Funding

OPAQ Networks, a Herndon, VA-based network security cloud company, closed a $22.5m Series B round of financing. The round was led by new investor Greenspring Associates, with participation from Columbia Capital and Harmony Partners. Hunter Somerville, Partner at Greenspring Associates, will join the OPAQ Networks’ Board of Directors.

Arkera, a London, UK-based artificial intelligence platform for personal investing, raised £4m in funding. The round was led by XTX Markets and Alan Howard with participation from DOCOMO Digital, Henry Ritchotte and additional investors.

Comet.ml, a New York City-based machine learning platform, raised $2.3m in seed funding. The round was led by Trilogy Equity Partners with participation from Two Sigma Ventures, Founders Co-Op, Fathom Capital and Techstars Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Yuval Neeman, Partner at Trilogy Equity Partners, will join Comet.ml’s Board of Directors and Matt Jacobus, Two Sigma’s Former CTO and a Venture Partner at Two Sigma Ventures, will join as a board observer.

Suplari, the AI-driven insights platform for procurement, today announced that it has closed a $10.3 million Series A financing led by Shasta Ventures with participation from new investors including Two Sigma Ventures and Workday Ventures as well as existing investors Madrona Venture Group and Amplify Partners.

A BELFAST-based global data analytics firm has raised £3.75 million to support its continued expansion. Diaceutics, which is headed by Belfast man Peter Keeling, has secured mezzanine financing from two partners, WhiteRock Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. The funding will allow the company to invest in the data analytics services that it provides to pharmaceutical clients and continue to expand its global laboratory network. The company will also look to grow the internal team of experts to deliver data-driven insights designed to improve diagnostic testing that benefits patients.

Nift, a start-up network designed to help SMBs match neighborhood businesses with local customers by leveraging AI machine learning algorithms, has raised $16.5 million in Series A funding from Spark Capital, Foundry Group and Accomplice.

Remesh, the software company utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to reinvent the way organizations conduct research, today announced a $10 million Series A funding round led by General Catalyst with participation from Seed Round lead investor, LionBird Ventures

The serverless computing company Stackery this week closed on a new round of funding and launched a health-monitoring dashboard for serverless deployments. The Portland, Oregon-based firm pocketed $5.5 million in new funding, which pushed its total haul to more than $7.3 million since it was founded in 2016. The latest round was led by HWVP with additional participation from Voyager Capital, Pipeline Capital Partners, and Founders’ Co-op.