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PicnicHealth has raised $35 million in financing, which included a new $25 million Series B led by Felicis Ventures, and a previously-unannounced $10 million Series A led by Amplify Partners in 2018.

LUCA Science, an Japanese developer of functional mitochondria as therapeutic agents, has raised $9.8 million in Series A financing.

Stella Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics-based organization focused on those living with severe esophageal disease, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding.

Paris-based Klassroom, which "reinvents parent-teacher communication in pre-kindergarten and all elementary school grades," has raised $3 million in seed funding.

Turing.com, an automated platform that lets companies cut the time it takes to hire software engineers from months to days, has raised $14 million in seed funding.

Cosmose, which tracks foot traffic in stores to predict customer behavior, has raised $15 million in Series A funding, according to a blog post.

Seattle-based Lumen Bioscience, a biopharmaceutical company, has raised $16 million in Series B funding.

Boston-based Pyramid Biosciences Inc, a biotech company, has raised $28 million in funding.

Sarcos Robotics, a producer of robots, has raised $40 million in Series C financing.