Seattle-based Swiftly, which offers branded apps and retail software to grocery stores, raised a $100M Series C at a $1B+ valuation after raising $100M in March (Tony Lystra/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Seattle-based Diagrid, which offers a fully managed Dapr on Kubernetes service, raised a $20M Series A led by Norwest Venture Partners  —  Diagrid, a Seattle startup that offers a fully managed Dapr on Kubernetes service, announced a $20 million Series A round led by Norwest Venture Partners …

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Twilio will sunset Zipwhip’s business texting service on December 1, 2023, after acquiring the Seattle startup last year for $850M in cash and stock  —  Twilio will sunset Zipwhip’s software after acquiring the Seattle startup for $850 million last year.  —  According to the latest update …

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Norwegian grocery delivery startup Oda raised ~$151M from Kinnevik and others at a ~$353M post-money valuation, down from ~$900M in April 2021  —  Online grocery delivery, a booming business at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, has definitely come down to earth with the other shifts we’ve seen …

Nate Bek / GeekWire:
Seattle-based Redfin lays off 862 employees, or ~13% of its workforce, and ends its home-flipping program RedfinNow; its stock is down 96%+ since February 2021  —  Redfin will wind down its home-flipping program RedfinNow and lay off employees for the second time this year as it cuts expenses in response to a slowing housing market.

TechCrunch:
India says its central bank will prepare a whitelist of legal loan apps and the IT ministry plans to ensure that only approved apps are hosted on app stores  —  India plans to mandate which loan apps are allowed on app stores in the country, the latest in a series of recent steps …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
NYC-based Regal, an outbound call and text messaging tools provider to brands, raised a $38.5M Series A led by Emergence Capital at a $350M post-money valuation  —  Getting prospective customers to answer sales calls and texts can feel like a Sisyphean task.