One of the largest funding rounds this year by a Philly tech startup was announced today: Guru just raised a $9.3 million Series A led by San Mateo, Calif.-based Emergence Capital, with participation from past investor FirstMark Capital and Michael Dell’s MSD Capital.

Per Guru cofounder Rick Nucci, the round is aimed at fueling the startup’s “next-stage” growth and building out the machine learning capabilities of its team-knowledge software solution. Currently at a headcount of 35, the Old City startup is looking to raise that number to 50 by the end of the year.

Numbers aside, the cash will help shape the company’s offering.

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