The Week\u2019s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Whatnot Goes Big; TAE Powers Up With $250M<\/a> – Rounds raised by U.S.-based startups were big this week, with three topping $200 million. No one category stood out, as investors wrote checks for anything ranging from livestream shopping to biotech to ways to develop clean drinking water. After a slow start to the month, large rounds have come back into play for some startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tessera Therapeutics stacks up more than $300M in series C funds to bolster new gene-editing platforms<\/a> – Tessera Therapeutics, founded and created by life sciences VC staple Flagship Pioneering, is building a war chest with a fresh $300 million for its trio of gene writing platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n