North America

Truman's picks up $5 mln seed

Truman's, a direct-to-consumer cleaning products company, has raised $5 million in seed funding. Henkel led the round.

Voyage inks $31 mln Series B

Voyage, an autonomous vehicle startup, has raised $31 million in Series B funding, according to a blog post. Franklin Templeton led the round with participation from Khosla Ventures, Jaguar Land-Rover’s InMotion Ventures and Chevron Technology Ventures.

Element AI scores Series B

Element AI, a developer of artificial intelligence-powered software solutions, has raised C$200 million (US$151.4 million) in Series B financing. The investors included Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, McKinsey & Company, QuantumBlack, Gouvernement du Québec, DCVC, Hanwha Asset Management, BDC Capital and Real Ventures. With this funding, Element AI has raised a total of C$340 million (US$257 million). Allen & Company LLC was financial adviser for the financing. Element AI has offices in Montreal, Toronto, London, Seoul and Singapore.

CEMEX Ventures backs GoFor Industries

GoFor Industries, a last-mile logistics marketplace with operations in Canada and the U.S., has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was CEMEX Ventures. Founded in 2016, GoFor is focused on the supplier and retailer supply chain.

Next Coast taps Puil as EIR

Austin-based Next Coast Ventures has named Sarah Puil as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Previously, Puil was senior vice president at Civic Entertainment.

InDevR pulls in $7 mln Series A

Boulder, Colorado-based InDevR Inc, a biotechnology company, has raised $7 million in Series A funding. The investor was Adjuvant Capital.

Shape Security pulls in $51 mln

Santa Clara, California-based Shape Security, a maker of the platform for bot and online fraud mitigation, has raised $51 million in funding. C5 Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Kleiner Perkins, HPE Growth, Norwest Ventures Partners, Focus Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners and EPIC Ventures.

Patch Homes takes in $5 mln Series A

San Francisco-based Patch Homes, a provider of a home equity sharing product, has secured $5 million in Series A funding. Union Square Ventures led the round with participation from Tribe Capital, Techstars Ventures, Breega Capital and Greg Schroy.

Volta rakes in $20 mln

San Francisco-based Volta, a developer of electric vehicle charging networks, has secured $20 million in funding, bringing the total Series C round to $100 million. Volta's backers include Schneider Electric Ventures, SK E&S Co. Ltd and Energize Ventures.

Lacework procures $42 mln

Mountain View, California-based Lacework, a complete security platform for the entire IT infrastructure, has secured $42 million in funding. The investors were Sutter Hill Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures.