North America

PlayerLync gathers $12.5 mln

PlayerLync, a mobile content platform for modern learning and performance management, secured $12.5 million in funding. Volition Capital led the round with participation from Anschutz Venture Group. In conjunction with the funding, Roger Hurwitz joins PlayerLync’s board of directors.

Greylock, Sequoia back Rockset

San Mateo, California-based Rockset, provider of a cloud-based search and analytics company, emerged from stealth today and announced that it has raised $21.5 million in seed and Series A funding from Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital. The Series A round was $18.5 million. Jerry Chen, a partner at Greylock, and Mike Vernal, a partner at Sequoia, are on the board. The company was founded in 2016 by former Facebook engineers Venkat Venkataramani and Dhruba Borthakur.

RingDNA lands $30 mln

California-based RingDNA, a sales engagement and conversation analytics provider, has raised $30 million in funding. Goldman Sachs Growth Equity led the round with participation from return backers Palisades Growth Capital and Bryant Stibel.

Setter collects $10 mln Series A

Redwood City, California and Toronto-based Setter, a personal home maintenance service, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. Sequoia Capital and NFX led the round with participation from Hustle Fund.

DeepMap scores funding from Generation Investment Management

Palo Alto, California-based DeepMap, a provider of high-definition mapping technology for autonomous vehicles, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Generation Investment Management LLP.

Currant fetches $7 mln seed

Palo Alto, California-based Currant, a creator of smart products that reduce energy consumption, raised $7 million in seed funding. Uncork Capital and K9 Ventures were the lead investors.

IVP leads funding of cloud infrastructure company HashiCorp, valued at $1.9 bln

San Francisco-based HashiCorp, a cloud infrastructure automation company, announced it has raised $100 million in Series D funding at a company valuation of $1.9 billion. New investor IVP led the round, which included Bessemer Venture Partners, also a new investor. Existing HashiCorp investors GGV Capital, Mayfield, Redpoint Ventures and True Ventures also participated in the round. The company, founded in 2012, has now raised $174 million in total funding.

OpenText to buy Merck-backed Liaison Technologies for $310 mln

OpenText Corp (TSX, Nasdaq: OTEX) has agreed to acquire Liaison Technologies Inc, an Alpharetta, Georgia-based provider of cloud enterprise application integration and data management solutions. OpenText agreed to pay US$310 million ($407 million) in cash. The deal is expected to close within 90 days. OpenText, a Waterloo-based enterprise information management company, said the acquisition will grow its business network portfolio and expand capabilities in life sciences, healthcare and other verticals. Founded in 2000, Liaison is backed by the venture capital fund of U.S. biopharmaceutical company Merck.

Vicis amasses $28.5 mln Series B

Seattle-based Vicis Inc, a provider of sports protective technologies, has raised $28.5 million in Series B funding. The investors include NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers via Rx3 Ventures.

Retail platform Leap rakes in $3 mln seed

Leap, a newly launched retail platform, has secured $3 million in seed funding. Costanoa Ventures led the round with participation from Equal Partners and Brand Foundry Ventures.