* ConsenSys, a seven-year-old, New York-based company that develops apps and tools based on Ethereum, is raising new funding at a $3 billion valuation, says the Financial Times. More here.
* Elliptic, an eight-year-old, London-based crypto asset risk management company, has raised $60 million in Series C funding led by Evolution Equity Partners. Other participants in the round include SoftBank and earlier backers AlbionVC, Digital Currency Group, Wells Fargo, SBI Group, Octopus Ventures, SignalFire and Paladin Capital Group. Cointelegraph has more here.
* Homa Games, a three-year-old, Paris, France-based studio that produces "hypercasual" mobile games, has raised $50 million in Series A funding led by Northzone. Other participants include the founders of Singular, King and FuboTV, as well as Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s family office. VentureBeat has more here.
* Magic Leap, the 10-year-old, San Francisco-based augmented reality startup, has raised $500 million at a $2 billion valuation from existing investors, it announced today without naming those backers. The round echoes the terms of an October 2014 raise, when Magic Leap raised $542 million at a reported $2 billion valuation. "Quite a bit has happened in the meantime," notes TechCrunch. More here.
* MoonPay, a three-year-old, Miami-based crypto payments startup that allows people to use credit cards to buy cryptocurrencies or other digital assets from marketplaces like OpenSea, is raising $400 million at a $3.4 billion valuation in its first-ever outside round funding, including to The Information. Tiger Global Management and Coatue Management are reportedly co-leading the round, joined by NEA, Thrive Capital, Paradigm and Blossom Capital are also investing in the round. More here.
* Personio, a 6.5-year-old, Munich, Germany-based maker of HR software for small and medium-size companies, has $270 million in new funding led by Greenoaks Capital Partners, with participation from Altimeter Capital, Alkeon, and earlier investors Index Ventures, Accel, Meritech, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northzone and Global Founders Capital. The company's valuation jumps to $6.3 billion in the deal; it was assigned a $1.7 billion valuation by its investors back in January. TechCrunch has more here.
* SkyCell, an eight-year-old Swiss company whose smart containers allow pharmaceutical companies to predict, reduce, and control the risks associated with transporting temperature-sensitive drug, has added $35 million in funding to a Series C round that had closed with $62 million last year. The equity and debt funding includes investors in the Middle East, including DisruptAD, which is the venture arm of an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, and SHUAA, a UAE asset management and investment banking firm. TechCrunch has more here.
* Swile, a five-year-old, Paris, France-based company centered around payment cards for employee benefits like meals and ride-share services to and from the office, has raised $200 million in Series D funding. SoftBank led the round, joined by earlier investors Eurazeo, Index Ventures and Bpifrance. TechCrunch has more here.
* Wiz, a two-year-old, Palo Alto, Ca.- and Israel-based cloud security platform, raised $250 million in Series C funding at a $6 billion valuation -- up from the $1.8 billion valuation it was assigned during its last round just four months ago. Greenoaks and Insight Partners co-led the financing, joined by Sequoia Capital and Salesforce Ventures. The Times of Israel has more here.
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