Iris Dorbian
New York City-based Clinch, a video ad personalization firm, has closed $3 million in Series A financing. The investors included Richard Gati, head of BXR Partners' Singapore office. In addition to the funding, Clinch has named Boaz Cohen as chief product officer and head of business development.
San Francisco-based Augment, an artificial intelligence startup, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. The investors were Silicon Valley Data Capital and JAZZ Venture Partners.
San Francisco-based Carrot Fertility, which offers egg freezing and in-vitro fertilization as a workplace benefit, has secured $36 million in seed funding. SoftTech Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Maven Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Sound Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Core VC, Founders Fund and Y Combinator.
San Francisco-based Eaze, a cannabis delivery company, has raised $27 million in funding. Bailey Capital led the round with participation from DCM Ventures, Kaya Ventures and FJ Labs. In addition to the funding, James Bailey has joined Eaze's board of directors.
New York City-based Skywire Networks, a wireless broadband provider, has raised $23 million in financing. The investor was Metropolitan Partners Group.
Swedish social robotics startup Furhat Robotics has secured $2.5 million in seed funding. The investors were Balderton Capital and LocalGlobe. In addition to the funding, Daniel Waterhouse, a partner at Balderton, has joined Furhat Robotics' board.
San Francisco-based Piper, a STEM education company, has raised $7.6 million in Series A funding. Owl Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Reach Capital, Stanford’s StartX fund and Charles Huang, co-founder of Guitar Hero.
Santa Monica, California-based Sixgill LLC, a provider of sensor data services for governing IoE, has raised $27.9 million in funding. DRW Venture Capital led the round with participation from Mobile Financial Partners.
San Francisco-based HouseCanary, a data analytics and valuation platform for real estate professionals, has secured $31 million in Series B funding. The investors in this round included PSP Growth and Alpha Edison.
New York City-based KeyMe, a provider of solutions for people to access and manage their keys, has raised $25 million in Series D financing. Comcast Ventures was the lead investor. Also, Battery Ventures, Benefit Street Partners, Michael Polsky, Questmark Partners, Ravin Gandhi, RiverPark Ventures, 7-Eleven and White Star Capital participated in the round.