Grotech Ventures

Grotech Ventures has promoted Lawson DeVries to managing general partner.

PetScreening.com, a screening platform that empowers property managers to outsource their pet risk assessment and assistance animal validation processes, has secured an undisclosed amount of financing. Grotech Ventures led the round with participation from Camber Creek and Relevance Capital.

Arlington, Virginia-based ChurnZero, a customer success platform, has secured $7 million in Series A funding. Baird Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Grotech Ventures, Middleland Capital, Charlottesville Angel Network and Center for Innovative Technology.

Grotech Ventures has promoted Julia Taxin to partner. Taxin joined the firm in 2012.

The Mom Project, a career destination for moms, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. Grotech Ventures and Initialized Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Aspect Ventures, Atlanta Seed Company, Engage Ventures, OCA Ventures, BBG Ventures, IrishAngels and Wintrust Financial.

Colorado-based Threat X, a provider of SaaS-based web application firewall solutions for real-time threat detection and neutralization, has raised $8.2 million in Series A funding. Grotech Ventures and Access Venture Partners led the round.

Pittsburgh-based Voci Technologies, a provider of enterprise speech-to-text transcription and analytics, has secured $8 million in Series B funding. Grotech Ventures and Harbert Growth Partners led the round.

Arlington, Virginia-based Airside Mobile, a creator of a mobile passport app, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Blazar Ventures and Grotech Ventures led the round with participation from Bain Capital Ventures and 8VC.

Krista Software Inc., a provider of the AI-led intelligent automation platform, has raised $15 million in funding.

The Mom Project, a platform for moms to discover their economic potential, has secured $80 million in Series C funding.

Youreka Labs, a creator of digital assistant apps for frontline workers, has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding.

Tellius, an AI-driven decision intelligence platform, has raised $8 million in Series A funding.

Rent Ready, a B2B services platform for multi-family apartments, has secured $10 million in Series A funding.

ChurnZero, a customer success platform for subscription businesses, has secured $25 million in Series B funding.

Automattic, the parent company of WordPress, has acquired Parse.ly, a provider of content analytics solutions.

Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division has acquired White Ops, a bot mitigation company.