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Sweepr, the Ireland-based creator of a support platform for connected homes, has disclosed that one of the investors in the $9m series A round it announced in October 2019 was e-commerce and home device group Amazon’s Alexa Fund, Silicon Republic reported on Monday. Venture capital fund Draper Esprit led the round, which included Frontline.vc, also a participant in the $2.7m seed round the company closed in 2018.

Networking technology provider Sterlite Technologies has agreed to acquire a 12.8% stake in…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.