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XY Gaming inks $2.5 mln

San Francisco-based XY Gaming, a global esports tournament platform where users compete for cash prizes, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. KB Partners and Varga Capital led the round.

OMERS Growth Equity leads Series E round for TouchBistro

TouchBistro has raised C$158 million in Series E funding. OMERS Growth Equity led the round with participation from Barclays Bank, RBC Ventures, BMO Capital Partners, OMERS Ventures, JPMorgan Chase, Napier Park Financial Partners, BDC IT Venture Fund and Kensington Capital Partners. The capital infusion will be used for acquisitions, growth, international market expansion, technology advancements and personnel hiring. With offices in Toronto, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the UK and Mexico, TouchBistro is an iPad POS for restaurants.

Celona grabs $10 mln Series A

Celona, a networking platform provider bridging the divide between 5G and enterprise infrastructures, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. Norwest Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Cervin Ventures led the round.

DCVC closes its fifth fund, its largest to date

San Francisco-based DCVC, an investor in deep tech, announced it has raised $725 million for its fifth main fund. The fund is more than three times the $234 million the firm raised for Fund IV in 2016. DCVC V is the firm's largest vehicle to date and will back early-stage deep tech deals and later-stage opportunities from its portfolio. DCVC earlier this year raised about $208 million for its first biotech fund.

GitLab raises $268 mln

GitLab said Sept. 17 that it raised $268 million in a Series E round led by existing investors Goldman Sachs and ICONIQ. The round included participation from nine new-to-GitLab investors. GitLab sells tools for software developers within a single application, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Anacapa Partners invests in Dooblo

Anacapa Partners said Sept.18 that it closed a growth investment in Dooblo. Financial terms weren’t announced. Dooblo, of Israel, provides mobile survey software for the market research industry.

Themis raises 40 mln euros

Themis said Sept. 18 that it raised 40 million euros ($44 million) in a Series D round of funding co-led by new investors, Farallon Capital and Hadean Ventures. MSD (tradename of Merck & Co Inc, Kenilworth NJ USA) and Adjuvant Capital, as well as current investors Global Health Investment Fund, aws Gruenderfonds, Omnes Capital, Ventech and Wellington Partners Life Sciences, also participated. Themis develops immunomodulation therapies for infectious diseases and cancer.

VC-backed Insitro beefs up team with two new appointments

South San Francisco-based Insitro, a machine-learning driven drug discovery and development company, has appointed Dr. Matthew Rasmussen as vice president of data engineering and Duane Valz as general counsel. Rasmussen joins insitro from Myriad Genetics while Valz worked at Zymergen. Insitro's backers include Alexandria Venture Investments, Bezos Expeditions, Mubadala Investment Company, Two Sigma Ventures and Verily.

Embr Labs fetches $6 mln Series B

Embr Labs, a thermal technology company, has raised $6 million in Series B funding. DigiTx Partners led the round with participation from Safar Partners, Joyance Partners, Bose Ventures and PBJ Capital.

Boeing and Safran back Electric Power Systems

Boeing HorizonX Ventures and Safran Corporate Ventures have made an investment in Logan, Utah-based Electric Power Systems, a provider of energy storage products. No financial terms were disclosed.