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Kaia Health, a creator of a back pain app, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. Balderton Capital led the round.

Oslo, Norway-based Zwipe, a biometric startup, has raised $14 million in funding. Ahead of a planned listing of the company on Merkur Market, Oslo Børs, the funding was raised from around 2,300 investors.

Farmington, Connecticut-based Bactana Corp, an animal health company, has secured $1.3 million in funding. The investors included Connecticut Innovations, Cornell University and Sustainable Income Capital Management.

UK-based MarketInvoice, a business finance company, has secured 26 million pounds in Series B funding. Barclays and Santander InnoVentures led the round.

AutoGrid, a provider of flexibility management software for the energy industry, secured funding from Shell Ventures LLC. No financial terms were disclosed.

Finland and Silicon Valley-based Nexit Ventures has appointed Markku Mäkeläinen as a new partner. Previously, he worked at Facebook.

ZipWhip, a provider of texting for business, has raised $51.5 million in Series D funding. Goldman Sachs Private Capital investing group led the round with participation from other investors that included OpenView, M12 and Voyager Capital.

Dallas-based on-demand rides startup Alto, has raised $14.5 million in funding. The investors included Road Ventures and Frog Ventures.

Swiss deep tech startup Eyeware has raised $1.9 million in seed financing. The investors were High-Tech Gründerfonds, TRUMPF Venture GmbH, Swiss Startup Group and Zurich Kantonalbank.

HyperScience, an edge machine learning company offering enterprise-grade solutions for automating office work at scale, has secured $30 million in Series B funding. Stripes Group led the round with participation from other investors that included Flatiron Health, Sift Science, SPINS, Upwork, FirstMark Capital, Felicis Ventures, Battery Ventures, Global Founders Fund, TD Ameritrade and QBE.