Dingg, a Pune-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startup that assists spas and salons with scheduling appointments, organizing client information, and payment collection, announced a pre-series A funding round of Rs 3.5 crore. Big Sun Ventures, a venture capital firm based in the United States, led the round. Samir Srivastav (CEO of Jean …

Planck, a New York-based leading AI-powered data and analytics platform, recently closed a $23 million funding round to continue its mission of empowering commercial insurers with real-time and accurate insights. The round was led by Vintage Investment Partners and joined by all existing financial investors, including Team8, Greenfield, Arbor Ventures, …

Bluesky, a Menlo Park, CA-based formally launched its first product that provides unprecedented visibility into Snowflake workload usage and costs, as well as actionable insights and workload-specific recommendations for maximum optimization. Bluesky is already delivering value to well-known brands. Bluesky also announced that it raised $8.8 million in a seed …

CANDIS, a Berlin, Germany-based fintech software provider, raised $16 million in its latest funding round to assist businesses in automating their accounts payable (AP) function, bringing CANDIS's total funding to $30 million. The round was led by Viola FinTech and returning investor Lightspeed, and Viola Ventures also participated in the …

ProNavigator, an Ontario, Canada-based provider of the only purpose-built SaaS knowledge management platform for insurance, closed $10 million in growth financing. The round was co-led by Graphite Ventures and a previous investor, Luge Capital. Additional financing partners include EDC, Tactico, and CIBC Innovation Banking. ProNavigator will use this latest funding …

Xeneta, an Oslo, Norway-based leading ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform, announced an $80 million investment at a $265 million valuation. The round was led by funds advised by Apax Digital, the growth equity arm of Apax, a leading global private equity advisory firm, with participation …

Federato, a San Francisco-CA-based insurance industry's first "RiskOps" platform, which aligns portfolio strategy and underwriting action, announced that it raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Emergence Capital, with participation from Caffeinated Capital and Pear. Other backers include Niranjan' Niji' Sabharwal, co-founder and CEO of …