San Francisco-based corporate training and professional networking company SVAcademy has secured $9.5 million in Series A funding, according to company database Crunchbase, topping the city’s recent funding headlines. The cash infusion was announced June 28 and led by Owl Ventures.
According to its Crunchbase profile, "SVAcademy is a 15-month business development apprenticeship paid for by employers. SVAcademy’s team has started and sold SaaS companies to Oracle and HP, hired and trained more than 400 SaaS sales reps, conducted admissions at Harvard, and coached more than 100,000 students across the country."
The two-year-old startup also raised a $2 million round in 2017.
The round brings total funding raised by San Francisco companies in education over the past month to $201 million, an increase of $189 million from the month before. The local education industry has seen 58 funding rounds over the past year, yielding a total of $768 million in venture funding.
In other local funding news, retail technology and predictive analytics company MakerSights announced an $8.5 million Series A funding round on June 19, led by Forerunner Ventures.
According to Crunchbase, "MakerSights is a leading provider of product development software for consumer brands. Through the company platform, MakerSights enables brand partners to rapidly measure customer demand for their future products and concepts. By identifying the styles, colors and product attributes that appeal most of the customers, you’ll be able to invest your team’s time, efforts and capital more efficiently."
Founded in 2015, the company has raised two previous rounds, including a $1.8 million seed round earlier this year.
Meanwhile, knowledge management company WorkRamp raised $8 million in Series A funding, announced on June 6. The round's investors were led by Bow Capital.
From the company's Crunchbase profile, "WorkRamp is building the world's first Enablement Cloud™ to bridge the gap between strategy and execution. They help companies perform at their highest levels through our end to end enablement software. To learn more about how they empower the most innovative companies in the world, visit www.workramp.com."
WorkRamp last raised $2 million in seed funding in 2016.
Also of note, home services and consumer applications company Fuzzy raised $8 million in Series A funding, announced on June 28 and financed by Matrix Partners.
From Crunchbase, "Fuzzy is a subscription-based pet healthcare startup whose mission is to make pet care accessible, affordable and delightful for every pet parent. Through a mobile application, Fuzzy connects pet parents to veterinarians, allowing them to communicate in real time whilst providing in-home vet checkups. The company also offers a service for direct mailing of medications, supplements and food for pets."
The company previously raised $4.5 million in seed funding in 2017.
Rounding out the city's recent top local funding events, therapeutics company BIoEclipse Therapeutics raised $7.7 million in Series A funding, announced on June 24 and led by Revelis Capital Group.
From Crunchbase, "ConcentRx strive to be the best in class comprehensive immunotherapy, and to deliver CURATIVE treatment to patients with cancer through the knowledge and practice of integrated immune biology."
The company previously raised seed funding in 2018.
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