San Francisco-based Splice Machine closed $9 million in financing. Four investors contributed to the round: Salesforce Ventures, Correlation Ventures, InterWest Partners, and Mohr Davidow
Ocean Protocol, a decentralized data exchange protocol that lets users share and monetize data while guaranteeing control, auditability, and transparency, brought in a new
ACL, a producer of audit and risk management technology solutions, acquired $50 million in financing from Norwest Venture Partners.
Through a combination of software and
SendBird, a messaging solution for enterprises, secured $16 million in financing, led by Shasta Ventures and August Capital. Y Combinator and FundersClub also participated.
Enterprise IT startup Convercent closed $25 million in financing, led by Rho Ventures, with participation from Sapphire Ventures and Tola Capital.
Convercent’s ethics cloud platform
AEPONYX, a fabless micro optical switch semiconductor chips designer and manufacturer, completed $3.3 million in financing, led by Ecofuel Fund and Silicon Catalyst.
Aeponyx’s patented
Mirror AI, an AI-enabled emoji keyboard developer, obtained $3.5 million in financing. SoftBank Group, Greylock Partners, SV Angel, Y Combinator, I2BF Venture Capital, and
Chicago-based food-tech company Tovala closed $9.2 million in financing, led by Origin Ventures. Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Y Combinator also participated.
Tovala produces