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Online investment network eToro has raised $8.3 million in funding from Boston-based venture firm Spark Capital, Phoenix, Ariz.-based Social Leverage and other, undisclosed investors. The new funding will help eToro expand its platform. The company now claims roughly 1.5 million users.

Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital Group has committed $105 million Canadian ($102 million) to environmental services firm GFL Waste & Recycling Solutions. Roark invested $60 million Canadian, and has committed an additional $45 million Canadian for future growth opportunities. Pickering, Ontario-based GFL Waste & Recycling provides solid waste collection and transfer stations; liquid waste collection and treatment; and soil remediation services. The company is also backed by Toronto-based Genuity Capital Partners.