Comcast-backed smart mattress manufacturer Eight Sleep has increased its total funding to almost $65m following a $40m series C round led by Founders Fund.

Eight Sleep, a US-based advanced mattress producer backed by mass media group Comcast, completed a $40m series C round yesterday led by Founders Fund.

Craft Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator and 8VC filled out the round together with private investors Ryan Petersen, founder of freight forwarding company Flexport, and Kevin Hartz, co-founder and chairman of event ticketing app Eventbrite.

Founded in 2014 as Luna, Eight Sleep has developed a smart mattress that tracks data such as heart and respiratory rates…

Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.