Iris Dorbian

Twiga Foods snags $10 mln

Twiga Foods, a Kenyan-based start-up connecting smallholder farmers in rural areas to informal retail vendors in cities, has raised $10 million in funding. IFC and TLcom led the round with participation from return backers Wamda Capital, DOB Equity, 1776 and Adolph H.Lundin.

UpVentures leads seed round for social CRM platform SAM.AI

New York-based SAM.AI, a social CRM platform, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding. UpVentures Capital led the round. In addition to the funding, SAM.AI has acquired IntroNet, an application that makes it easy to make and track introductions and referrals to people in your professional and personal networks.

Sift Healthcare inks $1 mln

Milwaukee-based Sift Healthcare, a revenue cycle intelligence company, has secured $1 million in funding. The investors included Winnebago Seed Fund and Wind River Financial.

Automation Anywhere racks up $300 mln

San Jose, California-based Automation Anywhere, a provider of robotic process automation, has raised $300 million in funding. The investor was the SoftBank Vision Fund.

Well Data Labs inks Series B funding

Denver-based Well Data Labs, which helps companies manage, analyze and report frac data, has secured an undisclosed amount of Series B funding. Cottonwood Venture Partners led the round.

NFP Ventures backs Axio Global

Axio Global, a provider of a cybersecurity optimization platform, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was NFP Ventures.

Emerge fetches $20 mln seed

Emerge, a provider of a platform that connects shippers and carriers, has raised $20 million in seed funding. Greycroft led the round.

Propel gathers $18 mln Series B

Santa Clara, California-based Propel, a platform for future brands, has raised $18 million in Series B funding. Norwest Venture Partners led the round. In addition to the funding, Norwest Partner Sean Jacobsohn will join the Propel board.

RET Ventures wraps up fund at $108 mln

Real Estate Technology Ventures has closed its inaugural fund at $108 million. Real Estate Technology Ventures I will focus on real estate technology companies. The fund's limited partners include real estate investment trusts, Aimco, Boardwalk, Essex, MidAmerica, UDR, Starwood Capital Group, Cortland and GID.

SmartRent nets $5 mln

Scottsdale, Arizona-based SmartRent, a smart home automation platform company for property managers and renters, has secured $5 million in funding. Real Estate Technology Ventures led the round.