Enterprise

Microsoft Partnering With Schlumberger And Chevron For Petrotechnical Initiatives

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2019

Microsoft, Schlumberger, and Chevron have announced a three-party collaboration to deliver innovative petrotechnical and digital technologies.

Transportation Safety Management Company Idelic Raises $8 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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.

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

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 19, 2019

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

Bain Capital Names Keri Gohman As An Operating Partner

By Annie Baker ● Sep 19, 2019

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

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

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 18, 2019

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

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

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 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 ● Sep 18, 2019

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

Smart Cities Solutions Company CIMCON Closes $33 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Sep 18, 2019

Smart cities technologies company CIMCON announced recently that it raised $33 million in funding.

Online Pharmacy Company Capsule Raises $200 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 18, 2019

Online pharmacy company Capsule announced it raised $200 million in funding to expand to other large cities across the U.S.

Customer Identity Company Trulioo Raises CAN$70 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 18, 2019

Vancouver-based identity and address verification service Trulioo announced it raised CAN$70 million in funding.