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Digital insurance Embroker locks in $28 mln Series B

San Francisco-based Embroker, a digital insurance company, has raised $28 million in Series B funding. Tola Capital led the round with participation from return backers Canaan Partners, Bee Partners, Manulife Capital Ventures, Nyca Partners and XL Innovate.

Salary Finance gathers $32.8 mln Series C

Salary Finance, a provider of financial education and salary-linked savings and loans for employees, has raised $32.8 million in Series C funding. Blenheim Chalcot and Legal & General led the round. Also, Salary Finance has hired SoFi co-founder Dan Macklin as CEO of the U.S. group.

Monk's Hill Ventures appoints two as partners

Southeast Asia-based Monk's Hill Ventures, an early-stage tech venture firm, has named Michele Daoud and Justin Nguyen as partners. The appointments became effective immediately. Daoud's background includes leadership roles at Udemy, Google and Oliver Wyman while Nguyen joined MHV as an operating adviser in 2016.

Checkerspot lands $13 mln Series A

Berkeley, California-based Checkerspot Inc, a materials innovation company, has secured $13 million in Series A financing. Builders VC led the round with participation from other investors that included Breakout Ventures, Viking Global Investors, KdT Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, Sahsen Ventures and Godfrey Capital. In addition to the funding, Jim Kim, a general partner at Builders VC, will join Checkerspot's board of directors.

Bardy Diagnostics fetches $35.5 mln Series B

Seattle-based Bardy Diagnostics Inc, a provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies and custom data solutions, has raised $35.5 million in Series B funding. River Cities Capital Funds led the round with participation from HealthQuest Capital, Aperture Venture Partners, Aphelion Capital, Lumira Ventures, Rex Health Ventures, SV Health Investors, Health Enterprise Partners and Ascension Ventures.

RNA therapeutics startup Panorama Medicine scores $3.7 mln seed

Philadelphia-based Panorama Medicine, a RNA therapeutics startup, has raised $3.7 million in seed funding. WI Harper Group led the round.

Citcon nets $5 mln Series B

Santa Clara, California-based Citcon, a cross-border mobile payment and commerce solution provider, has secured $5 million in Series B funding. East West Bank led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Catherine Zhou, executive vice president and head of consumer banking and digital banking at East West Bank, will join Citcon's board of directors.

Hourly workers platform Spur takes in $8 mln Series A

Huntsville, Alabama-based Spur, an employment platform for hourly workers, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. Third Prime led the round with participation from Mark Bezos and John Griffin, founder of Blue Ridge Capital. In addition to the funding, Bezos has been added to Spur's board of directors.

Digital health firm EverlyWell picks up $50 mln

Austin-based EverlyWell, a digital health company, has raised $50 million in financing. Goodwater Capital led the round with participation from Highland Capital Partners. Next Coast Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners and SoGal Ventures.

Flowspace inks $12 mln Series A

Flowspace, an on-demand warehousing and fulfillment technology company, has raised $12 million in Series A funding. Canvas Ventures led the round with participation from Moment Ventures, 1984 Ventures and Y Combinator.