Chicago-based supply chain management startup project44 raised $80M led by Generation Investment and A.P. Moller at a $2.7B post-money valuation (Reuters)

Mehnaz Yasmin / Reuters:
E-commerce marketing company Rokt says it raised a secondary funding round at a $2.4B valuation, up from $1.95B in December 2021, as it prepares for an IPO  —  Tech startup Rokt said on Monday it raised its valuation to $2.4 billion in a secondary funding round led by investment firm Square Peg …

Ofir Dor / Globes Online:
Israel-based Vesttoo, an AI-powered risk transfer marketplace connecting insurers and investors, has raised an $80M Series C at a $1B post-money valuation  —  The company’s emergence as a unicorn is surprising when taking into account the slowdown in fund raising and that it had a valuation of just $22 million last year.

Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:
Chicago-based Strike, a bitcoin payment service that uses the Lightning network for faster transactions, raised an $80M Series B led by Ten31  —  Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Wyoming were among the investors in the Series B funding round.

Reuters:
Swiss startup 21.co, which runs the 21Shares crypto investment platform, raised $25M led by Marshall Wace at a $2B post-money valuation  —  Crypto investment product firm 21.co, the parent of 21Shares, said on Tuesday it had raised $25 million in a funding round led by Marshall Wace that valued the company at $2 billion.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Altana, which uses AI to find supply chain anomalies and identify potential risks and bad actors, raised a $100M Series B, bringing its total funding to $123M  —  Trade wars, military conflicts, the rise of e-commerce and sustainability concerns are driving changes to supply chain networks and trade flows.

Gillian Tan / Bloomberg:
New York-based Bilt, which offers a loyalty program and credit card to convert rent payments into points, raised $150M led by Left Lane at a $1.5B valuation  —  Bilt Rewards, which operates a loyalty program and credit card that converts rent payments into points, said its valuation more than quadrupled to $1.5 billion.