VivaCity, a London, UK-based transport technology firm, raised £7 million in funding from sustainable infrastructure VC investor ENV, Foresight Group, Gresham House Ventures, and Gresham House. The investment will fuel VivaCity’s North American expansion and widen its product portfolio. As a part of its North American expansion, VivaCity has been …

Naked, a South Africa-based insurtech startup that helps consumers to insure their cars, homes, and valuables, raised $17 million in Series B funding. The investment round was led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), with participation from the German Development Finance Institution (DEG) and earlier investors Yellowwoods and Hollard. The …

Splab, a Seoul, South Korea-based startup that operates the scheduling automation solution sendtime, raised a seed funding round. The investment was from Spark Labs, 500 Global, CJ Investment, and Bespin Global. With this seed investment, Splab plans to add functions for global users, such as language and time zone support, …

Nanite, a Boston, MA-based biotechnology company that offers non-gene delivery services, closed $6 million in a seed investment round to advance their AI-driven polymer design platform focused on next-generation, non-viral gene delivery. The round was led by Zetta Venture Partners, with participation from Arkitekt Ventures. The company has developed a …

BluWave-ai, an Ottawa, Canada-based renewable energy and electric transportation company, announced that it completed $9.5 million in Series A funding. PowerON Energy Solutions, an Ontario Power Generation subsidiary, has made a strategic investment and acquired a minority stake alongside existing and new private investors led by Capital Angels Network. The …

Descope, a Los Alto, CA-based company that provides passwordless authentication technology, announced that it raised $53 million in seed funding and emerged from stealth to launch a frictionless, secure, and developer-friendly authentication and user management platform. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and GGV Capital, with participation from …

HireSure.ai, a Bengaluru, India-based HR tech platform that enables companies to leverage data in making more efficient compensation decisions, raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by YCombinator and Binny Bansal's Three State Capital, with participation from Tribe Capital and Pioneer fund. The company plans to use …