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Giant Oak snags $10 mln from Edison Partners

Arlington, Virginia-based Giant Oak, a data analytics software company, has secured $10 million in funding. The investor was Edison Partners. Also, Giant Oak has named Daniel Moser as its chief financial officer and added Jim Fowler, Joe Wald, Steve Swoboda and Tom Vander Schaaff to its board.

Arcadia Data amasses $15 mln Series B

Arcadia Data, a provider of visual analytics software for big data, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Pelion Venture Partners led the round with participation from existing investors Intel Capital, Mayfield Fund and Blumberg Capital.

Whiteboard Technologies grabs $2.5 mln Series A

Oklahoma City-based Whiteboard Technologies, a provider of a CRM tool for the mortgage loan industry, has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding. The lead investor was i2E Inc.

Meatable inks $3.5 mln in BlueYard Capital-led round

Meatable, a cell-based meat startup, has secured $3.5 million in funding. BlueYard Capital led the round with participation from Atlantic Food Labs and Future Positive Capital.

Khosla Ventures' Ben Ling to raise $60 mln venture fund

Khosla Ventures' General Partner Benjamin Ling has begun raising his own $60 million venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

Mercato Partners to raise $250 mln venture-capital fund

Mercato Partners has set out to raise a $250 million venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

One Better Ventures backs Remedy Review

Remedy Review, a newly launched digital publishing company focused on covering the hemp, cannabinoids, and natural health space, has raised $2 million in funding. The investor is One Better Ventures. Remedy Review will operate out of Three Ships, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based digital publisher and customer acquisition company.

Hologic to buy VC-backed Focal Therapeutics for $125 mln

Hologic has agreed to acquire Sunnyvale, California-based Focal Therapeutics, a medical device company, for $125 million. Focal Therapeutics was backed by Okapi Venture Capital and Emergent Medical Partners, according to Crunchbase.

Blok.Party nabs $10 mln

San Francisco-based Blok.Party, creator of PlayTable, a blockchain-based video game console, has raised $10 million in funding. The investor was JRR Capital.

Redpoint Ventures leads Series B round for Gremlin

San Jose, California-based Gremlin, a failure-as-a-service platform created by engineers formerly at Amazon and Netflix, has secured $18 Million in Series B funding. Redpoint Ventures led the round.