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Bidgely, a provider of analytics for home energy management, has secured $27 million in Series C financing. Georgian Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Khosla Ventures, E.ON, Constellation Technology Ventures and Innogy.

Owkin, a predictive analytics company that utilizes transfer learning to accelerate drug discovery and development, has secured $11 million in Series A funding. Otium Venture led the round with participation from Cathay Innovation, Plug and Play and NJF Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Bruno Raillard, a partner at Otium Venture, will join Owkin’s board of directors.

Milford, Massachusetts-based Connected2Fiber, a provider of an SaaS platform used by B2B connectivity providers to manage and transform market data, has secured $8 million in funding. The investors were Ascent Venture Partners, Nauta Capital, NXT Ventures and Osage Venture Partners.

Fremont, California and China-based Pony.ai, a self-driving startup, has raised $112 million in Series A funding. Morningside Venture Capital and Legend Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Sequoia China, IDG Capital, Hongtai Capital, Legend Star, Puhua Capital, Polaris Capital, DCM Ventures, Comcast Ventures and Silicon Valley Future Capital. Miracle Capital served as financial adviser on this transaction.

NA-KD, a Swedish fashion ecommerce company, has raised $45 million in Series B funding. Partech led the round with participation from other investors that included Northzone, FJ Labs and eEquity.

Boston-based True Fit, a personalization platform for apparel and footwear, has secured $55 million in Series C funding. Georgian Partners led the round with participation from return backers Jump Capital, Signal Peak Ventures, Intel Capital and Cross Creek Capital.

Toronto-based Ratehub Inc, a financial product comparison site provider, has raised $12 million in Series A funding. Elephant led the round. In addition to the funding, Jeremiah Daly, a general partner at Elephant, has joined Ratehub Inc.'s board of directors.

UK-based Magpie Education, a firm that focuses on inspiring students in STEM subjects, has secured 300,000 pounds in funding. The investor was British Robotics Seed Fund.

San Francisco-based Elliot, a global commerce platform, has raised $3 million in funding. The investors included Bowery Capital, Susa Ventures, Acceleprise, Bam Ventures, Flexport and SV Angel.

UBS and Village Capital have launched the VC Pathways program, which helps African-American, Latinx and female entrepreneurs seeking early-stage funding and support. The program will launch in Philadelphia, Chicago and Atlanta.