Akur8, a five-year-old Paris startup that uses AI to help insurance companies build predictive models for calculating insurance premiums while ensuring transparency and compliance with regulations, raised a $120 million Series C round led by One Peak and including Partners Group as well as previous investor Guidewire Software. The company has raised a total of $180 million. More here.
C/side, a San Francisco startup founded this year that provides security software that monitors and protects websites from attacks delivered through third-party JavaScript code, raised a $6 million seed round led by Uncork Capital, with Mantis VC, Scribble Ventures, Roar Ventures, and PrimeSet also investing. The company has raised a total of $7.7 million. SiliconANGLE has more here.
Howabout, a four-year-old London startup that has built a social calendar app designed primarily for young people that helps friends easily plan and share events in one place, raised an $8 million Series A round. Goodwater Capital was the lead investor, with FJ Labs, Sequel, Harry Maguire, Boost Capital, and Angel Invest also stepping up. The company has raised a total of $13+ million. TechCrunch has more here.
Patchstack, a seven-year-old Estonian startup that provides cybersecurity tools for WordPress websites in order to help developers and businesses detect, patch, and prevent security vulnerabilities, raised a $5 million Series A round led by Karma Ventures, with G+D Ventures and Emilia Capital also opting in. Tech.eu has more here.
Payouts.com, a two-year-old, Tel Aviv startup that provides automated payment processing for businesses in areas such as advertising, affiliate networks, and freelancing, allowing them to manage payouts on a global basis to vendors, affiliates, and freelancers, raised an $8 million seed extension, increasing the total size of the seed round to $12.1 million. The deal was led by NFX. CTech has more here.
Permissionless Labs, a three-year-old San Francisco startup that is developing a decentralized content delivery network that incentivizes users with cryptocurrency for contributing computing resources such as bandwidth and storage to the network, raised a $10 round led by Multicoin. CoinDesk has more here.
Samp, a five-year-old Paris startup that creates AI-driven digital twins for industrial sites, enabling companies to visually map and manage their facilities through 3D scans, raised a $6.7 million round led by Promus Ventures, with Kvanted also anteing up. Tech.eu has more here.
Swarmer, a two-year-old Kyiv startup that develops AI-powered software for controlling swarms of drones, enabling a single operator to manage multiple drones at once, raised a $2.8 million round led by R-G.AI, with additional funds provided by Radius Capital Ventures, D3, and Green Flag Ventures. More here.
Symphera, a one-year-old Munich startup that develops a surgical device that combines multiple tools into one for minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeries, reducing the need for frequent tool changes, raised a $2.7 round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds, with Bayern Kapital, CARMA FUND, UnternehmerTUM, Stern Stewart Ventures, and IRCAD also investing. Tech.eu has more here.
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