Bristol-based Immersive Labs raises $40 million

Cyber-skills platform, Immersive Labs has raised $40M in Series B funding, its second round of financing this year. Immersive Labs also raised $8 million in January in a Series A.

The company is on a mission to help corporate employees learn new cybersecurity skills through its platform. With the funding, the company plans to expand into the North American market.

The round was led by Summit Partners and saw participation from Goldman Sachs.

Card consolidation company Curve adds support for Google Pay

Curve consolidates all your existing credit cards into a single, virtual card. After integrating Samsung Pay, the company has now announced support for Google Pay. The London based banking platform has made banking simpler for Android users with this move.

“We are delighted to announce Curve’s integration with Google Pay,” said Diego Rivas, Curve’s head of Product, in a statement. “Curve is still an excellent way of consolidating all your cards in one and its integration with Google Pay enables even more ways to pay if you don’t have your physical card handy” added Diego Rivas. With Google Pay, customers can bypass the £30 spending limit often imposed by several contactless cards.

Amperity acquires customer analytics company Custora

In a bid to improve its customer data platform, Amperity, an AI-powered customer data management platform has acquired Custora, a company that provides advanced customer analytics for the retail industry.

Custora previously raised $20M in funding and the details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Customers can still use both Amperity and Custora separately, however Amperity clearly views the acquisition as presenting complementary value to its customers.