Lightspeed Venture Partners led the Series D round, which included participation from Battery Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, and Silicon Valley Bank UK Branch.
"Modern data teams are facing an influx of data from across the enterprise, while under immense pressure to rapidly deliver the actionable insights required to compete in today's digital economy,"
Episode 1, MMC Ventures and NHN Ventures backed the mobile authentication platform as it exits stealth mode.
"Digital identity is an important investment theme for us and the key to unlocking the next leg of growth for the digital economy. The kind of frictionless authentication the founders have delivered is pretty close to magic. When a team, an idea and a solution come together at the same time – that’s what being a VC is all about"
The investment round was led by The Relationship Corp and will fund growth in the United States and product development.
"Since day one, we’ve been on a mission to rebuild a broken dating app landscape and empower singles to get to know each other for who they are – and to look beyond the looks."
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures led the $5m round to support international expansion and technological development.
"We welcome this exciting collaboration with Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures as we step up the global response to CUI through the adoption of digital solutions. This investment demonstrates a surge of confidence from the sector in the use of real-time data systems that will accurately predict leakages and the onset of structural failure. With the worldwide cost of corrosion at $2.5 trillion, a co-ordinated effort cannot come soon enough. CorrosionRADAR is showing that a sustainable path to increased safety and dramatically reduced costs is achievable right now, using new technology and wireless connectivity."
SuperSeed has led a $1m round in Ai Build, joined by tech entrepreneur William Tunstall-Pedoe, to accelerate commercialisation of its manufacturing software.
"Even though 3D printing has come a long way, it is still extremely difficult to produce large, complex parts with the consistency required by the manufacturing industry. At present, parts that only take a few hours of printing time, take manufacturers weeks or months to prepare. Lack of automation is the barrier. To solve this problem, we use smart algorithms and data for maximum efficiency, reliability and scalability. We are very excited and humbled to be backed by investors who share our vision to create the factories of the future."