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Spotinst raises $35M

Spotinst, a cloud infrastructure and workload management startup with offices in U.S. and Israel, has raised $35 million as part of a Series-B funding round. The investment was led by Highland Capital. Existing investors including Intel Capital, Vertex Ventures, and Leaders Fund also participated in the round.

Spotinst has raised approximately $52 million to date.

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