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- Viola Ventures leads Series B round for Taranis
Tel Aviv-based Taranis, a precision agriculture intelligence platform, has secured $20 million in Series B financing. Viola Ventures led the round with participation from Finistere Ventures, Vertex Ventures, OurCrowd, Cavallo Ventures, the venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis and Sumitomo Corporation Europe.
- VC-backed Reduxio taps Wall as board chairman
Palo Alto, California and Tel Aviv-based Reduxio, a hybrid storage company, has named Mike Wall as chairman of its board of directors. Previously, Wall was chairman and CEO of Amplidata. Reduxio is backed by C5 Capital Cloud Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Viola Ventures, Intel Capital and Seagate Technology PLC.

- Vayavision gathers $8 mln seed
Vayavision, an Israeli provider of raw data fusion and perception systems for self-driving vehicles, has raised $8 million in seed funding. Viola Ventures, Mizmaa Ventures and OurCrowd led the round.
- CTERA Networks gathers $30 mln Series D
New York City and Israel-based CTERA Networks, a provider of secure enterprise file services, has raised $30 million in Series D funding. Red Dot Capital Partners led the round with participation from Singtel Innov8, Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco, Venrock, Vintage Investment Partners and Viola Group.
- Grubhub agrees to buy VC-backed Tapingo for $150 mln
Grubhub has agreed to acquire Israeli-based Tapingo, provider of an on-campus food ordering platform, for $150 million. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Tapingo, which also has an office in San Francisco, has raised about $36 million in venture funding from Khosla Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Viola Ventures and DCM Ventures, among others.
- Fintech startup Pagaya snags $14 mln Series B
New York and Tel Aviv-based Pagaya, a fintech startup, has raised $14 million in Series B funding. Oak HC/FT and Harvey Golub, former chairman and CEO of American Express, led the round with participation from other investors that included GF Investments and Viola Ventures.
- Oak HC/FT leads $14 mln round for Pagaya
Pagaya said Aug. 30 that it raised $14 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Oak HC/FT and Harvey Golub, former chairman and CEO of American Express. Also participating were GF Investments, Siam Commercial Bank, Clal Insurance Ltd and Viola Ventures. Pagaya, of New York and Tel Aviv, is a loan assessment startup.
- Mov.ai gathers $3 mln seed
Mov.ai, an operating system for commercial modern robots, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Viola Ventures and NFX led the round.
- MOV.AI raises $3 mln in Viola Ventures, NFX led deal
MOV.AI said it raised $3 million of seed capital is a deal led by Viola Ventures and NFX. The company is developing an operating system for autonomous robots in commercial settings.