Vector.ai, a London, United Kingdom-based productivity platform for freight forwarders raises $15 million in Series A round led by Bessemer and joined by existing investors Dynamo Ventures and Episode 1. The funding will enable the company, which uses machine learning to transform cumbersome and error-prone processes, to accelerate its international …

Optherium Labs, a blockchain-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startup that helps other businesses add banking services, has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-Series A investment from IRETH, which will aid both companies in delivering secure financial services. Company: Optherium Labs Raised: undisclosed amount Round: pre-series a Funding Month: September 2021 Lead Investors: …

Sprinque, an Amsterdam-based digital checkout for B2B merchants and marketplaces offers a SaaS payment solution tailored to businesses' needs, raised €1.7 million (almost $2 million) in a Seed round led by Volta Ventures and Force Over Mass. Several angel investors with extensive experience in the B2B and finance industry also …

JumpCloud, a Louisville, Colorado-based open directory platform for secure, frictionless access from any device to any resource, anywhere, raised $159 million in a Series F round led by Sapphire Ventures. This investment follows the company’s January 2021 $100M series E, more than tripling the company’s valuation to $2.56B. Owl Rock, …

Cresicor, a Spring, Texas-based trade management platform startup, raised $5.6 million in a seed round. The round was led by Costanoa Ventures, joined by Torch Capital, as well as a group of angel investors Fivestars CTO Matt Doka and Hu's Kitchen CEO Mark Ramadan. The new funding will be used …

DeepRoute.ai, a Fremont, California-based international self-driving technology company is focused on advancing urban logistics and popularizing robotaxi, has closed a Series B funding round with an investment totaling more than $300 million. The oversubscribed round was led by Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), Jeneration Capital with previous investors Fosun RZ Capital, …

PassFort, a London-based SaaS solution that helps businesses achieve compliance needs like KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) reporting, raised $16.2 million in a Series A round led by Level Equity, a US growth equity fund. Existing investors OpenOcean, Episode 1, and Entrepreneur First also participated in the …