Civis Analytics bags $22 mln Series A

Chicago and Washington, D.C.-based Civis Analytics, a provider of data science software and services, has raised $22 million in Series A funding. Drive Capital led the round with participation from Verizon Ventures, WPP and Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc. Concurrent with the funding, Chris Olsen, co-founder and partner of Drive Capital, has been added to Civis Analytics' board of directors.

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