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Netic , the complete AI-growth engine for service enterprises, led by Melisa Tokmak, has secured $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Founders Fund , valuing the company at $450 million. Its seed round was led by Greylock Partners with Founders Fund participating, and its Series A was led by Founders Fund with participation from Greylock , Hanabi Capital , Day One Ventures , SV Angel , and several angel investors. Netic is equipping regional businesses, home service

Parallel Web Systems , building the web infrastructure for AI, led by Parag Agrawal and Travers Nisbet, has secured $100 million Series A at a $740 million valuation co-led by Kleiner Perkins  and Index Ventures , with participation from Spark Capital  and support from existing investors Khosla Ventures , First Round Capital , and Terrain . Mamoon Hamid of Kleiner Perkins joins Vinod Khosla, Shardul Shah, and Josh Kopelman on the board. Two years ago, when the company was fou

Zilch , the consumer payments platform powering the future of commerce, led by Philip Belamant, Hugh Courtney, Desmond McNamara, Kirsty Spickett, Ryan Mendy, Sean Hederman, Boriana Tchobanova, and others, has secured  over USD $175 million ($176.7m) in debt and equity led by KKCG  with participation from BNF Capital , and several other strategic investors. The raise also includes the expansion of its securitization led by Deutsche Bank . The successful raise follows the launc