between $8 billion and $9 billion, per Bloomberg. http://axios.link/cKJH