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Siemens' Next47 fund and KCPL both participated in the $23.6m round, which the commercial cleaning robot provider will use to increase headcount.

IT Inkubator at University of Saarland will open its program to researchers across Germany, who will however have to join the existing facilities in Saarbrücken.

The Y Combinator graduate collected $11.5m in a round that included contributions from Tencent, ServiceNow, Presidio Ventures and GMO Ventures.

The Cisco-backed data analytics software provider boosted its total funding to $50m in a series C round led by Coatue Management.

Harel Insurance and Phoenix Insurance both backed a series C round that took the lidar technology developer's overall funding to $214m.

Cosmian has secured backing from the PSL Innovation Fund to advance products based on inventions from multiple French research institutes including PSL-hosted Inria.

Sunshine Insurance co-led the recruitment software producer's series C round, which will fund the development of IfChange's candidate matching technology.

Robotics technology provider CloudMinds has recruited Vision Fund, managed by existing investor SoftBank, for a $300m round that will fund the ramping up of its production capabilities.

The lidar technology developer has followed a $27m series A round by adding $60m from investors including existing backers Cox Enterprises and Exelon.

The Bloomberg-backed cybersecurity technology developer reeled in $26m in a round co-led by Sorenson Ventures, Lytical Ventures and Edison Partners.

Twelve teams will be given the opportunity to participate in the ten-week accelerator, which is also backed by corporates Vodafone Ireland and Ericsson.