EDP Ventures and Semapa Next took part in a $50.5m series B round for the AI verification data provider, which counts Amazon, Sony and Mastercard as earlier investors.

DefinedCrowd, a US-based provider of machine learning development tools, has received $50.5m in series B funding from investors including energy utility EDP and paper, pulp and cement holding producer Semapa.

The round also featured Hermes GPE, an investment firm backed by asset manager Hermes, as well as IronFire Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, Portugal Ventures, Kibo Ventures and Bynd Venture Capital, while EDP and Semapa took part through EDP Ventures and Semapa Next respectively.

Founded in 2015, DefinedCrowd uses a combination…