Ohio-based startup 'Lower' gets $100M for home buying platform

Funding for venture-backed companies in the cryptocurrency space has soared this year, with totals already above 2020 levels. Investors are optimistic that momentum will continue, even with challenges in building more widespread adoption and new regulatory pressures from governments around the world.

Data security provider Symmetry Systems raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Prefix Capital and ForgePoint Capital. The San Francisco-based startup offers tools for companies to protect and gain visibility into data even before it is used in the network or application flow.

Insilico Medicine, a developer of AI-enabled tools for drug discovery, raised $255 million in a Series C funding round. In other news, Vienna-based GoStudent, an online tutoring platform, raised $244 million in fresh funding.

As a summer heat wave piques appetites for ice cream, Crunchbase News takes a look at investment in startups whipping up frozen treats. We found upstarts offering everything from super-healthy pints to booze-laden concoctions, along with an ice cream exit track record that’s all over the map.

In July 2020, StartOut, Socos Labs, Crunchbase, and JPMorgan Chase launched the first StartOut Pride Economic Impact Index (SPEII) to measure LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs’ economic impact and provide insight into what these metrics could be if these founders had better access to critical resources. Learn more about the second phase of the Inclusion Impact Indexes and how all entrepreneurs can get involved.