Private AI, a Toronto, Canada-based developer of privacy-preserving machine learning and natural language processing tools, raised $3.15 million in seed funding led by M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund. The fund will be used to improve their product offering, expand the team, and accelerate their acquisition of domestic and international customers. …

Rewind, an Ottawa, Canada-based data security software company, raised $65 million in Series B round to fuel its expansion into new countries, bringing its total funding for 2021 to US$80 million. New York-based Insight Partners led the new round, which also included previous investors Besserer Venture Partners, FundFire, Inovia Capital, …

Axelera AI, an Eindhoven, Netherlands-based AI semiconductor startup, raised $12 million in a seed round. The round was led by emerging technologies leader Bitfury and joined by global nanoelectronics R&D center imec and deep-tech venture capital funds Innovation Industries and imec.xpand. The funding will support the company’s development of an …

Seedtag, a Madrid, Spain-based leader in contextual advertising in EMEA and LATAM, secured $40 million in Series B funding. Led by Oakley Capital, Adara Ventures and All Iron Ventures also participated in the round. The company intends to use the funds to expand into the US market and continue investing …

CoderSchool, a Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based online coding school startup, raised $2.6 million in pre-Series A funding to scale up its online coding school platform. This round was led by Monk’s Hill Ventures, with participation from returning seed investors Iterative, XA Network, and iSeed Ventures. CoderSchool will use the …

Flywheel, a Minneapolis, US-based leading biomedical research data management platform, raised $22 million in a Series C funding round. The funding round is led by 8VC, which is focused on building technology platforms that create long-term economic and societal value. Other investors include iSelect, Argonautic Ventures, Beringea, DrX/Novartis, HPE Pathfinder, …

Sendoso, a San Francisco, California-based leading Sending Platform, secured $100 million in Series C funding, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Existing investors Oak HC/FT, Struck Capital, Stage 2 Capital, Craft Ventures, Signia Venture Partners, and Felicis Ventures also participated in this round. With this round, Sendoso's total funding exceeds …