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Riskified lands $165 mln Series E

Riskified, a payments and fraud prevention solutions provider, has raised $165 million in Series E funding. General Atlantic led the round.

NeighborSchools snags $3.5 mln seed

NeighborSchools, a child care startup, has secured $3.5 million in seed funding. Accomplice led the round with participation from Tuhaye Venture Partners and World Within.

Clarify Medical pulls in $18 mln Series A

San Diego-based medical device company Clarify Medical has secured $18 million in Series A financing. The investors were H.I.G. BioHealth Partners, 7wire Ventures, SV Health Investors and Bluestem Capital.

A2 Biotherapeutics takes in $57 mln Series A

A2 Biotherapeutics, a developer of cell therapies for cancer patients, has raised $57 million in Series A funding. The investors included The Column Group, Vida Ventures, Samsara BioCapital and Nextech Invest.

Coda Biotherapeutics racks up funding

South San Francisco-based Coda Biotherapeutics Inc, a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has raised a total of $34 million in funding. Versant Ventures was the lead investor in Coda's latest funding round.

AgFunder collects $20 mln for new protein fund

AgFunder has raised $20 million for its new alternative protein fund. Based in San Francisco, AgFunder is a foodtech and agtech venture firm.

Section 32 adds managing partner to team

Section 32 has named Dr. Steven J. Kafka as a managing partner.

Frazier appoints human capital director for life sciences team

Frazier Healthcare Partners named Danica Elliott as a director of human capital for its life sciences team.

CTO.ai nets seed funding

Vancouver, British Columbia-based CTO.ai, a platform for rapidly scaling DevOps teams, has secured US$7.5 million in seed funding. The investors were Tiger Global, Slack Fund, Yaletown Partners, Pallasite Ventures, Panache Ventures and Jonathan Bixby. The capital infusion will be used for product development and personnel hiring. CTO was founded in 2017 by Kyle Campbell.

VC-backed Turbonomic buys SevOne

Turbonomic has acquired Boston-based software company SevOne. No financial terms were disclosed. Turbonomic's backers include Bain Capital Ventures, General Atlantic, Globespan Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Iconiq Capital.