Tracxn Deals of the Week: AI, Cybersecurity, and Big Data (January 12-18, 2024)

According to Tracxn, these are the notable deals this week across the world of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and big data analytics.

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Artificial Intelligence

• Focus, a social network that mixes crypto speculation, social media, and generative AI, raised a Series D – $200M round from Sequoia Capital, Social Capital, a16z, and Coinbase.
• algo.ai, an AI-powered data analytics platform that collects and processes data based on news searches, raised a Series B – $20M round from Vistara Growth.
• Upstage, a provider of IT operations analytics and network incident response solutions, raised a Series B – $19 M round from, SK Networks.
• SeeTree, a machine learning-based, data-driven solutions for analyzing tree health, raised a Series C – $17.5M round from HSBC, EBRD, OurCrowd, Hanaco Ventures, and others.
• Manteia technology, a provider of an adaptive radiotherapy system for diagnosis of disease, raised a Series B – $15.4M round from Fujian Yangming Venture Capital.
• ORCA-TECH, a provider of underwater cleaning robots, raised a Series B – $14M round from Gobi Partners, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, and Skyview Fund.

Cybersecurity

• Vicarius, a proxy-based isolation for malware attack prevention on the endpoints, raised a Series B – $30.1M round from Bright Pixel Capital, AllegisCyber Capital, AlleyCorp, and Strait Capital.
• Secret Double Octopus, a keyless networking framework for network security, raised a Series C – $15M round from KDDI, JVP, Benhamou Global Ventures, and Space Center Ventures.
• Searchlight Security, a darknet intelligence platform, raised a Seed round from Charlesbank Capital Partners.
• Anchor, a cloud-based platform for enterprise data management, raised a Series A round from INVEST101.
• Snow Technology, a zero-trust network access platform, raised a Seed round from CDH and Primavera.
• Tido, an identification and digital signing solution, raised a Seed round from Maxula Gestion.

Big Data Analytics

• Briq, a platform offering billing, spend management, and financial planning solutions, raised a Series B – $8M round from Eniac Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, MetaProp, Tiger Global Management, and others.
• 0xScope, a developer of ML platform for data science teams, raised a Seed – $5M round from HashKey Capital, DHVC, Redpoint China Ventures, Antalpha, and others.
• AlphaSense, an AI-interfaced market intelligence and search platform, raised a Seed round from EDBI.

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