Journy: Journy creates travel plans using recommendations from top chefs, sommeliers, and local experts. Journy has raised $3.15 million in seed funding led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Pear Ventures and Caviar founder Jason Wang. Read more
Emesent: Emesent is automating the collection and analysis of valuable data in underground environments. Emesent has raised $3.5 million in funding led by Main Sequence Ventures. Read more
Zeguro: Zeguro is a cyber insurance startup focusing on helping small businesses mitigate their cyber risks. Zeguro has raised $5 million in funding led by Mosaik Partners, with participation from Healthy Ventures, Munich Re / HSB Ventures, QBE Ventures, Social Capital, Plug and Play, and Sparkland Capital. Read more
Scoro: Scoro is an end-to-end work management solution which allows professional and creative services to control their entire workflow from one place. Scoro has raised $5.2 million in Series A funding led by Livonia Partners, with participation from Inventure and Tera Ventures. Read more
Inpher.io: Inpher.io is a secret computing technology for privacy-preserving machine learning and AI. Inpher.io has raised $10 million in Series A funding, including from JPMorgan Chase, Crosslink Capital, Bowery Capital and Polytech Ecosystem Ventures. Read more
PlayerLync: PlayerLync offers wireless tablet-based technology that automatically delivers high bandwidth into low bandwidth environments. PlayerLync has raised $12.5 million in funding led by Volition Capital, with participation from Anschutz Venture Group, among others. Read more
Imbellus: Imbellus builds simulation-based cognitive assessments to evaluate how people think, instead of what they know, for use by employers and the education system.
Imbellus has raised $14.5 million in Series A funding from Rethink Education, along with earlier backers Upfront Ventures and Thrive Capital. Read more
StarMaker Interactive: StarMaker is an online video network for music whose apps enable video creation/publishing, shared monetization & talent discovery. StarMaker Interactive has received $30 million in funding from publicly traded Opera, the global browser company. Read more
Esperanto: Esperanto Technologies is a company develops high-performance, energy-efficient computing solutions. Esperanto has raised $58 million in Series B funding led by undisclosed investors in a round that the CEO (a former Intel VP) says brings the company’s total funding to $63 million. Read more
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