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Kitchen United locks in $40 mln Series B

Kitchen United, a kitchen as a service company, has secured $40 million in Series B funding. RXR Realty and GV led the round.

Stripe amasses $250 mln

Stripe, which builds economic infrastructure for the internet, is raising $250 million in funding. The investors include General Catalyst, Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz.

Smarter Sorting pulls in $17 mln Series A

Austin-based Smarter Sorting, a provider of granular, chemical-level data about consumer products, has secured $17 million in Series A funding. US Ecology led the round with participation from other investors that included RTP Ventures.

Hydrostor grabs $37 mln

Toronto and Australia-based Hydrostor, a developer of advanced compressed air energy storage projects, has secured $37 million in financing. The investors included Elemental Energy, Canoe Financial, ArcTern Ventures, MaRS Catalyst Fund and Lorem Partners. RBC Capital Markets advised Hydrostor on the transaction.

Healthcare tech firm InsightRX nabs $10 mln Series A

InsightRX, a healthcare tech company, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. HealthX Ventures led the round with participation from Rock Health, OSF Healthcare, Leawood Venture Capital, Premier Inc and GreatPoint Ventures.

Mesa picks up $52 mln from HarbourVest Partners

HarbourVest Partners has invested $52 million in Mesa Natural Gas Solutions LLC, a power solutions company. Mesa is backed by BP Energy Partners LLC.

Daisy Intelligence snags Series A

Vaughan, Ontario-based Daisy Intelligence, an AI-powered platform for retail and insurance, has raised C$10 million in Series A funding. Framework Venture Partners led the round with participation from Sonae IM, a European-based corporate investor. The capital will be used by Daisy for growth, global expansion, sales and marketing and support for its customer success teams.

Plutoshift amasses $8 mln Series A

Palo Alto, California and Denver-based Plutoshift, a provider of data intelligence for industrial processes, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. The investors include Fall Line Capital and Unshackled Ventures.

Splunk launches corporate venture arm

Splunk Inc, a provider of data-to-everything platform, has launched Splunk Ventures for $150 million. This figure includes $100 million from an innovation fund and $50 million for a social impact fund. Splunk Ventures will focus on early-stage data companies.

Tethr procures $15 mln

Austin, Texas-based Tethr, an AI-powered conversational intelligence platform for listening enterprises, has raised $15 million in funding. IAG Capital Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included GroTech Ventures, MissionOG and Falmouth Ventures.