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System1 attracts $270 mln

California-based System1, a developer of a pre-targeting platform for identifying and unlocking consumer intent, has closed $270 million in financing. Court Square Capital Partners led the round.

Gogoro racks up $300 mln Series C

Gogoro, an energy company, has closed $300 million in Series C funding. The investors included Temasek, Generation Investment Management, Sumitomo Corporation and ENGIE.

Next Coast Ventures expands staff with three new hires

Next Coast Ventures has named Paul Rogers and Jim Dunham as technology venture partners and Adam Salamon as its first entrepreneur-in-residence. Currently, Rogers is the chief technology officer of Namely Inc while Dunham is the former president of cloud and business intelligence at ServiceSource. And, Salamon was the founder and chief operating officer of Perk Inc.

FoodLogiQ snags funding

FoodLogiQ, a SaaS provider of traceability, food safety and supply chain transparency solutions, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. Renewal Funds led the round.

F-Prime Capital taps Grass as EIR

F-Prime Capital has appointed Joshua Grass as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Previously, Grass was the director of business development at BioMarin.

Octopus Ventures leads Series C round for Digital Shadows

Digital Shadows, a provider of digital risk management services, has raised $26 million in Series C funding. Octopus Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included World Innovation Lab and Industry Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Luke Hakes, an investor at Octopus Ventures, will join Digital Shadows' board of directors.

Real estate investment platform AlphaFlow picks up $4.1 mln seed

San Francisco-based AlphaFlow, an automated alternative investment platform for real estate, has raised $4.1 million in seed funding. Resolute Ventures and Point72 Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Upside Partnership, Social Capital, Y Combinator, Clocktower Technology Ventures, an affiliate of Drobny Capital and Red Swan Ventures.

Menusifu raises $3 mln

Menusifu has raised a $3 million Series A round. Jubilee Capital Management and Amino Capital participated in the round. Menusifu, of New York, provides software to restaurants that cater to mobile-first customers.

Edtech company Packback gathers $1.5 mln

Chicago-based Packback Inc, an education tech company, has raised $1.5 million in funding. The investors were University Ventures and ICG Ventures LLC, the corporate venture capital arm of Ingram Content Group.

Braze grabs funding from Meritech

Appboy, a provider of lifecycle engagement technology, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Meritech Capital Partners. Also, the company has rebranded itself as Braze.