Apollo Agriculture, a Kenya-based agritech that helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing, and markets, raised $40 million in Series B funding in the equity round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2. Its latest funding round included participation from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Yara Growth Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, CDC, and …

Zocket, a Chennai-based SaaS platform for SMBs raised $3 million in their seed round of funding led by Kalaari Capital, with participation from Kettleborough VC. The company plans to use the proceeds to expand its product offering, improve the brand building, bolster its team and launch its full-fledged AdTech solution …

Finally, a Miami, Florida-based fintech startup whose mission is to help small businesses automate their accounting and finance functions, announced a $95 million Series A, including both equity and debt. The round was led by PeakSpan Capital, with participation from Active Capital, 500 FinTech, and GTMfund. Clear Haven Capital provided …

Layr, an Atlanta, GA-based insurtech startup using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help brokerages and agencies efficiently manage their small commercial books, announced that it raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round was led by HSCM Ventures, with participation from MGV, Sandbox Industries, Flyover Capital, and Hannover …

CoinRoutes, a Miami, Florida-based leading algorithmic trading platform for digital assets, has completed a $16 million in Series B funding round led by Ayon Capital to bring the market-leading algorithmic crypto trading platform to institutional investors. The funding round includes investments from Susquehanna International, Cboe Global Markets, Celsius, CMT Digital, …

Xempus AG, a Munich, Germany-based leading European SaaS platform to sell and manage pension & life insurance policies, raised $70 million in primary equity funding on its mission to digitize pensions for insurers, agents, corporates, and employees. This brings the total funding to date to $125 million. The Series D …

PlusPlus, a San Francisco, California -based startup secured $6.2 million in seed funding as it prepares to scale rapidly in response to increased demand from fast-growth organizations seeking to optimize their technical teams. The round was led by Freestyle Capital, with participation from Moxxie Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, …