Iris Dorbian

Raise, a mobile payments company and gift card marketplace, has secured $60 million in Series C funding. Accel led the round with participation from PayPay, New Enterprise Associates and Bessemer Venture Partners. In conjunction with the funding, Sameer Gandhi of Accel and Chicago entrepreneur Mark Tebbe will join Raise’s board of directors.

TigerGraph, a real-time graph analytics platform, has raised $31 million in Series A funding. The investors included Qiming VC, Baidu, Ant Financial, AME Cloud, Morado Ventures, Zod Nazem, Danhua Capital and DCVC.

Stockholm-based Funnel, which allows companies to automate their online marketing data, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. The investors were Balderton Capital, Industrifonden and Zobito.

Stanley Ventures, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, is leading the ongoing Series A funding round for FreeWire Technologies, which specializes in mobile and networked energy storage. No financial terms were disclosed. The funding round is expected to close by the end of October.

KDT Ventures has raised $3.54 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $30 million. The North Carolina-based early-stage venture firm focuses on the "intersection of technology and science."

AppGuard, a cyber security company, has secured more than $30 million in Series B funding. JTB Corp led the round. In addition to the funding, AppGuard has appointed Jon Loew as its new CEO.

Laguna Hills, California-based Sonendo Inc, a dental technology, has raised $50 million in funding. The investors included General Atlantic, Fjord Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors LLC, Meritech Capital Partners, CVF LLC and NeoMed. In conjunction with the funding, David Caluori of General Atlantic has been added to Sonendo's board of directors.

Birdies, a maker of home slippers, has secured $2 million in funding. Forerunner Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Slow Ventures, Graph Ventures and Social Capital.

San Francisco-based YayPay, a fintech startup, has secured $5.3 million in funding. QED Investors, Birchmere and Fifth Third Capital led the round with participation from 500 Fintech Fund, Aspect Ventures, Gaingels, Techstars and Zelkova.

Swrve, a provider of mobile marketing automation, has raised $25 million in Series D financing. The investors included Summit Bridge Capital.