Paradox, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based AI company that helps companies capture and screen candidates, improve conversions, and answer all candidate questions, raised $200 million in Series C funding to create the future of recruiting through conversational AI. The round was co-led by Stripes, Sapphire, and Thoma Bravo, with participation from Workday …

BRIKL, a Belgium-based world’s first end-to-end 3D design and e-commerce software platform, announced that it has secured $2.4 million in growth funding from Saffelberg Investments. The company will use the funds to enhance its suite of software products aimed at the sports and team wear industry and expand into packaging …

Sympl, an Egyptian “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) startup, raised $6 million in seed round to support its nationwide expansion and reach the country’s 49 million bank cardholders. The US$6 million seed round was led by BECO Capital, with participation from A15 (Disrupt Africa reported separately on that investment in …

Stenon, a Brandenburg, Germany-based agtech company that has commercialized the first real-time soil sensing solution, raised a $20 million Series A financing round. The round was led by Founders Fund and David Friedberg’s The Production Board. Existing investors including Cherry Ventures and Atlantic Labs participated in the financing. The new …

pliant, a Berlin, Germany-based startup fintech that offers a corporate credit card solution, raised €18 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Main Incubator and Austrian family office Saber, with finleap founder Ramin Niroumand also joining. The funding is expected to …

Tractiv, a Chicago, IL-based software company that enables financial services firms and fintechs to permission, distribute, and monitor the use of their data by both internal and external users, raised $2.25 million in seed funding. The round was led by Nyca Partners, with participation from Tom Glocer, former CEO of …

HigoSense, a Warsaw, Poland-based digital healthcare provider, raised €5 million in Series A funding round led by Cogito Capital Partners, with participation from existing early-stage investors, the founders of RTB House. The company intends to use the funds to expand its solution in new markets across Europe, the Middle East, …