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HousingAnywhere.com pulls in Series B funding

HousingAnywhere.com, an accommodation platform for international students, has raised 6 million euros in Series B funding. Vostok New Ventures led the round with participation from Real Web and henQ.

Owlet Baby Care fetches $24 mln Series B

Lehi, Utah-based Owlet Baby Care, a health tech company, has secured $24 million in Series B funding. Trilogy Equity Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Eclipse Ventures, Broadway Angels, Enfield Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners. In conjunction with the financing, Amy McCullough, managing director at Trilogy Equity Partners, will join Owlet’s board of directors.

Cybersecurity company SafeBreach nabs $15 mln Series B in Draper Nexus-led round

Sunnyale, California-based SafeBreach, a cybersecurity company, has secured $15 million in Series B funding. Draper Nexus led the round with participation from PayPal, Sequoia Capital, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and HPE Pathfinder.

Yobe attracts $1.8 mln seed

Boston-based Yobe Inc, a provider of artificial intelligence-powered signal processing solutions, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding. The investor was Clique Capital Partners.

Blockchain-based ecommerce startup SHOP pockets $2 mln

SHOP, a blockchain-based ecommerce startup, has secured $2 million in funding. The investor was Reflective Venture Partners.

VC-backed Sparkcentral appoints Gagnon as CEO

San Francisco-based Sparkcentral, a provider of a mobile and social customer engagement platform, has named Joe Gagnon as CEO. Gagnon, who will also join Sparkcentral's board of directors, was recently chief customer officer and senior vice president/global general manager for cloud solutions at Aspect Software. Sparkcentral's backers include Jackson Square Ventures, Founders Fund, Split Rock Partners and LRM Capital.

Sckipio picks up $10 mln

Sckipio, an Israeli provider of Gfast products, has raised $10 million in funding. MegaChips led the round with participation from Intel Capital, Pitango Venture Partners, Genesis Partners, Gemini Israel Ventures, Amiti Ventures, Aviv Ventures, CIRTech Fund and Axess Ventures.

KPCB leads Series B round for ecommerce company BorderX Lab

BorderX Lab Inc, an ecommerce company, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round with participation from other investors that included Hillhouse Capital Group, CBC, Welight Capital and iFly Venture Capital.

FAM and EQT Ventures back Peltarion

Peltarion, a Swedish deep learning AI company, has secured 11 million euros in funding. The investors were FAM and EQT Ventures.

Genprex racks up $10 mln

Austin, Texas-based Genprex Inc, a developer of immunogene therapy for non-small cell lung cancer, has raised $10 million in a private placement. The investors were not identified. Maxim Group LLC was the placement agent.