San Francisco-based employment and staffing agency company Trusted Health has secured $20 million in Series A funding, according to company database Crunchbase, topping the city’s recent funding headlines. The cash infusion was announced May 6 and led by Craft Ventures.
According to its Crunchbase profile, "Trusted Health is a digital employment platform for nurses that allows them to connect with flexible job opportunities. It simplifies how they create resumes, manage credentials, and understand and apply for opportunities in real-time. Trusted Health is backed by Craft Ventures, Felicis Ventures, and Founder Collective, as well as healthcare innovators like Texas Medical Center and Healthbox."
The two-year-old startup has raised three previous funding rounds, including a $4 million seed round in 2018.
The round brings total funding raised by San Francisco companies in community and lifestyle over the past month to $446 million, and increase of $407 million from the month before. The local community and lifestyle industry has seen 76 funding rounds over the past year, raking in a total of $14 billion in venture funding.
In other local funding news, project management and UX design company Team Labs announced a $8.2 million seed funding round on April 18.
According to Crunchbase, "Team Labs creates simple and intuitive products for everyone, striving to make working smarter and creating simpler. Team Labs is transforming the future of work with its cloud-based products that enable thousands of teams from across the globe."
The company also raised a $3.8 million seed round in 2017.
Meanwhile, agriculture company Afresh Technologies raised $6.1 million in Series A funding, announced on April 30.
From the company's Crunchbase profile, "Fresh is the future of food. Born out of Stanford's Computer Science Ph.D. program, Afresh builds A.I.-powered supply chain solutions tailored for the nuances of perishable food (produce, meat, deli, dairy, bakery and prepared foods). By doing so, we make fresh food accessible, abundant and less wasteful."
Afresh Technologies last raised $1.7 million in seed funding in 2018.
Also of note, consulting and insurance company Gainfully raised $5.5 million in Series A funding, announced on April 23 and led by IA Capital Group.
From Crunchbase, "Gainfully is a financial services platform that helps financial professionals generate new business and connect with their clients better."
The company previously raised $2.5 million in seed funding in 2017.
Rounding out the city's recent top local funding events, database company Improvado.io raised $5 million in seed funding, announced on April 11.
The company previously raised $3 million in seed funding in 2018.
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