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Boost Insurance lands $3 mln

New York City-based Boost Insurance, an insurance platform, has raised $3 million in funding. Norwest Venture Partners led the round with participation from IA Capital Group, Greycroft Partners, State National Companies and Nephila.

ProsperWorks nabs $53 mln Series C

San Francisco-based ProsperWorks, a provider of CRM solutions for G Suite, has secured $53 million in Series C funding. Promod Haque at Norwest Venture Partners led the round with participation from GV, Industry Ventures, Next World Capital, Storm Ventures and True Ventures.

Home decor brand The Inside attracts $1.5 mln seed

New York-based The Inside, a newly launched home decor brand, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. The investor was Forerunner Ventures.

Diversity hiring startup Jopwell inks $7.5 mln Series A

Jopwell, a diversity recruiting startup, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding, according to a spokesperson for the firm. Cue Ball Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Kapor Capital, Y Combinator, Omidyar Network, Valar Ventures, SJF Ventures, Blue Ivy Ventures and Teneo Ventures.

Koho raises $8 mln from Portag3 Ventures, opens Toronto HQ

Vancouver financial services platform Koho has raised $8 million in additional financing from Portag3 Ventures, a fund launched last year by Canada’s Power Financial Corp. With the round, Paul Desmarais III, senior vice president of Power Financial, Adam Felesky, president of Portag3, and Michael Katchen, co-founder and CEO of Wealthsimple, joined the board. Koho will use the funds raised to scale the platform and expand its engineering and operations team at a new Toronto headquarters.

IsoPlexis Corp snags $13.5 mln Series B

Branford, Connecticut-based IsoPlexis Corp, a life science company, has raised $13.5 million in Series B financing. Spring Mountain Capital led the round with participation from Connecticut Innovations, North Sound Ventures and Ironwood Capital.

SAP to buy customer management software firm Gigya: Reuters

SAP (SAPG.DE), Europe’s biggest technology company, has agreed to buy U.S.-Israeli customer identity software company Gigya to strengthen its position in the booming market for online customer relationship marketing, the company said on Sunday.

Level Equity leads Series A round for Accelo

San Francisco-based Accelo, a provider of service operations automation solutions, has raised $9 million in Series A funding, according to a blog post. Level Equity led the round with participation from Fathom Capital and return backer Blackbird Ventures.

Fusion Pharmaceuticals lands $21 mln

Hamilton, Ontario-based Fusion Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has raised an additional $21 million in Series A funding, bringing the total tally to $46 million. The investors in this round included Adams Street Partners, Seroba Life Sciences and Varian Medical Systems Inc.

Emergence names Viviana Faga operating partner

Emergence Capital said that Viviana Faga has joined the firm as an operating partner responsible for advising portfolio companies on strategy, branding, growth, operations and recruiting.