Crowdbotics, a software development platform with a library of prebuilt app architectures, raised a $40M Series B led by NEA (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Crowdbotics, a software development platform with a library of prebuilt app architectures, raised a $40M Series B led by NEA  —  Crowdbotics, a software development platform with a library of prebuilt app architectures, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series B round led by NEA …

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Estonia-based Katana, which offers ERP software with prebuilt integrations to SMB manufacturers, raised a €35M Series B, bringing its total funding to ~$50M  —  Katana, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, has raised €35 million ($34 million) in a Series B round of funding.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
PolyAI, which uses AI to handle call center calls, raised a $40M Series B led by Georgian at a $300M post-money valuation, bringing its total funding to $70M  —  Is it possible to build a voice assistant for the call center that can pick up on indirect questions to figure out the best time to hand calls over to a human?

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
IriusRisk, which offers companies an automated threat modeling platform, raised a $29M Series B led by Paladin Capital, bringing its total funding to ~$40M  —  IriusRisk, a threat modeling platform, today announced that it raised $29 million in a Series B funding round led by Paladin Capital Group …

Andrew Orr / AppleInsider:
Apple’s iOS 16 webpage now lists iCloud Shared Photo library as “coming later this year”; the feature was also removed from the latest iOS 16 betas  —  Apple announced iCloud Shared Photo Library as part of iOS 16, but it appears that the feature won’t arrive in the iOS 16 release on September 12.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
RisingWave Labs, which is developing a data stream processing service, raised a $36M Series A led by Yunqi Partners, bringing its total funding to $40M+  —  RisingWave Labs, a company developing a platform for data stream processing, today announced that it raised $36 million in a Series …