Deals Digest: Companies raise $1.15 bn this week, Uniphore turns unicorn

Companies raised $1.15 billion in venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funding this week, and Uniphore joined India's growing unicorn club as the conversational automation platform raised fresh capital at over $1 billion valuation. In comparison, $1.88 billion changed hands in equity financing by financial investors in the preceding week, ......