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Next Ventures funds PowerDot

PowerDot, a app-based smart muscle stimulation device, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Next Ventures.

Xpansiv inks $10 mln Series A

Xpansiv, "a bridge between commodity-production systems and global markets," has raised $10 million in Series A funding. BP Ventures, Avista Development, S&P Global and Energy Innovation Capital led the round.

Teklon nabs funding from Alliance Ventures

Silicon Valley-based Teklon, a cloud platform that offers automotive retail technology, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. Alliance Ventures, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi's venture capital arm, was the investor.

Greenspring Associates leads $50 mln Series C round for Outdoorsy

Austin, Texas-based Outdoorsy, an outdoor recreation marketplace, has raised $50 million in Series C funding. Greenspring Associates led the round with participation from Aviva Ventures, Altos Ventures, AutoTech Ventures and Tandem Capital.

Everfi appoints Patterson as COO

Everfi Inc, an edtech company, has named Ellen Patterson as chief operating officer. Previously, she was the company's chief revenue and partnership officer. Everfi's backers include Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Twitter founder Evan Williams, TPG Growth, The Rise Fund and Advance Publications.

Foretellix locks in $14 mln Series A

Israel-based Foretellix, an autonomous car safety verification company, has secured $14 million in Series A funding. The lead investors were 83North, Jump Capital and Nextgear Ventures.

Isotropic snags $14 mln Series A

UK and Maryland-based Isotropic Systems Ltd, a next-generation integrated satellite terminal solution provider, has raised $14 million in Series A funding. Boeing HorizonX Ventures led the round with participation from WML, Space Angels and Space Capital.

Israeli-based individual investors seed Linear B

Linear B, founded last year to provide workforce analytics platform for software engineering teams, announced it has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from a group of Israeli-based individual investors. The round was led by serial entrepreneur and investor Ariel Maislos. The company, which has offices in Los Angeles and Israel, was co-founders by CEO Ori Keren and COO Dan Lines, former engineers with CloudLock, which was acquired by Cisco in 2016.

Veeam pulls in $500 mln

Veeam, a Swiss provider of intelligent data management solutions, has secured $500 million in funding. The investors were Insight Venture Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Niantic racks up $245 mln Series C

Niantic Inc, creator of Pokémon GO, is raising $245 million in Series C financing. IVP is leading the round with participation from aXiomatic Gaming, Battery Ventures, Causeway Media Partners, CRV and Samsung Ventures.