Agriconomie, an e-commerce store for European farmers to order agricultural supplies such as fertilizers and animal feed, has raised a $60.4M Series B (Keerthi Vedantam/Crunchbase News)

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Atlanta-based ConnexPay, which integrates incoming user payments with supplier payments in one platform, raised $110M from FTV Capital for European expansion  —  Fintech platform ConnexPay announced on Tuesday it received $110 million in growth investment led by FTV Capital to expand the company beyond the U.S. and into Europe.

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Sources: the US Department of Agriculture is probing Neuralink for potential animal welfare violations after complaints that its animal testing is being rushed  —  Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid …

Keerthi Vedantam / Crunchbase News:
Chicago-based Tempus, which uses AI for drug discovery, clinical trials, and diagnostics, raised $275M in equity and debt, bringing its total funding to $1.3B+  —  This is not your average raise.  —  Biotech upstart Tempus announced on Thursday it raised $275 million through equity …

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Toronto-based TouchBistro, which offers payments tools for restaurants globally, raised CA$150M led by Francisco Partners, bringing its funding to ~CA$433M  —  TouchBistro, a restaurant point-of-sale system, announced on Tuesday it nabbed $110 million (CAD $150 million) …

Josh Boak / Associated Press:
The USDA announces $759M in grants and loans for 49 recipients in 24 states for rural high-speed internet access, as part of the $65B infrastructure law  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making available $759 million in grants and loans to enable rural communities …

Reuters:
France plans to impose a €3 minimum delivery fee for online book orders of less than €35 to help independent bookstores compete against big sellers like Amazon  —  France plans to impose a minimum delivery fee of 3 euros ($2.93) for online book orders of less than 35 euros to level …