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Liz Elting Donates $5 Million To NYU Stern For Supporting Advancement Of Women In Business

Facebook Unveils New Portal Mini, Portal, and Portal TV

Transportation Safety Management Company Idelic Raises $8 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● September 20, 2019

Idelic, a Pittsburgh-based data and analytics company focused on improving safety in the commercial/industrial transportation industry, announced it raised $8 million.

Spotify Is Hiring Lee Brown From BuzzFeed

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 20, 2019

Spotify is going to be hiring Lee Brown as its head of global sales effective next month. Brown is currently the CRO of BuzzFeed.

NBC May Reboot ‘The Office’ For Peacock Streaming Service

By Annie Baker ● September 20, 2019

NBCUniversal recently announced an upcoming streaming service called Peacock, which will feature a couple of reboots (potentially even in The Office).

Wells Fargo Is Now Piloting An Internal Settlement Service Using Distributed Ledger Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 20, 2019

Wells Fargo & Company recently announced the pilot of an internal settlement service called Wells Fargo Digital Cash.

SKOUT CYBERSECURITY Secures $25 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 20, 2019

Cloud-native cybersecurity provider SKOUT CYBERSECURITY announced that it raised $25 million in Series B funding led by ClearSky.

Advent International Raises $2 Billion For Global Tech Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 20, 2019

Advent International, one of the largest global private equity investors, announced a $2 billion close for the Advent Global Technology fund.

Data Collective Closes $725 Million For Fifth Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 20, 2019

Venture firm Data Collective announced that it closed $725 million for its fifth fund called DCVC V, which has a focus on Deep Tech.

Turnspire Capital Partners Promotes Abel Osorio To Partner

By Noah Long ● September 20, 2019

Turnspire Capital Partners announced it promoted Abel S. Osorio to partner. Osorio had joined Turnspire in 2016.

Rob Deichert Joins Eyeview As CEO

By Annie Baker ● September 20, 2019

Rob Deichert has been named as CEO of Eyeview and is succeeding founder Oren Harnevo.

TouchBistro Raises CAN$158 Million In Series E Funding

By Dan Anderson ● September 20, 2019

TouchBistro announced it raised CAN$158 million in Series E funding, which was led by OMERS Growth.

Automattic: $300 Million In Funding At $3 Billion Post-Money Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 20, 2019

Automattic announced it has raised $300 million in a Series D round of funding from Salesforce Ventures at a $3 billion post-money valuation.

Airbnb Confirms Plans To Go Public In 2020

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 20, 2019

Home-sharing company Airbnb confirmed its plans to go public in 2020. The specific timeframe for the IPO was not disclosed.

Amazon To Order 100,000 Rivian Electric Vans As Part Of ‘Climate Pledge’

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 19, 2019

Amazon has announced several of its goals as part of The Climate Pledge along with an order for 100,000 electric vans from Rivian.

Stripe Raises $250 Million In Funding At $35 Billion Pre-Money Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 19, 2019

Online payment company Stripe announced that it raised $250 million in additional funding at a new pre-money valuation of $35 billion.

High School Esports Company PlayVS Raises $50 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 19, 2019

High school eSports platform company PlayVS announced that it raised $50 million in Series C funding led by New Enterprise Associates.

Bain Capital Names Keri Gohman As An Operating Partner

By Annie Baker ● September 19, 2019

Growth stage investor company Bain Capital Ventures announced that it named Keri Gohman as an operating partner.

Google Fi Has A New Cheaper Unlimited Plan With 100GB Cloud Storage

By Noah Long ● September 19, 2019

Google Fi is now offering a cheaper unlimited plan with 100GB of cloud storage. These are the details.

JPMorgan Chase And Wells Fargo Invest In Debit Card For Kids Company Greenlight

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 19, 2019

Greenlight Financial Technology recently announced that it raised $54 million in Series B funding led by Drive Capital.

SecZetta Closes $10 Million And Art Coviello Joins The Board

By Annie Baker ● September 18, 2019

Non-employee identity risk and lifecycle management platform company SecZetta announced that it raised $10 million in Series A funding led by ClearSky.

Cybersecurity Company Shift5 Raises $2.5 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● September 18, 2019

Cybersecurity company Shift5 announced that it raised $2.5 million in venture funding led by Squadra Ventures.

Autonomous Vehicle Development Company Applied Intuition Secures $40 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● September 18, 2019

Applied Intuition, the provider of the leading simulation platform to power autonomous vehicle development worldwide, announced that it raised $40 million in Series B.

Bee Partners Raises $43 Million For Third Fund

By Annie Baker ● September 18, 2019

San Francisco-based Bee Partners recently raised $43 million for its third fund called Bee III.

Product Experience Management Company Akeneo Raises $46 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● September 18, 2019

Product Experience Management (PXM) solutions company Akeneo announced it raised $46 million in funding led by Summit Partners.

Healthy.io: $60 Million In Funding To Turn Smartphones Into A Clinical-Grade Medical Device

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 18, 2019

Healthy.io, a company that turns the smartphone camera into a clinical-grade medical device, announced that it received 510(k) clearance from the FDA and raised $60 million.

Explorium: This Data Science Platform Company Has Just Raised $19 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● September 18, 2019

Explorium announced that it raised $19 million in funding to scale its new breed of data science platform.

Group Nine Media: $50 Million Funding At More Than $600 Million Valuation

By Dan Anderson ● September 18, 2019

Group Nine Media recently announced that it raised $50 million in funding at a valuation of more than $600 million.

Caper Receives $10 Million In Funding To Scale Its AI Checkout Platform

By Dan Anderson ● September 18, 2019

AI-powered shopping cart company Caper announced that it closed $10 million in Series A funding led by Lux Capital.

Real-Time Big Data Database Company ScyllaDB Raises $25 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● September 18, 2019

Real-time big data database company ScyllaDB announced it raised $25 million in funding to meet the demand for a highly scalable NoSQL database.

Samsara: $300 Million Funding And $6.3 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● September 18, 2019

Industrial IoT leader Samsara announced it raised $300 million in funding at a $6.3 billion valuation.

Earnest Research Secures $15 Million In Funding To Expand On Its Data Platform

By Dan Anderson ● September 18, 2019

Earnest Research, the largest provider of data analytics products for measuring the consumer economy, announced it raised $15 million.

Liz Elting Donates $5 Million To NYU Stern For Supporting Advancement Of Women In Business

Facebook Unveils New Portal Mini, Portal, and Portal TV

Transportation Safety Management Company Idelic Raises $8 Million In Funding

Spotify Is Hiring Lee Brown From BuzzFeed

NBC May Reboot ‘The Office’ For Peacock Streaming Service

Wells Fargo Is Now Piloting An Internal Settlement Service Using Distributed Ledger Technology

SKOUT CYBERSECURITY Secures $25 Million In Funding

Advent International Raises $2 Billion For Global Tech Fund

Data Collective Closes $725 Million For Fifth Fund

Turnspire Capital Partners Promotes Abel Osorio To Partner

Rob Deichert Joins Eyeview As CEO

TouchBistro Raises CAN$158 Million In Series E Funding

Automattic: $300 Million In Funding At $3 Billion Post-Money Valuation

Airbnb Confirms Plans To Go Public In 2020

Amazon To Order 100,000 Rivian Electric Vans As Part Of ‘Climate Pledge’

Stripe Raises $250 Million In Funding At $35 Billion Pre-Money Valuation

High School Esports Company PlayVS Raises $50 Million In Funding

Bain Capital Names Keri Gohman As An Operating Partner

Google Fi Has A New Cheaper Unlimited Plan With 100GB Cloud Storage

JPMorgan Chase And Wells Fargo Invest In Debit Card For Kids Company Greenlight

SecZetta Closes $10 Million And Art Coviello Joins The Board

Cybersecurity Company Shift5 Raises $2.5 Million In Funding

Autonomous Vehicle Development Company Applied Intuition Secures $40 Million In Funding

Bee Partners Raises $43 Million For Third Fund

Product Experience Management Company Akeneo Raises $46 Million In Funding

Healthy.io: $60 Million In Funding To Turn Smartphones Into A Clinical-Grade Medical Device

Explorium: This Data Science Platform Company Has Just Raised $19 Million In Funding

Group Nine Media: $50 Million Funding At More Than $600 Million Valuation

Caper Receives $10 Million In Funding To Scale Its AI Checkout Platform

Real-Time Big Data Database Company ScyllaDB Raises $25 Million In Funding

Samsara: $300 Million Funding And $6.3 Billion Valuation

Earnest Research Secures $15 Million In Funding To Expand On Its Data Platform

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