Stairwell, a Palo Alto, California-based cybersecurity company, secured $20 million in a Series A round co-led by Sequoia Capital and Accel. The Series A fund will be used to further advance the Inception platform and to increase the startup’s headcount; the Palo Alto-based firm currently has a modest headcount of …

Vodori, a Chicago, IL-based cloud software provider for life science companies, raised $7.5 million in a Series A financing round was led by Baird Capital with participation from select existing investors. In conjunction with the funding, Jim Pavlik, Partner with Baird Capital’s Venture Capital team, will join the Board of …

Pudu Robotics, a Shenzen, China-based commercial service robot’s company, completed an approx. $78 million in C2-series financing. The joint investment was led by Meituan, Greater Bay Area Homeland Development Fund, Shenzhen Investment Holdings, and Sequoia Capital China. The funding followed the C1 series of $78m raised in May and the …

IntelinAir, an Indianapolis, IN-based agtech startup which has developed an AI-driven crop intelligence software platform called AGMRI, closed $20 million in a Series B round of funding led by the Regulator Group. The funding round also included participation from Scientia Ventures, Takiff LLC, SDMC Ag Inc., and various senior executives …

Genially, a Spanish startup that makes it easy to create interactive content raised $20 million (approx. €17M) in a Series B round of funding. The round was -led by US venture capital firms 645 Ventures and Owl Ventures. DN Capital and Brighteye Ventures, and entrepreneurs like S16VC and Kahoot founders …

Kollabo, a Zurich, Switzerland-based digital platform that enables job searches for skilled blue-collar workers – starting with professional construction workers, raised €2.2 million in Seed round. The round was led by Berlin-based PropTech1 Ventures, also saw participation from existing investor Wingman Ventures and renowned business Angels Roland Brack, Christian Wenger, …

Constructor, a San Francisco, California-based eCommerce personalization startup, raised $55 million in a Series A round led by Silversmith Capital Partners. The round also includes a lineup of investors who are experts in the space, including David Fraga (former President of InVision) who will be joining Constructor's board, Kevin Weil …