Skillfully, a San Francisco, CA-based company specializing in simulation-driven hiring solutions, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. Investors The round was led by Better Ventures, with participation from Silicon Valley Quad, American Student Assistance, Strada Education Foundation, FN Fund, and Inventus Capital Partners. Better Ventures is a venture capital …

Synapse Analytics, a Cairo, Egypt-based provider of AI-driven financial solutions, has raised $2 million in funding. Investors The funding round was led by Silicon Badia and Hub71. Founded in 2012, Silicon Badia is a venture capital firm based in Amman, Jordan, investing in technology companies globally. Hub71 is Abu Dhabi’s …

Cliwant, a South Korea-based startup that analyzes requests for proposals (RFPs) based on AI and data, secured pre-Series A funding. Investors The round was co-led by BonAngels Venture Partners, with participation from new investor Blue Corner. Founded in 2007, BonAngels Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, …

Placer.ai, a Santa Cruz, CA-based startup specializing in AI-driven market research utilizing anonymized location data, has raised $75 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. Investors The round was participated by existing investors. Placer.ai Use of Funds The company will use the funding for business development and to expand its data …

Loré, a Bordeaux, France-based company specializing in software for managing real estate tax and investment affairs, has raised €8 million in funding. Investors The investment came from idiCo, a subsidiary of the IDI Group, specializes in private equity and private debt for small to lower-mid-cap companies. The firm manages nearly …

DemoSquare, a Zurich, Switzerland-based startup that leverages AI to help companies anticipate and manage political and regulatory changes, has raised CHF 1.2 million in a pre-seed funding round. Investors The round was led by Zurich-based QBIT Capital and co-invested by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). QBIT Capital is a venture capital firm …

Hedra, a San Francisco, CA-based company building the next generation of storytelling technology, has raised $10 million in seed funding. Hedra has also introduced Character-1, a generative AI video foundation model. Character-1 offers unprecedented expressive control over character-centric videos, enabling longer-form generation without sacrificing speed or ease of use. Investors …