Enterprise

Digital Identity Management Solution Company Dashlane Raises $110 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 3, 2019

Digital identity management solution company Dashlane has raised $110 million in Series D funding led by Sequoia Capital with Jim Goetz joining the board.

Roger.ai: This Accounting Automation Company Helps Businesses Save Time With Financial Processes

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 2, 2019

Accounting automation tool company Roger.ai announced it raised $7.35 million in Series A funding to help businesses save time on financial processes.

How Pillo Health Is Improving Patient Longevity And Quality Of Life

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 1, 2019

Pillo Health recently raised $11 million in funding from investors to complete its Series A round led by Stanley Black & Decker's venture capital arm.

XFactor Ventures Launches Fund 2: Female Founders Investing In New Female-Founded Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 1, 2019

XFactor Ventures announced it has established the $8.6 million Fund 2, which will be used in investing in new female-founded companies

Identiq: This Company Makes It Easier To Validate New Users And Fight Fraud

By Dan Anderson ● Jun 1, 2019

Identiq, a Tel Aviv-based Anonymous Verification Network company, announced it raised $5 million in seed funding.

Google’s PageRank Patent Has Just Expired. Here’s What Happens Now.

By Shan Sadiq ● Jun 1, 2019

Google's original PageRank patent has just expired. Developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University in 1996, PageRank is the original algorithm used by Google to calculate the importance of a webpage.

Thoma Bravo Is Acquiring A Majority Stake In Toronto-Based Cority

By Dan Anderson ● May 31, 2019

Thoma Bravo is buying a majority stake in Toronto-based environmental, health, safety and quality software company Cority

Report: Bain Capital Is Setting Up A $1 Billion Tech Opportunities Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2019

Bain Capital is reportedly raising $1 billion for a new technology fund for late-stage minority investments called Bain Capital Tech Opportunities.

Cybersecurity Company CrowdStrike Prices Shares For IPO

By Dan Anderson ● May 31, 2019

Rapidly growing cybersecurity company CrowdStrike filed to go public and will be selling 18 million shares of Class A common stock between $19 and $23 each.

Amazon Textract Is Able To Use Machine Learning To Extract Text And Data From Most Documents

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 31, 2019

Amazon announced that its Textract is able to automatically extract text and data from tables and forms in virtually any document using machine learning.

Fedex Will Offer Saturday and Sunday Delivery Year-Round Starting January 2020

By Shan Sadiq ● May 31, 2019

Fedex announced that it will begin delivering packages seven days a week year-round starting January 2020.

Why Global Payments Is Buying TSYS For $21.5 Billion

By Noah Long ● May 31, 2019

Payment tech company Global Payments announced it is acquiring Total System Services (TSYS) for $21.5 billion. These are the details about the deal.

How FinTech Company Zero Helps Users ‘Bank Like Debit And Earn Like Credit’

By Noah Long ● May 30, 2019

Zero Financial announced it raised $20 million in Series A funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Including this round, Zero has raised $35 million.

Enterprise Customer Service Company Kustomer Raises $40 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 30, 2019

Enterprise customer service Kustomer announced it raised $40 million in Series D funding led by Tiger Global Management

SoFi Raises $500 Million In Funding Led By Qatar Investment Authority

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2019

Social Finance (known as SoFi) has raised $500 million in funding led by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)

Project And Work Management Platform Company Sitetracker Secures $34 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 30, 2019

Project and work management platform Sitetracker announced it raised funding from Energize Ventures extending its Series B to $34 million.

IVP’s Thomas Loverro Gets Promoted To General Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2019

IVP’s Thomas Loverro has been promoted to General Partner. He is now the 7th General Partner at the VC firm.

Why Palo Alto Networks Is Acquiring Twistlock ($410 Million In Cash) And PureSec (Undisclosed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2019

Palo Alto Networks has announced that it is acquiring container security company Twistlock and serverless security company PureSec

Continuous Security Validation Company AttackIQ Raises $17.6 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2019

Continuous security validation company AttackIQ announced it raised $17.6 million led by Khosla Ventures. Index, Salesforce, and Telstra also joined.

U-M Researcher Florian Schaub: Alexa’s New Privacy Voice Commands Are An ‘Important First Step’

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2019

University of Michigan School of Information assistant professor Florian Schaub recently discussed smart speaker privacy concerns in a faculty Q&A.

Live Online K-12 Education Company Outschool Secures $8.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 30, 2019

San Francisco-based live online K-12 classes marketplace company Outschool announced it raised $8.5 million in Series A funding

eSUB Construction Software Announces $12 Million Funding Round

By Noah Long ● May 30, 2019

eSUB Construction Software announced it raised $12 million in Series B funding led by Catalyst Investors.

E-Learning Platform OpenSesame Raises $28 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 30, 2019

E-learning platform company OpenSesame announced it has raised $28 million in funding led by FTV Capital.

Google Introduces The Women Of Publishing Leadership Series For Women Leaders

By Shan Sadiq ● May 30, 2019

The Google Partnerships team is hosting a four-part webinar series to help women leaders from all digital backgrounds enhance their digital strategy.

Data Beaming Tech Company Equalum Secures $18 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 30, 2019

Leading data beaming technology provider Equalum announced it raised $18 million in Series B led by Planven.

Recruiting Platform Company SmartRecruiters Raises $50 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 30, 2019

SmartRecruiters announced it has raised $50 million in Series D funding led by repeat investor Insight Partners. Mayfield and Rembrandt also joined.

Over 200 Philanthropists Have Now Joined The Giving Pledge

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2019

The Giving Pledge announced that 19 more philanthropists have joined the organization since the previous year bringing the total to over 200.

Report: SpaceX Raised More Than $1 Billion This Year

By Dan Anderson ● May 29, 2019

SpaceX has reportedly raised over $1 billion in funding since the beginning of the year, which the helped with the deployment of the Starlink satellites.

Pico Secures $4.5 Million To Build On Its Analytics And Revenue Tools For Publishers

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2019

Brooklyn-based Pico announced it raised $4.5 million in seed funding led by Precursor Ventures and Stripe.

Telebehavioral Health Company Talkspace Raises $50 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2019

Telebehavioral health leader Talkspace announced it raised $50 million in a new round of funding led by Revolution Growth.