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Student Loan Genius rakes in $3.5 mln

Student Loan Genius, an Austin-based student loan benefits provider, has secured $3.5 million in funding. Vestigo Ventures led the round with participation from CMFG Ventures, Prudential Financial and Rubicon Venture Capital.

Plastiq nets $27 mln

San Francisco-based Plastiq, a payment solutions provider, has raised $27 million in financing. The investors included Atlas Venture, Khosla Ventures and Top Tier Capital Partners.

Imagination Park appoints ThreeD Capital chairman/CEO to board of advisors

Vancouver, British Columbia and Universal City, California-based Imagination Park Entertainment Inc, a digital content production company, has named Sheldon Inwentash to its board of advisors. Inwentash is chairman and CEO of Toronto-based ThreeD Capital Inc, a venture firm focused on the junior resource, blockchain and artificial intelligence sectors.

EIP Pharma fetches $20.5 mln Series B

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based EIP Pharma, a therapeutics company focused on CNS diseases, has closed $20.5 million in Series B financing. The lead investor was Access Industries.

CareTaker Medical pulls in $3.4 mln

Charlottesville, Virginia-based CareTaker Medical, a wireless medical device firm, has secured $3.4 million in funding. The investors included IrishAngels and KOFA Healthcare.

VC-backed Flywheel Building Intelligence recruits Levine as CEO

Flywheel Building Intelligence Inc, a building-management software company, has appointed Mike Levine as CEO. Levine's work background includes serving as president of bibliotheca and CEO of AssetPoint. Flywheel's backers include Braemar Energy Ventures.

HiFiBiO Therapeutics lands $37.5 mln Series B

HiFiBiO Therapeutics, a biotherapeutics company, has raised $37.5 million in Series B funding. Sequoia China and LYFE Capital led the round with participation from VI Ventures, Nest.Bio Ventures, Legend Star Capital and Proxima Ventures.

VC-backed Dialpad acquires TalkIQ

Dialpad has acquired TalkIQ, a provider of real-time speech recognition and natural language processing technologies. No financial terms were disclosed. Dialpad's backers include Amasia, Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis Ventures, GV, Salesforce Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Section 32, Softbank and Work-Bench.

Dashdash snags $8 mln Series A

Berlin and Porto-based Dashdash, a creator of tools that make computation accessible to everyone, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. Accel led the round with participation from other investors that included Cherry Ventures and Atlantic Labs.

ShotTracker scores $10.4 mln in Series A round

Overland Park, Kansas-based ShotTracker, a developer of basketball technology that captures stats and analytics in real-time, announced it has raised a $10.4 million Series A round of funding led by Ward.Ventures. Also participating in the round are former NBA Commissioner David Stern, ex-baseball player Ryan Howard, Greycroft Partners, Elysian Ventures, KC Rise Fund, Irish Angels and SeventySix Capital. The company, founded in 2013, has now raised $21 million in total funding, including an investment by NBA Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson.