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TAL Education Group, a K-12 after-school tutoring services provider in China, has agreed to secure about $500 million in funding. The investor was not identified.
Portag3 Ventures has increased its stake in Hellas Direct, a Cyprus-based online insurance company. No financial terms were disclosed.
Berlin-based German Autolabs, a voice AI-enabled digital assistant for in-car usage, has secured 7 million euros in funding. The investors were nbr Tech Ventures, VC Fonds Technologie Berlin managed by IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, coparion and Target Partners.
Energy Impact Partners has provided up to $20 million in financing to Palmetto Clean Technology. Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Palmetto is a clean technology software and fulfillment platform company.
Brooklyn, New York-based Medivis, a medical imaging and visualization company, has secured $2.3 million in funding. Initialized Capital led the round.
Charlestown, Massachusetts-based Vicarious Surgical, a developer of virtual reality software for minimally invasive surgery procedures, has raised $10 million in funding. Gates Frontier led the round with participation from Khosla Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, AME Cloud Ventures and Marc Benioff.
Austin, Texas-based Pinpoint, an advanced analytics platform for software engineering, has raised $13.5 million in Series A financing. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round with participation from Storm Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Slack Fund, Social Capital and Cherubic Ventures.
San Francisco-based Figma, a collaborative interface design tool, has raised $40 million in Series C funding, according to a blog post on its site. Sequoia Capital led the round.
New York City-based 3DEN, a "second generation of the third place,” has raised $2 million in seed funding. The lead investors were b8ta and Graphene Ventures.