INVESTMENT

Fuse announced that it has raised a $25 million Series A led by Footwork, Primary Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, and Commerce Ventures.

Semiconductor startup Frore Systems has raised a $143 million Series D, led by MVP Ventures, at $1.64 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday.

A Cape Town-based fintech, NjiaPay, that was still a division of an international calling platform just fifteen months ago has closed a $2.1m seed funding round,

Aqua-Spark, the Dutch impact investment fund focused on the global aquaculture industry, has held the final close of its dedicated Africa fund at $48m (€41.7m).

B2B food and agritech platform WayCool has raised Rs 210 crore (about $22.7 million) through a rights issue from existing investor Lightrock India.

South African fintech startup Orca has raised a $2.35 million seed round to expand its fraud-prevention platform for payment systems in emerging markets.

Gestala has raised $21.6 million (CN¥150 million) just two months after launching, at a valuation of $100 million to $200 million, founder and CEO Phoenix Peng told TechCrunch.

Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised $150 million in a Series B funding round that values it at $2 billion, coming just four months after the company raised a $100 million Series A.

Mind Robotics, an industrial robotics lab spun out of the electric vehicle maker Rivian, has raised $500 million in a Series A funding round co-led by venture firms Accel and Andreessen Horowitz.

Breakout Ventures has closed a $114 million Fund III to back AI-focused early-stage startups working in scientific fields such as biology and chemistry.

Fintech platform True Balance has raised $10 million in debt funding from a group of investors including Northern Arc Capital to support the growth of its lending arm, True Credits Pvt Ltd.

Omnichannel clothing brand Bonkers Corner has raised Rs 95 crore (approximately $10.5 million) in its Series A funding round, led by India SME Investment Fund