• Workfront, a Lehi, Utah-based work management platform, raised approximately $280 million in funding. Investors include W Capital Partners, Susquehanna Growth Equity, AB Private Credit Investors, Openview, Greenspring and JMI Equity. • Newsela, a New York-based instructional content platform, raised $50 million in Series C funding from TCV. • LaunchDarkly, an Oakland, Calif.-based feature management platform for software teams, raised $44 million in Series C funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Redpoint, Vertex Ventures, DFJ, and Uncork Capital. • TriNetX, a Cambridge, Mass.-based health research network, raised $40 million in Series D funding. Merck Global Health Innovation Fund led the round, and was joined by investors including Mitsui & Co., Ltd., ITOCHU Technology Ventures, ITOCHU Corporation, MPM Capital, F2 Ventures and Deerfield Management. • CXA Group, a predictive and data intelligence platform for wellness choices, raised $25 million in funding. Investors include HSBC, Singtel Innov8, Telkom Indonesia MDI Ventures, Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia, Muang Thai Fuchsia Ventures, Humanica and Heritas Venture Fund. • Sketch, a digital design toolkit, raised $20 million in Series A funding from Benchmark. • Whatfix, a California and India-based digital adoption platform, raised $12.5 million in Series B funding. Eight Roads Ventures India led the round, and was joined by investors including F-Prime Capital, Cisco Investments, Stellaris Venture Partners and Helion Ventures Partners. • CesiumAstro Inc, an Austin-based maker of high-performance multi-beam active phased array communication systems for space and airborne platforms, raised $12.4 million in Series A funding. Airbus Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton Venture Fund, Lavrock Ventures, Honeywell Ventures and Analog Devices Ventures. • Polarr, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based operator of an online photo editing software, raised $11.5 million in Series A funding. Threshold Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Cota Capital and Pear Ventures. • Gem, a San Francisco-based HR recruiting platform, raised $9 million in Series A funding from Accel. • Physera, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based telehealth company, raised $8 million in Series A funding. BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners led the round. • Cymulate, an Israel-based cyber simulation platform provider, raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. Vertex Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital co-led the round. • Capital Markets Gateway Inc, a financial technology firm offering an integrated digital workflow and analytics platform for capital markets professionals, raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. StageDotO led the round, and was joined by investors including Franklin Templeton and Shea Ventures. • Fi, a New York-based dog technology startup launching an "Apple Watch for dogs," raised $7 million in Series A funding. RRE Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Lerer Hippeau and Freestyle VC. • Therapixel, a France-based developer of AI-based algorithms for breast cancer screening, raised 5 million euros ($5.6 million) in Series A funding. Omnes and M Capital Partners co-led the round, and was joined by investors including Region Sud Investissement (managed by Turenne Capital), IT-Translation and Credit Agricole. • Ovation.io, a Boston-based provider of cloud based laboratory management software to independent molecular and sequencing labs, raised $5 million in Series A funding. Investors include Madrona Venture Group, Borealis Ventures, and Stagedot0. • Populus, a San Francisco-based data management platform for shared mobility services, raised $3.1 million in seed funding. Investors include Relay Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and a fund exclusively supporting MIT alumni. • ProdPerfect, an end-to-end platform using live traffic to automatically build and maintain QA testing for web applications, raised $2.6 million in seed funding. Eniac Ventures and Fika Ventures co-led the round, and was joined by investors including Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator. • CryptoNumerics, a Canada-based enterprise software company, raised $2.5 million in seed funding. 11.2 Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Lux Capital. • StoryFit, an Austin-based provider of predictive AI analytics for the publishing and entertainment industry, raised $1.75 million in new funding. ff Venture Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Ascend Venture Capital and Walt Winshall. • Ferntech, a Germany-based controller provider for off-grid, hybrid, and microgrid power systems, raised seed funding of an undisclosed amount, from Factor[e] Ventures. |