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JVP wraps up eighth fund at $220 mln

Israeli venture firm Jerusalem Venture Partners has closed its eighth fund at $220 million. JVP VIII's investors include international insurance companies and endowments from universities and major global corporations. The fund will invest in early through mid-stage technologies.

BiomX nabs $32 mln Series B

BiomX Ltd, an Israeli microbiome drug discovery company, has raised $32 million in Series B financing. The investors included OrbiMed, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., Takeda Ventures, Inc., 8VC, MiraeAsset and Seventure Partners.

Neuspera fetches $26 mln Series B

San Jose, California-based Neuspera Medical Inc, a neuromodulation company, has secured $26 million in Series B funding. The company's investors include 6 Dimensions Capital, Action Potential Venture Capital, Windham Venture Partners, Delta Capital, LLC and Purple Arch Ventures.

SafeRide lands Series A funding

Los Angeles-based SafeRide Inc, a healthcare logistics provider, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A financing. Fresenius Medical Care Ventures led the round with participation from Amplify.LA, Bonfire Ventures, FCA Venture Partners and Meridian Street Capital.

Intelligent construction finance platform Rabbet inks $8 mln Series A

Austin, Texas-based Rabbet, an intelligent construction finance platform, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. The investors were Goldman Sachs, QED Investors and Camber Creek.

VRtuoso grabs $650K seed

London-based VRtuoso.io, a virtual reality presentations platform that enables businesses to cut training costs and boost sales enablement, has secured $650,000 in seed funding. Symvan Capital led the round.

Connected car platform Mojio locks in $40 mln Series B

Mojio, a connected car platform, has secured $40 million in Series B funding. Kensington Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Innogy Ventures, Iris Capital, Telus Ventures, Trend Forward Capital, Amazon Alexa Fund, BDC IT Venture Fund, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and Relay Ventures.

Ten Eleven Ventures raises $200 million for early-stage cybersecurity deals

Burlingame, California-based Ten Eleven Ventures, which exclusively backs cybersecurity deals worldwide, announced it has raised $200 million for its second fund. TEV II will invest in Series A and B rounds. The firm, founded in 2014 by Alex Doll and Mark Hatfield, separately raised a $140 million second growth fund last year.

K9 backed HiHello raises $2.5 mln in August Capital led seed round

HiHello said it raised $2.5 million of seed capital in a round led by August Capital and joined by K9 Ventures and TenOneTen Ventures. HiHello had previously raised $250,000 in pre-seed financing from K9.

GN Audio acquires Altia Systems for $125 mln

GN Audio has acquired Cupertino, California-based Altia Systems, a provider of video communications solutions, for $125 million. Altia was backed by Naya Ventures.