Iris Dorbian

Mirakl locks in $70 mln

Mirakl, a global marketplace solutions provider, has raised $70 million in funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round with participation from return backers 83North, Felix Capital and Elaia Partners.

Odaseva grabs $11.7 mln Series A

Odaseva, a cloud data management platform for businesses, has raised $11.7 million in Series A funding. Partech led the round with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Serena.

VNDLY lands $11 mln Series A

VNDLY Inc, a work management system for the new gig economy, has closed $11 million in Series A funding. Battery Ventures and Hyde Park Venture Partners led the round with participation from EPIC Ventures, Bowery Capital and the Cintrifuse Syndicate Fund.

SoftBank to invest $1.5 bln in Chehaoduo

SoftBank Vision Fund has agreed to invest $1.5 billion in Chehaoduo Group. Based in China, Chehaoduo is a platform for integrated automotive retail services in the used car sector.

Zūm pulls in $40 mln Series C

Redwood City, California-based Zūm, a logistics platform for rides for school districts and families, has secured $40 million in Series C funding. BMW i Ventures led the round with participation from NGP Capital, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, Clearvision, Draper Nexus, Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital.

Consumer education brand ClassDojo nabs $35 mln Series C

San Francisco-based ClassDojo, consumer education brand, has raised $35 million in Series C funding. GSV and SignalFire led the round.

Mintigo scores $7 mln

San Mateo, California and Israel-based Mintigo, a B2B customer intelligence platform for marketing and sales teams, has secured $7 million in funding. Glilot Capital Partners and JAL Ventures led the round.

VC-backed SiFive hires business development VP

SiFive, a Silicon Valley-based provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, has appointed Hiren Majmudar vice president of business development. Previously, he led Intel Capital's corporate development practice for silicon and IP. SiFive is backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, Spark Capital, Osage University Partners, Chengwei, Huami, SK Hynix, Intel Capital and Western Digital.

Warburg Pincus leads Series D round for Contrast Security

Los Angeles-based Contrast Security, which embeds vulnerability analysis and exploit prevention directly into modern software, has raised $65 million in Series D funding. Warburg Pincus led the round.

Socure fetches $30 mln Series C

New York City-based Socure, a provider of identity verification and fraud prevention services, has raised $30 million in Series C funding. Scale Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Rory O’Driscoll, a partner at Scale Venture Partners, is joining Socure's board of directors.