Dgraph, San Francisco- based the company behind the most popular open-source Graph database, announced a $6 million seed re-financing. The round was led by Venrock and Uncorrelated Ventures, with participation from Abstract Ventures, HackVC, SaxeCap, and Liquid2 Ventures. World-class executives also joined the round, including DJ Patil, former US Chief …

valid8Me a Cork, Ireland-based digital identity and customer onboarding SaaS platform, announced that it has raised €12.5 million in a fresh round of funding from new investor Grant Thornton Ireland. Digital identity firm valid8Me to use the investment to increase headcount and accelerate growth in Ireland and abroad, doubling headcount …

Charles, a Berlin, Germany-based conversational commerce platform for brands and enterprises across Europe, raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from Accel and HV Capital. The company intends to use the funds to further expand its operations from Germany into key …

HiddenLayer, an Austin, TX-based developer of a security platform that safeguards the machine learning models enterprise organizations use behind their most important products, raised $6 million in Seed funding. Ten Eleven Ventures led the seed round with a $4.75 million investment. Secure Octane also participated. The company intends to use …

Yera, a Tallinn, Estonian-based startup that offers an employee engagement tool that leverages gaming elements to increase the performance of teams in the workplace, announced that it raised €535,000 in seed investment. The round was led by Specialist VC, with participation from world-class industry experts and renowned angel investors, such …

Hashflow, a San Francisco, CA-based Decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform, raised $25 million in funding. The round, which brought the valuation to $400m, included returning investors Electric Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, LedgerPrime, and Balaji Srinivasan, along with crypto-native new investors and market participants including Jump Crypto, Wintermute Trading, GSR, Kronos …

Zededa, a San Jose, Calif.-based leader in edge orchestration, closed $26 million Series B funding. The round was led by Backers including Coast Range Capital, Lux Capital, Energize Ventures, Almaz Capital, Porsche Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Juniper Networks, Rockwell Automation, Samsung Next, and EDF North America Ventures. The company, which …