North America

Avvir garners $2.5 mln seed

Avvir Inc, an automated construction platform for monitoring and building digitization, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding. Khosla Ventures Partner Evan Moore led the round with participation from Metaprop and Localglobe.

Norwest Venture Partners backs autism services provider Gateway Learning

San Francisco-based Gateway Learning Group, a provider of applied behavioral services for children with autism, has raised a growth equity investment from Norwest Venture Partners.

PlanetiQ rallies $18.7 mln Series B

Colorado-based PlanetiQ, a satellite-based weather forecasting and analytics company, has raised $18.7 million in Series B financing. New Science Ventures and AV8 Ventures led the round.

Akash Systems procures $14.5 mln Series A

San Francisco-based Akash Systems Inc, which is focused on developing and supplying the next generation of small satellites, has raised $14.5 million in Series A funding. The investors included Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, ACME Capital, Sriram Krishnan and Correlation Ventures.

Nebulous gathers $3.25 mln

Boston-based Nebulous, which is building the Sia decentralized cloud storage platform, has raised $3.25 million in funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Bessemer Venture Partners, A.Capital, Collaborative Fund, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Hack VC, INBlockchain and SV Angel.

Blockchain Capital leads Series B round for Anchorage

Anchorage, a cryptocurrency custodian for institutions, has secured $40 million in Series B funding, according to a Medium blog post. Blockchain Capital led the round.

Creditas racks up $231 mln Series D

Brazilian digital secured lending platform Creditas has raised $231 million in Series D funding. SoftBank led the round.

Osivax picks up Series A funding

Osivax, a French developer of vaccines and immunotherapies, has secured 8 million euros in Series A financing. Noshaq led the round.

Mesmer nets $15 mln Series A in Intel Capital-led round

Palo Alto, California-based Mesmer, a provider of robotics process automation for development, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Intel Capital led the round with participation from True Ventures.

OPay inks $50 mln

OPay, a Nigerian provider of a mobile payment service and consumer platform, has raised $50 million in funding. The lead investors included IDG Capital, Sequoia China, Source Code Capital, Meituan-Dianping, GSR Ventures and Opera Limited.