Iris Dorbian

Accel leads Series A round for Rasa

San Francisco-based Rasa, an open source company that enables developers to build contextual AI assistants, has secured $13 million in Series A funding. Accel led the round with participation from other investors that included Basis Set Ventures.

Flyreel nabs $3.85 mln

Denver-based Flyreel, a provider of artificial intelligence solutions for property insurance, has raised $3.85 million in funding. Gradient Ventures, Google's AI-focused venture fund, led the round.

Enterprise IoT security company Armis picks up $65 mln Series C

Palo Alto, California-based Armis, an enterprise IoT security company, has raised $65 million in Series C funding. Sequoia Capital led the round with participation from Insight Venture Partners, Intermountain Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Red Dot Capital Partners and Tenaya Capital. In addition to the funding, Carl Eschenbach, a partner at Sequoia, joined the Armis board of directors.

Cultivate(MD) backs HAPPE Spine

Grand Rapids, Michigan-based HAPPE Spine, a provider of PEEK interbody implants, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was cultivate(MD).

Embark Veterinary fetches $10 mln Series A

Boston-based Embark Veterinary Inc, a dog genetics company, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. F-Prime Capital led the round with participation from return backers including Slow Ventures, Section 32, Third Kind Venture Capital, Freestyle Capital, FJ Labs and Anne Wojciciki, CEO of 23andme.

Affectiva lands $26 mln

Boston, Massachusetts-based Affectiva, a provider of emotion recognition software, has raised $26 million in funding. Aptiv PLC led the round with participation from Trend Forward Capital, Motley Fool Ventures and CAC.

Gene therapy platform AskBio snags $235 mln

North Carolina-based AskBio, a gene therapy platform, has secured $235 million in funding. The investors included TPG Capital and Vida Ventures.

Bitglass locks in $70 mln Series D

Silicon Valley-based Bitglass, a data protection company, has raised $70 million in Series D funding. The investors were Quadrille Capital, Future Fund, New Enterprise Associates, Norwest and Singtel Innov8.

Pearson launches venture fund to invest in education startups

Educational company Pearson has raised $50 million for its newly launched venture fund, according to a post by Jonathan Chocqueel-Morgan, the firm's chief strategy officer. Pearson Ventures will invest in early-stage education startups.

Diameter Health picks up $9.6 mln in Optum Ventures-led round

Farmington, Connecticut-based Diameter Health, a provider of clinical data integration solutions, has raised $9.6 million in Series A-1 funding. Optum Ventures led the round with participation from Activate Venture Partners, Connecticut Innovations, Excelerate Health Ventures and LRV Health.