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Next Coast Ventures, a Austin-based venture firm, has named Jason Dorsey as a venture partner. Dorsey is the president and co-founder of The Center for Generational Kinetics.

Pairwise Plants, an agricultural company, has raised $25 million in Series A financing. Deerfield Management and Monsanto Growth Ventures led the round.

Boulder, Colorado-based CaliberMind, a B2B marketing intelligence software, has raised $3.2 million in financing. Newark Venture Partners and Buran Venture Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included CEB and Salesforce.

Berlin-based mobile bank N26 has secured $160 million in Series C funding. Allianz X and Tencent Holdings Ltd led the round.

Cheddar, a live video news network, has raised $22 million in Series D financing. Raine Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Liberty Global, Goldman Sachs, Antenna Group, 7 Global Capital, Dentsu Ventures and the family office of Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher.

Serious Factory, a virtual training suite publisher, has secured 3 million euros in funding, according to a blog post on its site. The investors included Odyssée Venture and Paris Region Venture Fund managed by CapDecisif Management and Sibessor 2/Investessor. The capital infusion will be used for personnel expansion. Serious Factory has offices in France, Morocco, Israel and Montréal.

Criminal justice reform startup Promise has raised $3 million in funding. First Round Capital led the round with participation from Jay-Z's Roc Nation LLC, Y Combinator, Kapor Capital, 8VC and Adelfos.

Kahoot, a game-based learning platform, has secured $17 million in funding, according to an announcement on its site. The lead investors were Datum Invest AS, Northzone, Creandum, Microsoft Ventures and Kahoot! Chairman Eilert Hanoa.

San Mateo, California-based Farmstead, an artificial intelligence-powered digital micro-grocer that delivers local food, has secured $2 million in funding. Resolute Ventures and Social Capital led the round with participation from SV Angel and Y Combinator.

Unity Biotechnology Inc, a developer of treatments that prevent, halt, or reverse numerous diseases of aging, has raised $55 million in Series C financing. The investors included EcoR1 Capital Fund, 6 Dimensions Capital, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Baillie Gifford, Partner Fund Management, Pivotal Alpha Limited, Invus Opportunities, ARCH Venture Partners, Venrock, Founders Fund and the Longevity Fund.