Iris Dorbian

San Jose, California-based Pavilion Data Systems, a NVMe-over-fabrics storage platform, has secured $25 million in Series C funding. The investors were Taiwania Capital, RPS Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Korea Investment Partners, DAG Ventures, Artiman Ventures, SK Telecom and Tyche Partners.

Baze, a provider of a blood-based, at home nutritional testing kit, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Nature's Way was the lead investor.

Vivo Capital has raised over $1.3 billion for its ninth fund, according to an updated SEC filing. No target was listed in the document. Vivo invests in healthcare companies in the U.S. and greater China.

GNA Biosolutions GmbH, a German molecular diagnostics company, has secured $13.5 million in Series C financing. The investors included GreyBird Ventures, Occident, Wachtumsfonds Bayern, SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, UVC Partners, Mey Capital Matrix, KfW and btov Partners.

New York City-based Attentive, a personalized mobile messaging SaaS platform for brands, has raised $40 million in Series B funding. Sequoia led the round with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures, NextView Ventures, IVP and High Alpha.

Los Altos, California-based Kasten, a provider of cloud-native data management solutions, has secured $14 million in Series A funding. Insight Partners led the round.

Polarity, a memory augmentation platform, has secured $8.1 million in funding. TechOperators led the round with participation from other investors that included Shasta Ventures, Strategic Cyber Ventures and Gula Tech Adventures. In addition to the funding, Tom Noonan and Dan Ingevaldson will join Polarity's board while Ron Gula will come on board as an observer.

San Francisco-based Lucidworks, a provider of AI-powered search solutions, has secured $100 million in funding. The investors included Francisco Partners and TPG Sixth Street Partners.

Joust Labs, a banking platform for independent professionals, has secured $2.6 million in funding. PTB Ventures led the round with participation from other backers that included Accion Venture Lab, Financial Venture Studio and Techstars.

Indian digital platform Meesho has raised $125 million in funding, reported Reuters. Naspers led the round. The investors included Facebook, SAIF, Sequoia, Shunwei Capital, RPS and Venture Highway.