Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share.
Backup startup Rubrik raises $41M more, introduces hybrid-cloud box
Silicon Valley startup Rubrik has designed hardware that can take care take care of boring but necessary processes usually reserved for software, like backup, compression, deduplication, and version management. Now investors are throwing $41 million in funding behind the startup, just a couple of months after it announced an initial funding round and started an early-access program.
Granify announces $7M round led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures
Valar Ventures, backed by Peter Thiel, led a $7 million funding round for e-commerce startup Granify.
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The Canada-based platform analyzes customers’ activity to identify if they are potential buyers or if they are just window-shopping. Then, Granify tries to persuade shoppers to buy the items by “providing contextual stimuli” like reminders of “free, no-hassle returns.”
Sublime Skinz announces $5M raise from France’s ISAI
Paris-based startup Sublime Skinz announced today it raised $5 million from the French web entrepreneurs’ fund, ISAI.
Funds from this round will go toward international expansion and a New York office opening later this year.
Booking site Hotels.ng takes in $1.2M from Omidyar Network and others
Nigeria-based Hotels.ng announced it raised $1.2 million from Pierre Omidyar’s Omidyar Network and EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund to expand its booking platform.
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This list will be updated with breaking funding news all day. Check back for more.
