The contract data analysis platform completed a series A round co-led by Microsoft's M12 unit, the second it has closed in under a year.

Naspers Fintech was among the investors that added $15m to the online lender's series B round, boosting its overall funding to $63m.

Grain-industry data management platform Bushel secured $19.5m from Continental Grain among others to take its total funding to $28m.

The contract data analysis platform completed a series A round co-led by Microsoft's M12 unit, the second it has closed in under a year.

State Auto Labs Fund and returning investor Innogy Ventures contributed to a round that boosted the total raised by the data processing software provider to more than $16m.

Cogitativo, developer of a data analysis platform for healthcare, has closed an $18.5m round led by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital.

UC Boulder-founded quantum atomic core developer ColdQuanta has picked up $10m in seed capital from two existing investors.

VTC Innovation Fund took part in a $15m round for organic meat brand operator Shenandoah Valley Organic, bringing its total to $24.2m.

Stanford University joined StartX to back Alchemy, a blockchain protocol company founded by two of its alumni.

Iqvia has led a $15m series C round for MIT-founded genomic data analytics spinout BC Platforms as part of a strategic partnership agreement.