Motif Investing, Udemy and Layer can now speed-up product developments, and international expansion.

As, a unique must-attend landmark when it comes to the end-to-end digital transformation, Connectikpeople.co, recalls that, this program is intended to help organizations, and investors to live in real-time what happens in the startups world; in terms of funding, acquisitions, strategic alliances and more. Regarding the emerging countries, and startups, this is an instrument for them to discover which Venture Capital or Business angel can fund their projects.

Motif Investing ( Founded in 2010, San Mateo-based investment service), has raised a $35 million Series D round led by JPMorgan Chase & Co with participation from Wicklow Capital, Balderton Capital, and previous investors Goldman Sachs, Foundation Capital, Ignition Partners, and Norwest Venture Partners. Motif delivers a low-cost online trading platform and wealth management service for individuals. Motif has raised $86 million to date and will use the latest cash to back further technology development and expansion into international markets.

Udemy (Founded in 2010, San Francisco-based online learning platform), has raised $32 million in a Series C round led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Insight Venture Partners and MHS Capital.

With Udemy (an online marketplace), individual tutors can create and upload educational courses, both paid and for free. Udemy has raised $48 million to date and will put the latest funding into product developments, especially around mobile, and

international expansion.

Layer ( still in private beta), San Francisco-based communications platform , has raised $14.5 million in Series A funding from Homebrew, AME Cloud Ventures, CrunchFund, Fuel Capital, and other investors.

Connectikpeople.co recalls that, Layer is a framework that can be added into any mobile app to allow users to send text or video messages and share files across different applications. Layer expects to roll out to a larger number of developers soon.