Cambridge, UK-based semiconductor company Pragmatic raised a $35M Series C extension, bringing the round’s total to $125M (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:
Cambridge, UK-based semiconductor company Pragmatic raised a $35M Series C extension, bringing the round’s total to $125M  —  Cambridge-based semiconductor firm Pragmatic is making flexible integrated circuits, all sans silicon.  And has caught the investment eye of the CIA.  In part.

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:
Dublin-based Tines, which offers no-code automation tools for security teams, raised a $55M Series B extension, bringing the total Series B to ~$77M  —  Offering dead simple drag-and-drop automation workflows for cybersecurity teams, Dublin’s Tines has raised an additional $55 million in a Series B round extension.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Cloud storage startup Wasabi, which competes with AWS’ S3, raised a $250M Series D, or $125M equity, led by L2 Point, and $125M debt, at a $1.1B+ valuation  —  The cloud services sector is still dominated by Amazon and the other so-called “hyperscalers” — e.g. the Microsoft Azures, Google Cloud Platforms and IBM Clouds of the world.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Jasper, a service that leverages AI to generate marketing art and copy, raised $125M led by Insight Partners at a $1.7B valuation  —  As the enthusiasm around AI image and text generators grows, Jasper, a startup developing what it describes as an “AI content” platform, has raised $125 million at a $1.7 billion valuation.

Reuters:
An investigation shows the CIA’s failure to secure its messaging system for Iranian assets, often hidden within websites, leading to capture, torture, and death  —  The spy was minutes from leaving Iran when he was nabbed.  —  Gholamreza Hosseini was at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran in late 2010, preparing for a flight to Bangkok.

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Singapore-based Igloo, an AI-based insurtech platform for underserved groups in SE Asia, raised a $27M Series B extension, bringing the round’s total to $46M  —  Igloo, a Singapore-based insurtech focused on underserved communities in Southeast Asia, announced it has raised a Series B extension …