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Clear Software fetches Series A funding

Clear Software, which simplifies business software, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. Collina Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Charmides Capital, MK Capital and Hyde Park Venture Partners.

PLNAR nabs $3.9 mln Series A

PLNAR, a provider of augmented reality solutions, has raised $3.9 million in Series A funding. ManchesterStory Group led the round with participation from The Venture Reality Fund and Colopl Next Inc.

Atlas Protocol attracts seed funding

Atlas Protocol has secured a multi-million dollar seed financing. The lead investor was SB China Venture Capital. Also participating in the round were BV, Danhua Capital and Fenbushi Digital. Atlas Protocol is an open protocol directly connecting advertisers, publishers and users in token-based digital marketing.

Bandura snags $4 mln Series A

Maryland and Missouri-based Bandura, a security solutions provider, has raised $4 million in Series A funding. Grotech Ventures, Gula Tech Adventures, Maryland Venture Fund and Cultivation Capital led the round.

Indiana startup Codelicious inks $940K

Indiana-based Codelicious, a computer science curriculum startup, has raised $940,000 in financing. The investors included Collina Ventures, GRE Capital and Elevate Ventures.

Slack raises late-stage round at $7.1 bln valuation

San Francisco-based Slack, provider of collaboration tools and services, announced it has raised $427 million in Series H funding at a post-money valuation of more than $7.1 billion. Lead investors in the Series H equity round are Dragoneer Investment Group and General Atlantic. They were joined by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates and funds advised by Wellington Management, and Baillie Gifford and Sands Capital, as well as existing investors. The company has now raised nearly $1.27 billion since it was founded in 2009.

Semmle raises $21 mln in Series B round led by Accel

San Francisco-based Semmle, provider of a software engineering analytics platform, announced it has raised $21 million in a Series B round of funding. Accel Partners led the round, which included participation from Work-Bench. The company, founded in 2006, has now raised $31 million in total funding since it was founded in 2006. As part of its investment, Accel’s Ping Li and Vas Natarajan will join the board.

FINCA International launches impact investing platform

FINCA International, which provides loans to low-income families and communities, has launched FINCA Ventures, an impact investing platform that will provide funding to support early-stage social enterprises. Via FINCA Ventures, FINCA International will back solutions to poverty in energy, water/sanitation/hygiene, education, health, agriculture and financial technology.

Scania Growth Capital backs Swedish carbon fiber startup

Scania Growth Capital has invested SEK 35 million (about $3.8 million) in Corebon AB. Based in Sweden, Corebon is a carbon fiber startup.

Healthcare tech firm RDMD lands $3 mln seed

RDMD, a healthcare tech company, has raised $3 million in seed financing. Lux Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Village Global, First Round's Healthcare Co-Op, Garuda and Shasta Ventures.