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Sinch acquires MessageMedia for $1.3B

Stockholm-based , a provider of cloud-based mobile customer engagement tools, that it will pay $1.3 billion to acquire , a mobile messaging platform.

Under terms of the deal, Sinch will pay $1.1 billion in cash for Melbourne, Australia-based MessageMedia, with the remainder of the purchase in stock.

Founded in 2000, MessageMedia focuses on tools enabling businesses to engage with customers through text messages, offering a platform that can be deployed without coding or API integrations.

— Joanna Glasner

Northvolt raises $2.75B for EV batteries

Swedish battery developer has raised $2.75 billion in a new round of funding, the company said Wednesday. The round was co-led by Swedish pension funds AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4, along with Capital Markets. The company plans to use the new funding to expand its Swedish gigafactory and invest in research and development. Northvolt counts and among its customers, and has raised more than $6.5 billion in funding.

— Sophia Kunthara

Scalable Capital raises over $180M Series E

Munich-based , a digital wealth management platform for banks, insurers and corporations, in a Series E funding round led by .

The latest financing brings total funding to date for the 7-year-old company to around $320 million. Operating in several European markets, Scalable offers a digital trading platform giving private investors the opportunity to manage their investments themselves.

— Joanna Glasner

Venture funds

SVLC raises $22M for second fund: , or SVLC, said Wednesday that it has raised $22 million for Fund II, its newest early-stage investment fund, which will be focused on investing in startups focused on technology that addresses issues such as climate change, world hunger and chronic disease. Limited partners in the fund include , IPG and investors 听补苍诲 .

“We are focused on three pillars: environment, society, and health, and we chose specific themes for each pillar,” , founder and managing partner at SVLC, said in a statement announcing the new fund. “Whether you are a serial founder, a tech entrepreneur, or a scientist, we are here to help you build a breakthrough company, from the moment of inception.鈥�

The San Francisco-based fund is receiving funding from PayPal as part of the San Jose-based fintech giant’s commitment, announced last month, in Black- and Latino-led venture funds.

鈥� Marlize van Romburgh

Rev1 launches second fund: , the startup studio that combines capital and strategic services to help startups scale and corporates innovate, launched its second fund, Rev1 Fund II, a $20 million corporate-backed fund aimed at supporting high-growth companies in Ohio and beyond. The fund will support high-growth seed and early-stage companies in the digital health, health care IT, HR technology, fintech, insurtech, data analytics, enterprise SaaS and life sciences sectors.

— Christine Hall

Enterprise software

Stoke closes $15.5M Series A: Palo Alto-based closed a $15.5 million Series A led by , with participation from all previous investors and angels including , Dynamic and Loop. The remote teams and freelance management platform developer has now raised $20 million.

鈥� Chris Metinko

Clean tech

Terraformation lands $30M: , a Hawaii-based forest restoration company, announced $30 million in funding, led by and , to support its mission to help solve climate change by restoring thriving ecosystems to capture carbon across billions of acres of degraded land. The funding will be used to accelerate global forest restoration projects, support R&D and expand hiring.

— Christine Hall

Health care

Hawthorne Effect secures $20M: , a San Francisco-based company facilitating decentralizing clinical trials, closed on $20 million in Series A funding to continue developing its technology for patient recruitment and retention, as well as accelerate growth and help scale the company鈥檚 operations. led the round, which gives the company $24 million in total funding, according to Hawthorne.

— Christine Hall

Fintech

Wagely banks $5.6M: Jakarta-based , a fintech startup that enables workers to access their already earned wages in real-time, announced $5.6 million in funding led by .

— Christine Hall

Tech news

Sweet providing NFTs for Dave & Buster’s: New York-based , a broad-scale enterprise NFT tool is working with entertainment giant ‘s to offer NFT/digital collectible coins and cards that can be claimed as prizes.

— Christine Hall

Cybersecurity

Aura lands $150M Series E: Burlington, Massachusetts-based closed a $150 million Series E funding round led by . The company 鈥� which helps consumers protect their digital identity 鈥� has more than 1.7 million customers with more than $220 million in annual revenue. The company has raised approximately $450 million to date from investors including , and .

鈥� Chris Metinko

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