Bento, a Boston, MA-based dental insurance disruptor Secures $8.1 Million Series A Funding The financing was led by Boston-based Schooner Capital with additional participation from York IE Capital and existing investor Companyon Ventures. Bento will use the capital to advance its award-winning app and expand a nationwide sales effort, to …

Altruistiq a London-based climate SaaS startup, announced that it raised £15 million in a seed funding round. Molten Ventures led the round with Norrsken VC participating. Angel investors include Octopus Energy CEO and Founder Greg Jackson, Careem CEO and co-founder Mudassir Sheikha, Atomico Investment Partner Siraj Khaliq, and Kingfisher CEO …

Cartona an Egypt-based B2B trade market platform has raised $12 million through series A funding. The round was led by global venture capital firm, Silicon Badia, participation from the SANAD Fund for MSME, an impact investment fund for the Middle East and North Africa, Arab Bank Accelerator, and Sunny Side …

XY Sense, a Melbourne, Australia-based occupancy sensor and analytics platform for corporate real estate teams, raised an $8 million Pre-Series A funding. The round was led by InterValley Ventures with participation from strategic investor JCI Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Johnson Controls, and returning investor Blackbird. In conjunction with …

Smart Ship Hub, a Singapore-based provider of a B2B (SaaS) maritime digital platform, raised a pre-series round of $ 2.5 million. The round was led by Ideaspring Capital and StartupXseed ventures. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach. Company: Smart Ship© …

Cleerly a New York-based company creating a new standard of care for heart disease, announced that it has closed a Series C financing round of $192 million. This new funding brings the total raised by the fast-growing health care company to $248 million, which includes its Series B round in …

Arable, a San Francisco- based leader in field intelligence for agriculture, has announced it has raised $40 million in series C financing. The round was led by Galvanize Climate Solutions, with participation from Qualcomm Ventures. Also joining the round are Arable’s existing investors, including Prelude Ventures, S2G Ventures, Ajax Strategies, …