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OurCrowd taps Ellison as board chairman

Israel-based OurCrowd, an equity crowdfunding platform, has named Alec Ellison as chairman of the board. Ellison is a former vice chairman of Jefferies and founder of Outvest Capital.

Speech tech startup BabbleLabs nabs $14 mln Series A

Silicon Valley-based BabbleLabs, a speech technology startup, has raised $14 million in Series A financing. Dell Technologies Capital and Intel Capital led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Gregg Adkin from Dell Technologies Capital and Vijay Reddy from Intel Capital will join the BabbleLabs board.

Speech tech startup BabbleLabs nabs $14 mln Series A

Silicon Valley-based BabbleLabs, a speech technology startup, has raised $14 million in Series A financing. Dell Technologies Capital and Intel Capital led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Gregg Adkin from Dell Technologies Capital and Vijay Reddy from Intel Capital will join the BabbleLabs board.

Sequoia leads Series D round for Dashlane

Dashlane, a provider of credential and digital identity management solutions, has secured $110 million in Series D funding. Sequoia Capital led the round with participation from Rho Ventures, FirstMark Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.

Sequoia leads Series D round for Dashlane

Dashlane, a provider of credential and digital identity management solutions, has secured $110 million in Series D funding. Sequoia Capital led the round with participation from Rho Ventures, FirstMark Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.

Yapily lands $5.4 mln seed

London-based Yapily, a fintech firm, has secured $5.4 million in seed funding. The investors were HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and LocalGlobe.

Yapily lands $5.4 mln seed

London-based Yapily, a fintech firm, has secured $5.4 million in seed funding. The investors were HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and LocalGlobe.

Oak HC/FT taps former Venmo COO Vaughan as EIR

Growth-equity investor Oak HC/FT announced it added Michael Vaughan as an Executive-in-Residence to help develop and advise new fintech businesses. Vaughan formerly was COO of Venmo, where he worked for eight years, leading the company with its Series A round in 2011 through acquisitions to Braintree and then to PayPal.

AllegisCyber received commitments for $199 mln towards a second Cyber Innovation Partners fund

Energize Ventures backs Sitetracker

Sitetracker has secured an investment from Energize Ventures, extending the company's Series B financing to $34 million. Sitetracker is a project, asset and work management platform for critical infrastructure companies.