Enterprise

Cultivation Management Platform Company Artemis Raises $8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 22, 2019

Leading enterprise Cultivation Management Platform (CMP) Artemis announced it has raised $8 million in Series A funding.

How Solera Health Helps Improve Patient Outcomes At Lower Medical Care Costs

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 22, 2019

Solera Health, a company that changes lives by guiding people to better health, announced $42 million in Series C funding.

AI-Powered Recruiting Company SeekOut Secures $6 Million

By Noah Long ● May 22, 2019

Washington-based company SeekOut recently announced it raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Group.

How Algorithmia Makes It Easier To Scale And Manage Machine Learning Models

By Dan Anderson ● May 22, 2019

Seattle-based Algorithmia recently raised $25 million in funding led by Norwest Venture Partners

Minneapolis-Based Fintech Company ClickSWITCH Raises $13 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 22, 2019

Minneapolis, Minnesota-based fintech company ClickSWITCH has raised $13 million in Series B led by Commerce Ventures and Point72 Ventures.

How 3Play Media Provides Fast-Turnaround Video Accessibility Services At Scale

By Dan Anderson ● May 22, 2019

3Play Media is a provider of high-quality video accessibility services. This is the story behind the company.

Toronto-Based Fintech Company KOHO Raises $42 Million

By Noah Long ● May 21, 2019

Toronto-based fintech company KOHO has raised $42 million led by Portag3 Ventures as the company is seeing over $500 million in annualized transactions.

CM Group Completes $410 Million In Financing And Buys Vuture

By Annie Baker ● May 21, 2019

CM Group announced it raised $410 million in financing and acquired email marketing company Vuture.

Storr Secures $3 Million And Soars To 30,000 Sellers And 175 Brands

By Noah Long ● May 21, 2019

Online retail marketplace Storr has raised $3 million from Spark Capital bringing the total pre-Series A to $7.8 million.

Auth0 Doubles Revenue YoY And Is Now Valued At More Than $1 Billion

By Dan Anderson ● May 21, 2019

Global Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) leader Auth0 has raised $103 million led by Sapphire Ventures at a valuation of more than $1 billion.

Office Optimization Company Robin Raises $20 Million

By Noah Long ● May 21, 2019

Robin Powered announced it raised $20 million in Series B led by Tola Capital.

Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management Closes $1 Billion Sustainable Solutions Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2019

Generation Investment Management closes $1 billion for its Sustainable Solutions Fund for growth and later stage investments.

American Express Acquiring Resy: Important Details About The Deal You Should Know

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2019

American Express recently acquired the Resy restaurant booking service. These are the most important details about the deal.

Why SugarCRM Acquired Marketing Automation Company Salesfusion

By Dan Anderson ● May 21, 2019

SugarCRM announced it acquired Atlanta-based marketing automation business Salesfusion.

How Canva Went From A Small PowerPoint Rival To A $2.5 Billion Enterprise Giant

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2019

Australia-based design company Canva has raised $70 million at a $2.5 billion valuation led by Mary Meeker's Bond and General Catalyst.

Robert F. Smith: Richest Black Man In America Is Paying Off 396 Morehouse Graduate Student Loans

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2019

Vista Equity Partners founder and the richest black man in America Robert F. Smith is paying off the student loan debt of 396 Morehouse College graduates.

Ikea Partner Invests In India-Based Home Design Company Livspace

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2019

India-based home design and renovation platform company Livspace announced it received minority investment funding from Ikea partner Ingka Investments.

SaaS Based Employment Analytics Platform Company Criteria Corp Secures $56 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 21, 2019

SaaS-based employment analytics platform company Criteria Corp has raised $56 million in funding from Sumeru Equity Partners.

The We Company: ARK Real Estate Acquisition Platform To Deploy $2.9 Billion

By Annie Baker ● May 21, 2019

The We Company launched a global real estate acquisition called ARK, which will deploy $2.9 billion in total equity capital.

Synthetic DNA Manufacturing Company DNA Script Raises $38.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 21, 2019

Paris-based DNA Script announced recently that it raised $38.5 million in Series B funding led by Life Sciences Partners (LSP).

Why JPMorgan Is Acquiring InstaMed For $500 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 21, 2019

JPMorgan Chase recently announced it is acquiring Philadelphia-based healthcare payments company InstaMed for $500 million.

MIT And U.S. Air Force Partner Up To Launch An AI Accelerator

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2019

MIT and the U.S. Air Force announced a partnership that involves the launch of a new program designed for making advances in AI.

Google And Northwestern Scientists Unveil AI Is Able To Detect Lung Cancer Before Radiologists

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 21, 2019

Google and Northwestern found AI were able to predict lung cancer with a performance that exceeded a team of radiologists found.

Why HPE Is Acquiring Cray For $1.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2019

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has acquired Cray for $1.3 billion. This is why HPE decided to make the deal happen.

Little Caesars Is Now Using Impossible Foods’ Meatless Sausages

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2019

Little Caesar is now offering meatless sausages -- which was created by Impossible Foods -- on their Impossible Supreme Pizza.

How Female-Led Away Became A $1.4 Billion Direct-To-Consumer Travel Brand In 3 Years

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2019

Female-led online luggage company Away recently raised $100 million in Series D funding at a $1.4 billion valuation.

Former Apple Retail Head And Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts Joins Airbnb Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2019

Airbnb has added Angela Ahrendts -- Apple's former SVP of Retail and Burberry's former CEO to its board of directors.

Deliveroo Secures $575 Million Funding Round Led By Amazon

By Dan Anderson ● May 20, 2019

London-based food delivery company Deliveroo has announced it raised $575 million in Series G funding led by Amazon. Existing investors also participated.

Ann Arbor-Based Conversational AI Company Clinc Raises $52 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 20, 2019

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based conversational AI company Clinc announced it raised $52 million in Series B led by Insight Partners.

Microsoft And Sony Partner On Cloud-Based Gaming And AI

By Noah Long ● May 20, 2019

Microsoft and Sony have announced a cloud-based gaming and AI partnership which brings Sony's games to the Azure cloud-computing platform.