Boston’s year jump starts as two local startups raise $520M in two rounds

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Late last week two
Boston-based companies raised big rounds
raised a question: Is Boston seeing an acceleration in the pace at which it attracts venture capital? Of course, Toast raising $400 million
and Flywire raising $120 million within a day of each other does not, by itself, constitute a trend
category
fresh funding last week, adding to its preceding haul of just over $500 million in known capital
The company, founded in 2011, has now raised $902 million, according to Crunchbase.