Iris Dorbian
Skyhour, an air travel gifting platform, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was JetBlue Technology Ventures, JetBlue Airways' corporate venture arm.
Mobile banking startup Zero has secured $8.5 million in funding. ENIAC Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included New Enterprise Associates, Nyca Partners, Lightbank and Middleland Capital.
Palo Alto, California-based Solvvy, an intelligent self-service platform for customer experience, has raised $12 million in Series A funding. Scale Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Pear Ventures, Signatures Capital and True Ventures. In addition to the funding, Rory O'Driscoll, founding partner at Scale Venture Partners, will join Solvvy's board of directors.
UK-based Peratech, a provider of 3D force-sensing technologies, has raised $12.4 million in funding. Merck Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Arie Capital.
New York City-based ActionIQ, a marketing activation platform, has secured $30 million in Series B financing. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from Sequoia Capital, Firstmark Capital and Shutterstock.
Nova Scotia and Toronto-based Appili Therapeutics Inc, a drug developer has raised $3,062,000 in a private placement. The investors included including Innovacorp.
UK-based Pireta, a smart textiles company, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding. The investor was Rainbow Seed Fund.
New York City-based Haystack Partners has raised $38 million for its initial venture fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $50 million.
Tel Aviv-based PayKey, a social banking solution provider has raised $10 million in Series B funding. MizMaa led the round with participation from SBI Group, Digital Ventures, SixThirty and Fintech71.
Santa Monica, California-based Fair, a car-leasing app, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. BMW i Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Penske Automotive Group. Also, Fair has raised nearly $1 billion in debt funding from a group of investment banks and a Sherpa Capital-led entity.