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Early Money: 6 Bay Area startups just raised $62M in Series A funds, including one trying to prevent unneccessary C-sections


Raydiant Oximetry
Terry Han and Dr. Neil Ray, co-founders of Raydiant Oximetry, are shown with their prototype device, in 2018 after winning a UC Davis' Big Bang Competition for startups.
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Bay Area startups raised $62.3 million combined in Series A rounds in the past week.

Among the six companies winning the early-stage funds were one that's designed a device it says could reduce unneeded C-sections.

Here are the details on that and the other recent Series A rounds:

Merge API Inc., San Francisco, $15 million: Addition led the round for this provider of a service that helps developers of enterprise apps connect them with standard accounting, human resources and recruiting systems. New Enterprise Associates also participated.

Mimik Technology Inc., Oakland, $14.3 million: Pier 88 Investment Partners led the round for this provider of a service that helps developers move much of their app's data processing from the cloud to edge devices. Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood, Primera Capital and NLabs also invested.

QuestDB Technology Inc., San Francisco, $12 million: 468 Capital and Uncorrelated Ventures invested in the round for this provider of an open source time series database.

Checkbook Inc., San Mateo, $10 million: MassMutual Ventures led the round for this payments software provider. IA Capital, JPMorgan Chase and Cross River Digital Ventures also invested.

Vivosens Inc. (dba Vivoo), San Francisco, $6 million: Draper Associates led the round for this provider of personalized nutrition advice derived from at-home urine tests. Once Ventures, Revo Capital, 500 Startups, Global Ventures and Halogen Ventures also participated.

Raydiant Oximetry Inc., San Ramon, $5 million: Avestria Ventures led the Series A2 round for this developer of a device that measures fetal oxygen levels during childbirth and is designed to prevent unneeded C-section deliveries. KOFA Healthcare, V-Capital, Band of Angels, FemHealth Ventures, RHIA Ventures and SteelSky Ventures also participated.


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