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Gridtential inks $11 mln

Santa Clara, California-based Gridtential Inc, a provider of energy storage technologies, has closed $11 million in funding. The investors included 1955 Capital, East Penn Manufacturing, Crown Battery Manufacturing, Leoch International and Power-Sonic Inc. In conjunction with the funding, Andrew Chung, 1955 Capital founder and managing partner, will join Gridtential's board of directors.

Steamroot takes in $3.2 mln

New York City and Paris-based Steamroot, a provider of OTT video optimization technologies for content publishers, network service providers and enterprise customers, has secured $3.2 million in funding. The investors included Partech Ventures, Techstars Venture Capital Fund, Verizon Ventures and R/GA.

WuXi NextCODE racks up $240 mln Series B

WuXi NextCODE, the global platform for genomic data, has closed $240 million in Series B financing. The investors included Sequoia China, Temasek, Yunfeng Capital, 3W Partners, Temasek, Yunfeng, 3W and Amgen Ventures. China Renaissance Group provided financial advice to WuXi NextCODE on the transaction.

Marketing tech startup Data Genomix lands Series A

Cleveland, Ohio-based Data Genomix, a marketing technology startup, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. Edward Crawford and Zanite Ventures led the round.

NewLeaf Symbiotics rakes in $30 mln Series C

St. Louis, Missouri-based NewLeaf Symbiotics, an agricultural biotech company, has raised $30 million in Series C funding. The investors included S2G Ventures, Monsanto Growth Ventures, Otter Capital, The Yard Ventures, Lewis & Clark Ventures, Rockport Capital, Pangaea Ventures and Open Prairie Ventures.

Gritstone Oncology picks up $92.7 mln

San Francisco Bay area-based Gritstone Oncology, a cancer immunotherapy company, has closed $92.7 million in financing. Lilly Asia Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included GV, Trinitas Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, Versant Ventures, The Column Group, Clarus Funds and Frazier Healthcare Partners. Cowen served as financial adviser to Gritstone on the transaction.

Serena Capital and Bpifrance leads funding round for Vekia

Vekia, a French provider of machine learning in the supply chain market, has secured 12 million euros in funding. Serena Capital and Bpifrance led the round.

VC-backed VideoAmp taps Schmitt as CFO

VideoAmp, an integrated TV operating system for advertising, has named Tom Schmitt as chief financial officer. Schmitt is the former chief operating officer and chief financial officer at FreeWheel.TV. VideoAmp is backed by Mediaocean, RTL Group, GoAhead Ventures, StartUp Capital Ventures, Anthem Venture Partners, Wavemaker Partners and Simon Equity Partners.

Innoviz raises $65 mln from Delphi, Magna, others

Innoviz Technologies said it raised $65 million of Series B funding in a round backed by Delphi Automotive, Magna International and additional new investors 360 Capital Partners, Glory Ventures, Naver and others.

Sports e-commerce firm Fanatics closes $1 billion funding round led by SoftBank: Reuters

Sports e-commerce firm Fanatics has closed a $1 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision fund, which will give it the firepower to expand internationally, Chief Executive Doug Mack told Reuters, Reuters reported.