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Crunchbase Daily: CrowdStrike, SigFig, Elastic Path, Brex, and Peek – June 19, 2018

SurveyMonkey files for IPO

Nearly two decades after its founding, SurveyMonkey is finally ready to go public. The online survey unicorn announced that it has filed a draft registration statement for an initial stock offering. The Silicon Valley-based company last raised financing in 2014 at a reported $2 billion valuation.

China’s fourth-largest unicorn eyes offering

That’s not the only big IPO in the works. Meituan-Dianping, China’s fourth largest unicorn, is reportedly planning to go public in an offering that could push the its valuation from the current $30 billion to upwards of $60 billion. The company has seen fast growth for its platforms allowing customers to search online for goods and services to optimize shopping and lifestyle experiences offline.

CrowdStrike secures $200M

Cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike has raised $200 million in a Series E round led by General Atlantic, Accel, and IVP. The financing sets a valuation of more than $3 billion for the seven-year-old Silicon Valley company.

Elastic Path raises $43M for e-commerce

E-commerce software provider Elastic Path has raised $43 million in a Series B round led by Sageview Capital. The new financing brings total funding for the Vancouver-based company to around $63 million.

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Recent Investments

CrowdStrike$200M / Series E
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity technology firm that provides cloud-delivered endpoint protection. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company currently processes over 100 billion security events a day.
Categories:

Information Technology · Privacy and Security · Software · Cyber Security · Network Security · SaaS · Security

Founders:

Gregg Marston, Dmitri Alperovitch, George Kurtz

Investors:

March Capital Partners, Accel, CapitalG, + 2 more

SigFig$50M / Series E
Sigfig provides wealth management technology to financial companies. The San Francisco-based company will use the new funds to accelerate investments in technology as it broadens its solutions to help consumers, advisors, and financial institutions.
Categories:

Financial Services · Professional Services · Accounting · Finance

Founders:

Mike Sha, Parker Conrad

Investors:

New York Life Insurance Co, Eaton Vance Management, UBS, + 5 more

Elastic Path Software43M CAD / Series B
Elastic Path Software provides a Java e-commerce platform and consulting to businesses. The Vancouver-based company plans to use the new funds to expand its global sales and marketing teams.
Categories:

Commerce and Shopping · Internet Services · Media and Entertainment · Software · Developer APIs · Digital Media · E-Commerce · E-Commerce Platforms

Founders:

Mark Williams, Jason Billingsley, Harry Chemko

Investors:

Yaletown Partners, BDC Venture Capital, Sageview Capital (Lead)

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Company Amount / Round Lead Investor
Scopely $100M / Series C Greenspring Associates, Horizons Ventures
Brex $57M / Series B Y Combinator
Peek $23M / Series B Cathay Innovation
Crate.io $11M / Series A Zetta Venture Partners, Deutsche Invest Equity Partners GmbH
Prifender $5.0M / Seed Round Firstime Venture Capital
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Recent Acquisitions

BitTorrent

Acquired by Tron for $140M

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FlipGrid Microsoft
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