• Klarna, a Swedish online payment platform, is raising upwards of $1 billion in new funding at a $31 billion valuation, per Bloomberg. http://axios.link/hovR
• Yuanfudao, a Beijing-based online tutoring platform, is raising upwards of $1 billion at a valuation north of $20 billion, with both Boyu Capital and DCP Capital among possible investors, per Bloomberg. Existing backers include Hillhouse Capital and Tencent. http://axios.link/jiVg
đźš‘ Orna Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of engineered circular RNA therapeutics, raised $80 million in Series A funding from MPM Capital, Taiho Ventures, F2 Ventures, PAGS Group, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, Astellas Venture Management and Kite Pharma. http://axios.link/bWPI
⚡ Malta, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of long-duration energy storage solutions, raised $50 million in Series B funding. Proman led, and was joined by Dustin Moskovitz and insiders Alfa Laval and Breakthrough Energy Ventures. www.maltainc.com
• Blueshift, a San Francisco-based customer data platform, raised $30 million in Series C funding. Fort Ross Ventures led, and was joined by Avatar Growth Capital and insiders Softbank Ventures Asia, Storm Ventures, Conductive Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners. www.blueshift.com
• Katana Graph, an Austin, Texas-based graph processing company, raised $28.5 million in Series A funding. Intel Capital led, and was joined by WRVI Capital, Nepenthe Capital, Dell Technologies Capital, and Redline Capital. www.katanagraph.com
• EarnUp, a San Francisco-based platform for financially challenged homeowners, raised $25 million in Series B funding. Bain Capital Ventures led, and was joined by SignalFire, Blumberg Capital and Flourish Ventures. www.earnup.com
• Parkside, a San Francisco-based stock trading and clearing platform for brokerages and digital banks, raised $24 million in Series A funding from Mubadala Capital, Peak6, FinTech Collective and Enlight Growth Partners. www.parkside.app
• Hubilo, a San Francisco-based virtual and hybrid events platform, raised $23.5 million in Series A funding co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Balderton Capital. www.hubilo.com
• Saltmine, a San Francisco-based provider of office real estate optimization software, raised $20 million in Series A funding. JLL Spark led, and was joined by Jungle Ventures and Xplorer Capital. http://axios.link/3nV0
• Wisetack, a San Francisco-based provider of buy-now-pay-later services for business transactions, raised $19 million. Greylock led, and was joined by Bain Capital Ventures. http://axios.link/96rm
• Everdrop, a Munich-based maker of dissolvable cleaning tablets, raised €18 million in Series A funding. Felix Capital led, and was joined by HV Capital and Vorwerk Ventures. http://axios.link/hKKO
• Contra, a professional network for freeelancers, raised $14.5 million. Unusual Ventures led, and was joined by Cowboy Ventures and Atelier Ventures. www.contra.com
• Zelros, a French insurance distribution startup, raised $11 million in Series A funding led by BGV. www.zelros.com
• Koffie Labs, a Brooklyn-based insure-tech startup focused on the trucking market, raised $4.5 million from Anthemis Group, Lerer Hippeau, 2048 Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures and C2 Ventures. http://axios.link/pZER
• FloorFound, an Austin, Texas-based retail returns management system, raised $4 million in seed funding. LiveOak Ventures Partners led, and was joined by Flybridge Capital, Next Coast Ventures, 8VC and Schematic Ventures. http://axios.link/2Hza