Premji Invest

Santa Cruz, California-based Looker, a data platform provider, has raised $103 million in Series E financing. Premji Invest led the round with participation from other investors that included Cross Creek Advisors.

San Jose, California-based Signifyd, a provider of guaranteed fraud protection for e-commerce businesses, has secured $100 million in Series D funding. Premji Invest led the round with participation from return backers Bain Capital Ventures, Menlo Ventures, American Express Ventures, IA Ventures, Allegis Cyber and Resolute Ventures.

Walnut Creek, California-based YapStone, a provider of online and mobile payment solutions, has raised $71 million in Series C funding. Premji Invest led the round with participation from other investors that included Mastercard, Accel and Meritech Capital Partners.

Apttus said it raised a $55 million of Series E financing in a deal led by new investor Premji Invest, the private equity arm of Wipro Limited chairman Azim Premji. The round was joined by existing investors Salesforce, K1, and Iconiq.

The Indian private equity firm made the investment from its $1bn PI Opportunities Fund-I.

Field service management software provider ServiceMax has raised $82 million in Series F funding. Premji Invest led the round with participation from other investors that included GE Ventures, PTC Inc, Cloud Apps Capital, Emergence Capital Partners, KPCB, Mayfield, Meritech, Adams Street Partners, Crosslink Capital, Questmark Partners, Sozo Ventures and Trinity Ventures.

Cloud-based financial applications provider Coupa Software has raised $80 million in funding. T. Rowe Price Associates Inc and Iconiq Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Premji Invest, Crosslink Capital, Battery Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Rally Ventures. Also, Qatalyst Partners was the placement agent.

Palo Alto, California and Seattle-based Cyanogen Inc, a mobile operating system, has closed $80 million in Series C funding. Premji Invest led the round with participation from other investors that included Twitter Ventures, Qualcomm Incorporated, Telefónica Ventures, Smartfren Telecom, Index Ventures, Access Industries, Rupert Murdoch, Benchmark, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures and Tencent Holdings Ltd.

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LambdaTest, which is building an AWS for testers, has raised $45 million in Series C financing, reported TechCrunch.

Heyday, a platform for brand building, has raised $555 million in Series C funding.

Pyxis One, a California-based tech startup, has raised $17 million in Series B funding.

SonderMind Inc., a tech-driven behavioral health company, has secured $150 million in Series C financing.

Outreach, a sales engagement platform provider, has secured $200 million in funding.

KKR has agreed to invest $95 million in Lenskart, an eyewear retailer in India.

Silicon Valley-based Innovium Inc, a provider of switching silicon solutions for cloud and edge data centers, has raised $170 million in funding.