Bluesky, a Menlo Park, CA-based formally launched its first product that provides unprecedented visibility into Snowflake workload usage and costs, as well as actionable insights and workload-specific recommendations for maximum optimization. Bluesky is already delivering value to well-known brands. Bluesky also announced that it raised $8.8 million in a seed …

CANDIS, a Berlin, Germany-based fintech software provider, raised $16 million in its latest funding round to assist businesses in automating their accounts payable (AP) function, bringing CANDIS's total funding to $30 million. The round was led by Viola FinTech and returning investor Lightspeed, and Viola Ventures also participated in the …

ProNavigator, an Ontario, Canada-based provider of the only purpose-built SaaS knowledge management platform for insurance, closed $10 million in growth financing. The round was co-led by Graphite Ventures and a previous investor, Luge Capital. Additional financing partners include EDC, Tactico, and CIBC Innovation Banking. ProNavigator will use this latest funding …

Xeneta, an Oslo, Norway-based leading ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform, announced an $80 million investment at a $265 million valuation. The round was led by funds advised by Apax Digital, the growth equity arm of Apax, a leading global private equity advisory firm, with participation …

Federato, a San Francisco-CA-based insurance industry's first "RiskOps" platform, which aligns portfolio strategy and underwriting action, announced that it raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Emergence Capital, with participation from Caffeinated Capital and Pear. Other backers include Niranjan' Niji' Sabharwal, co-founder and CEO of …

Kippa, a Nigeria-based financial management and payments platform for Nigerian small businesses, has announced that it has raised $8.4 million in seed funding. The investment came from Goodwater Capital, TEN13 VC, Rocketship VC, Saison Capital, Crestone VC, VentureSouq, Horizon Partners, and Vibe Capital. The fund will use the funds to …

Hone, a San Diego, CA-based leading people skills training platform for the enterprise, announced today that it raised $30 million in Series B funding, bringing Hone's total raised to $52.4 million. 3L Capital led the round, with participation from Invus Opportunities and previous investors F-Prime Capital, Cowboy Ventures, NextGen Venture …