Enterprise

HTC Names Yves Maitre As CEO

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 17, 2019

Mobile company HTC announced it appointed Yves Maitre as CEO of the company effective immediately.

Report: Facebook Is Working On Smart Glasses With Luxottica

By Annie Baker ● Sep 17, 2019

Facebook is reportedly working on a smart glasses product in partnership with Ray-Ban parent company Luxottica.

Clinc And OCBC Are Now Running Singapore’s First Conversational AI Virtual Banking Tool

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2019

Clinc, the creators behind a sophisticated natural language artificial intelligence tool, announced it partnered with Singapore-based OCBC Bank.

Salesforce-Based Enterprise Quality Management System ComplianceQuest Raises $36 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 17, 2019

Salesforce-based Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS) ComplianceQuest announced it raised $36 million in Series A funding.

Q-CTRL: This Australia-Based Quantum Computing Company Just Raised $15 Million

By Annie Baker ● Sep 16, 2019

Australia-based quantum computing startup Q-CTRL announced that it raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Square Peg Capital.

Echodyne: This High-Performance Radar Company Has Secured $20 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 16, 2019

Innovative and high-performance radar company Echodyne announced it has raised $20 million in funding.

Link Ventures Closes $100 Million To Fund Internet Consumer Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2019

Cambridge-based venture capital firm Link Ventures announced that it received more than $100 million in capital commitments for its Link Ventures 2 fund.

Video Feedback And Analytics Company Voxpopme Secures $9 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 16, 2019

Leading video feedback and analytics company Voxpopme announced that it raised $9 million in Series A1 equity financing led by Origin Ventures.

Trifacta: This Leading Data Wrangling Company Has Just Raised $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2019

Data wrangling leader Trifacta recently announced that it raised $100 million in funding from a number of prominent companies and venture capital firms.

Digital Home Buying Platform Prevu Receives $2 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 16, 2019

Customer-focused digital home buying platform Prevu announced it has raised $2 million in funding led by Corigin Ventures.

Robotics And AI Company Simbe Secures $26 Million

By Noah Long ● Sep 16, 2019

Simbe Robotics, a robotics and AI company that provides physical retailers with insights into inventory and operations, announced it raised $26 million.

Cloud Security Platform Lacework Raises $42 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 16, 2019

Rapidly growing cloud security platform Lacework announced it raised $42 million in funding from Sutter Hill Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures.

Foundation Capital Raises $350 Million For Ninth Fund To Invest In Early-Stage Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2019

Foundation Capital announced that it raised $350 million for a ninth fund called Foundation Capital Fund 9 (FC9) to invest in early-stage startups.

Home Equity Financing Company Patch Homes Secures $5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Sep 16, 2019

Patch Homes, a modern finance company that helps homeowners tap into their home equity without selling their home, announced it raised $5 million.

Element AI Raises CAD $200 Million To Accelerate Deployment And Commercialize Solutions

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 16, 2019

Element AI announced it raised CAD $200 million to accelerate the deployment and commercialization of its solutions.

Vector Capital Makes Significant Growth Equity Investment In MoxiWorks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2019

Leading real estate technology platform MoxiWorks announced that it received a meaningful growth equity investment from Vector Capital.

Microsoft And Disney Partner To Move Content Workflows To The Cloud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2019

Microsoft and The Walt Disney Studios announced a five-year innovation partnership to pilot new ways to create and distribute content on Azure.

Marketing Intelligence Platform Company Panoramic Raises $35 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 16, 2019

Panoramic, an enterprise SaaS company, announced it raised $35 million in funding from Affinity Group.

Supermarket OS Company Swiftly Secures $15.6 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 16, 2019

Supermarket operating system company Swiftly recently announced that it raised $15.6 million in funding.

Shape Security: $51 Million In Funding And $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2019

Bot and online fraud mitigation company Shape Security announced it has raised $51 million in funding led by C5 Capital.

Google Photos Rolls Out Stories-Like Memories Feature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2019

Google Photos has announced it is rolling out several new features including a Stories-like feature called Memories.

Video-Based Safety Telematics Company SmartDrive Secures $90 Million

By Noah Long ● Sep 15, 2019

SmartDrive Systems, a video-based safety telematics and transportation intelligence company, announced it raised $90 million.

Argyle Raises $2.6 Million From Bain Capital And Checkr

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 15, 2019

Argyle -- a company that provides infrastructure for consumers to connect workforce platforms to businesses -- raised $2.6 million from Checkr and Bain Capital.

Starbucks Adds Ritch Allison, Andrew Campion, And Isabel Mahe To The Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2019

Coffee giant Starbucks announced it added Domino’s CEO Richard Allison, Nike CFO & EVP Andrew Campion, and Apple managing director Isabel Mahe to its board.

Goldman Sachs Names Marco Argenti As Co-CIO And Atte Lahtiranta As CTO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2019

Goldman Sachs announced it named Marco Argenti as a partner and co-CIO and Atte Lahtiranta as a partner and the CTO.

LinkedIn Rolls Out ‘Find An Expert’ Feature To Help You Find Talent

By Annie Baker ● Sep 15, 2019

LinkedIn announced it is rolling out a feature called "Find An Expert" to help users find talent for certain tasks.

Morningstar Founder Joe Mansueto Buying Chicago Fire Soccer Club

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2019

The Chicago Fire Club announced that Andrew Hauptman is selling his controlling interest in the team to Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto.

Ford Selling Canvas Vehicle Subscription Service To Fair

By Noah Long ● Sep 15, 2019

Fair announced it is going to be acquiring monthly vehicle subscription service Canvas from Ford. These are the details about the deal.

Containerized App Lifecycle Management Company Rafay Systems Secures $8 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 15, 2019

Rafay Systems announced a couple of major milestones including an $8 million funding round and the general availability of its SaaS offering.

Construction Document Management Workflow Company LINQ Raises Funding

By Noah Long ● Sep 14, 2019

Construction document management workflow company LINQ recently announced that it raised an undisclosed Series A round of funding.