– GrowthSpace is a New York-based company focused on personalized talent development programs.
– The company raised $15m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by M12 and Vertex Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to grow the team globally and expand its technology, which connects employees to relevant experts at scale.

– EverAfter, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based customer success platform, announced that it raised $13 million in seed funding contributed by TLV Partners and Vertex Ventures, with participation from Benny Shneider, Zohar Gilon, and Amit Gilon.
– The proceeds will be put toward expanding the company’s workforce, CEO Noa Danon says, as well as growing EverAfter’s product footprint.
– In the coming years, 89% of businesses are expected to compete mainly on customer experience, according to Gartner — a stat highlighting the importance of customer retention.
– Attracting a new customer is on average 6 to 7 times more expensive than retaining a current one, and the churn associated with customer onboarding and retention are estimated to reach $136 billion annually in the U.S.

– OwnBackup has raised $240m in Series E funding.
– The round was led by Alkeon Capital and B Capital Group, including a secondary investment in the company by BlackRock Private Equity Partners and Tiger Global.
– Existing investors Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, and Vertex Ventures also participated.
– The company has cumulatively raised nearly $500m, resulting in a $2bn valuation increase in six months.
– OwnBackup plans to expand its comprehensive backup and recovery solutions across other cloud platforms later this year, beginning with Microsoft.
– OwnBackup will help Dynamics 365 customers meet complex regulatory requirements and eliminate data disruptions due to user and integration errors.

– B2B payments platform Nium raised $200m in Series D funding.
– The round was led by Riverwood Capital and joined by Temasek, Visa, Vertex Ventures, Atinum Capital, Beacon Venture Capital and Rocket Capital Investment.
– Including the new funding, Nium has raised $300m to date.

– Aruna, a seafood supply chain startup, raised $35m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Prosus Ventures and East Ventures Growth Fund, with participation from SIG and returning investors including AC Ventures, MDI and Vertex Ventures.
– The company works primarily with small fisheries (or ones that have boats with about one to two metric tonnes of capacity) and focuses on sustainability, helping suppliers adhere to the United Nations Goal 14’s targets.
– It was founded in 2016 by Farid Naufal Aslam, Indraka Fadhlillah and Utari Octavianty, who met while studying information technology administration and management at Telkom University.

– Gredu, a startup that provides software for schools and universities, raised $4m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Intudo Ventures, an Indonesia-focused venture capital firm, with participation from returning investor Vertex Ventures.
– The startup was created to give everyone involved in the educational process—school administrators, teachers, parents, guardians and students—apps that let them keep track of everything and communicate with one another.

– Verbit announced the close of a $157 million series D round that the company says will bolster its product R&D and hiring efforts.
– CEO Tom Livne, who noted that the raise brings the company’s post-money valuation to more than $1 billion, said that the capital will also support the company’s geographic expansion as it prepares for an initial public offering.
– Sapphire Ventures led the 110-employee Verbit’s series C round with participation Third Point, More Capital, Lion Investment Partners, ICON fund as well as existing investors such as Stripes, Vertex Ventures, HV Capital, Oryzn Capital, and ClalTech participated.

– Guesty, the leading property management platform that automates and streamlines all complex operational needs accompanying short-term rental management, has raised $50m Series D funding.
– The round was led by the Apax Digital Fund with participation from the AMI Opportunities Fund, both advised by Apax Partners.
– Existing investors Viola Growth, Flashpoint, Vertex Ventures, Kingfisher Investment Advisors and La Maison Partners also participated.

– Ambi Robotics emerged from stealth to introduce AmbiOS, an advanced robot operating system based on simulation-to-reality artificial intelligence.
– The company raised $6.1m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Bow Capital, Vertex Ventures and The House Fund.
– The new investment will be used to continue to expand operations and business reach.

– Cymbio raised a $7m Series A round led by Vertex Ventures.
– The company’s technology automates all drop ship and marketplace operations for brands with any retailer, including the complete set-up, integrations, onboarding and daily management of streamlined product data, imagery, mapping, taxonomy, inventory syncing, orders, billing, tracking, returns, reports and more.
– The funds will be used to expand Cymbio’s global footprint across R&D, sales and marketing.

– Yotpo, a marketing platform for e-commerce brands, raised $230m in Series F funding.
– The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Tiger Global, with participation from Claltech Investment, Coin Ventures, Hanaco, Vertex Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners and others.
– The company has now raised more than $400m in total funding.

– ElevateBio is a Cambridge, Mass.-based cell and gene therapy technology company focused on advancing new cell and gene therapies.
– Company raised $525m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Matrix Capital Management with participation from new investors SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Fidelity Management and Research Company and existing investors MPM Capital, F2 Ventures, Redmile Group, EcoR1 Capital, Samsara BioCapital, The Invus Group, Emerson Collective, Surveyor Capital (A Citadel company), EDBI, and Vertex Ventures, iTochu, and a large insurance company.

– Seebo Raises $24M in Funding
– The round was led by Vertex Ventures with participation from 10D, The Phoenix and Leumi Partners.
– The new investment will be used to further expand its global reach and continue enhancing its solution.

– Evisort from Silicon Valley today announced $35M in Series B funding following a year of 4x revenue growth.
– Global growth equity investor General Atlantic led the round, with participation from existing investors Amity Ventures, Microsoft’s venture fund M12, and Vertex Ventures.
– General Atlantic‘s Operating Partner and former GE CIO Gary Reiner will join Evisort as a board member.
– The company will use the funds to grow its customer success team, expand its platform to include more workflow-specific offerings, and continue to push the boundaries of its pre-trained AI.