ComputeNext, a cloud brokerage services provider, has secured $4 million of a planned $10 million fundraising round, VentureBeat reported citing a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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US-based micro investing app Acorns raises $5.5M in Series B funding
Newport Beach, US-based micro investing app Acorns raised $5.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Jacobs Asset Management to let people invest in index funds using their spare change.
La Caisse invests $40M in Canadian consultancy firm WSP Global
Montreal, Canada-based pension fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse) invested $40 million to support the growth of Quebec-based professional services firm WSP Global, formerly Genivar, despite damaging issues about the company.
Trulioo secures $6M in Series A round
Trulioo has obtained $6 million for its Series A round led by Trulioo has obtained $6 million in its Series A funding round, TechCrunch reported. Tenfore Holdings led the round for the identity verification startup.
Omniata secures $5.2M in Series A round
Unified digital platform Omniata secured $5.2 million for its Series A round led by Nordic venture capital firm Creandum and participated in by seed investor Sigma West, a statement about the funding said.
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Online and mobile classifieds platform Quikr has raised another $90 million in its most recent funding round, according to a report on The Economic Times citing a source.
Rover, the pet sitting platform that connects dog owners to verified in-home sitters, secured $12 million for its Series C round led by new investor Menlo Ventures, TechCrunch reported.
Venture capital firm Accel Partners has invested $40 million in the Series A funding round of money transfer platform WorldRemit based in London, TechCrunch reported.
Institutional, strategic and private investors backed Finland-based gaming startup Next Games with $6 million in its latest funding round. The firm intends to roll out the mobile game version of "The Walking Dead" globally, VentureBeat reported.
DataRPM, the startup that leads in the cognitive business intelligence space, has closed $5.1 million for its Series A round led by InterWest Partners and joined in by CIT GAP Funds, a statement about the funding said.
Flypay, a startup based in the UK that develops an app that makes settling restaurant bills faster, has raised £1 million from Entreé Capital, TechCrunch reported.
Ulmon, the travel app developer based in Vienna, has secured its first round of funding said to be less than $5 million from Global Founders Capital, TechCrunch reported.
Spritz Technology Inc, a startup based in Boston, is readying to complete a seed funding round which raised $3.54 million from investors which included Denis O'Brien, TechCrunch reported.
ProspX has raised $1.9 million of a $2.4 million funding round, VentureBeat reported citing a regulatory filing it submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
