Intel Capital has returned with Mayfield Fund and Blumberg Capital to back visual analytics software developer Arcadia Data, taking its total funding to $27m.
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Glympse Bio engineers $22m series A
Glympse Bio, a medical diagnostic sensor spinout from MIT, has secured $22m in a series A round backed by Gilead Sciences and Heritage Provider Network.
The Association accelerator prepares second brief
Trade body Association of International Certified Professional Accountants provides participants in its accelerator with up to $25,000 in funding to target either financial information or occupational competency applications.
Moon Express loads up $12.5m
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Lambda School chalks up $14m series A
Alphabet’s GV and Stripe supplied the funding for computer science academy Lambda School, a Y Combinator graduate that trains software engineers for no upfront cost.
Simplesurance clocks up $11.5m
Tokio Marine Insurance and Oddo BHF invested in Simplesurance as part of a round that took the total raised by the Allianz and Rakuten-backed insurance provider to $60m.
YourMechanic passes corporate inspection
American Family Ventures, SoftBank Capital and Verizon Ventures all reinvested in the car repair services provider in a $10.2m round led by Royal Bank of Canada.
Gowork reaps series A reward
Paradise Group of Industries and Gobi Ventures co-led a $9.9m round for working space provider GoWork, which merged with competitor ReWork in February.
Finger strikes series B chord
Finger received $14.4m in the round, which featured property management firm Greentown Service Group, taking the musical education provider’s overall funding to $20.6m.
Perceptive makes $16m series A round certain
Toyota AI Ventures and Hyundai have put their firepower behind Perceptive Automata’s behavioural prediction system for autonomous vehicles, three months after it emerged from stealth.
Open8 gets creative in $13m series A
Marketing distribution product supplier Open8 has now raised $36m in funding after winning the backing of the corporate-backed Mirai Creation Fund.
Aave unchains corporate venturing unit
Aave’s newly formed corporate venturing unit will fund digital asset technologies and other blockchain-related ideas ranging from payment services to games.
Yunshan connects to Lenovo for $11m round
Lenovo joined a trio of VC firms for Yunshan Networks’ series B-plus round, bringing the total raised by the IT networking services provider to $26m.
The challenge of battery tech investment
A range of new materials and technologies could yield vastly improved batteries for purposes including electric vehicles and grid storage.