Funding Roundup: Arena, Scanntech, BloomX and Others Raise New Capital
Arena led the day’s funding activity with a $200 million Series B at a $3.1 billion valuation, while Latin American retail intelligence company Scanntech secured a $180 million growth investment. Israeli agricultural technology startup BloomX raised $13 million to expand its robotic crop-pollination systems. In Japan, THE PHAGE announced ¥570 million in Series A financing and Ocean disclosed a second Series A closing with strategic investors.
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