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Portugal-based Jscrambler, a web security startup, has secured more than $2.3 million in Series A funding. Sonae IM led the round with participation from Portugal Ventures.
UK-based Owlstone Medical Ltd, a developer of a breathalyzer for disease, has raised $15 million in funding. Horizons Venture and Aviva Ventures led the round.
EnsoData, a healthcare artificial intelligence company, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. Colle Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included HealthX Ventures, Sternhill Associates, Wisconsin Investment Partners and M25 Group.
Somerville, Massachusetts-based Finch Therapeutics, a microbiome therapeutics company, has raised $36 million in Series B financing. The investors included Shumway Capital, Willett Advisors, Morgan Noble and Avenir Growth Capital.
Ascent Technologies, a regulatory technology company, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Alsop Louie Partners led the round.
Los Angeles-based Scalefast, a digital commerce platform, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. BGV led the round with participation from Adara Ventures, B&Y, French Partners and CIC Capital.
German robotics startup Magazino has raised $24.8 million in funding. Körber Group led the round with participation from other investors that included Cellcom, Zalando and Fiege Logistics.
Industry Ventures has promoted Lindsay Sharma and Ira Simkhovitch to principals on its secondary investment team. Also, the venture firm has promoted Eric Yee to senior associate.
Hercules Capital has agreed to provide a $100 million venture debt facility to South San Francisco-based Tricida Inc, a pharmaceutical company focused on treating metabolic acidosis. Armentum Partners provided financial advice to Tricida on the transaction while Sidley Austin LLP was legal adviser.
Panasonic Corp and Scrum Ventures have formed BeeEdge, an accelerator that "will identify technologies within Panasonic that are not fully utilized and create independent startups to commercially develop them." No financial terms were disclosed.