Enterprise

How Laurel Taylor Built A Company That Is Helping Crush Student Debt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2019

Boston-based entrepreneur Laurel Taylor has built a company that is helping crush student debt. Here are the details.

STASH Launches Stock-Back Rewards Program And Raises $65 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2019

Financial management app company STASH announced a new Stock-Back program and the company raised $65 million in Series E funding.

Plexo Capital Raises Over $35 Million For Fund Specializing In Women- And Minority-Led Emerging Seed Stage VCs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2019

Plexo Capital, a venture firm created inside of GV (formerly known as Google Ventures) by Laurence (Lo) Toney, has raised more than $35 million.

Google Hits A Guinness World Record On Pi Day

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2019

Today Google announced it set a new Guinness World Record as Emma Haruka Iwao ran a computation of Pi to 31.4 trillion decimal places.

Lear Invests In Maniv Mobility Venture Capital Fund

By Noah Long ● Mar 14, 2019

Lear Corporation, a Southfield, Michigan-based automotive technology company, announced it invested in Israel-based venture capital fund Maniv Mobility.

Dental Monitoring Raises €45 Million To Help Dentists Utilize AI

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 14, 2019

Dental Monitoring announced it has raised €45 million from leading growth investor Vitruvian Partners to help dentists utilize artificial intelligence.

F5 Acquires NGINX For About $670 Million: The Details You Need To Know

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 14, 2019

Seattle-based F5 Networks recently announced it was acquiring NGINX for a value of $670 million. Here are the details you need to know.

Former Eat24 CEO Mike Ghaffary Joins Canvas Ventures As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 13, 2019

Mike Ghaffary, the former CEO of Yelp's Eat24 and cofounder of Stitcher, announced he is joining Canvas Ventures as the fourth partner.

Massachusetts-Based Orthopedic Fixation Company OSSIO Closes $22 Million Round

By Noah Long ● Mar 13, 2019

Woburn, Massachusetts-based orthopedic fixation company OSSIO announced it raised $22 million in equity financing led by OCV Partners.

Chicago-Based HealthJoy Raises $12.5 Million To Make Healthcare Simpler Using AI

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 13, 2019

Chicago-based HealthJoy announced it raised $12.5 million in Series B to make healthcare simpler using artificial intelligence.

IBM Partners With Denver-Based CULedger To Deliver Blockchain Services For Credit Unions

By Noah Long ● Mar 13, 2019

IBM announced it has partnered with Denver-based credit union service organization (CUSO) CULedger to set up new blockchain-based services.

Fairygodboss Raises $10 Million To Help Ambitious Women Find Better Gender Equality In Employment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 13, 2019

Fairygodboss, a social network designed for career-minded women that recently announced it raised $10 million in Series A funding.

Appen Is Buying Figure Eight For Up To $300 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 12, 2019

Australia-based Appen announced it was acquiring Figure Eight for up to $300 million.

Louisville-Based Poplar Ventures Raises $17 Million For Early Growth Stage Company Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 12, 2019

Louisville, Kentucky-based venture capital firm Poplar Ventures announced it raised $17 million.

Vendor Negotiation Automation Service Bid Ops Secures Seed Funding

By Annie Baker ● Mar 12, 2019

Bid Ops, a leading procurement automation company, announced it raised $1.75 million in seed funding led by Illuminate Ventures and Cervin Ventures.

Transposit Secures $12.2 Million To Make API Deployment Easier

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 12, 2019

Transposit announced it has raised $12.2 million in Series A led by Sutter Hill Ventures to make API deployment easier.

Nashville-Based Alto Raises $2.8 Million To Help People Diversify IRAs

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 11, 2019

Nashville, Tennessee-based Alto makes it easier for investors to add alternative assets to IRAs and the company announced $2.8 million in seed funding.

SurveyMonkey’s €70 Million Acquisition Of Usabilla: The Details You Need To Know

By Annie Baker ● Mar 11, 2019

SurveyMonkey recently announced it was acquiring Usabilla for €70 million. Here are the details of the deal.

Tel Aviv-Based Brodmann17 Secures $11 Million To Grow Its Vision-First Technology For Automated Driving

By Noah Long ● Mar 11, 2019

Tel Aviv, Israel-based Brodmann17, a provider of vision-first technology for automated driving, announced it raise $11 million in Series A funding.

NVIDIA Is Buying Mellanox Technologies For $6.9 Billion In All-Cash Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2019

NVIDIA announced it is acquiring Israel-based computer networking company Mellanox Technologies in an all-cash deal valued at $6.9 billion.

London-Based Conversational Artificial Intelligence Company PolyAI Raises $12 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 11, 2019

London-based PolyAI announced it raised $12 million in Series A funding to build on its conversational artificial intelligence platform.

Bumble Reveals Investments In Four Startups Founded By Women Entrepreneurs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2019

Austin, Texas-based dating app company Bumble announced it has invested in four startups founded by women.

Y Combinator President Sam Altman Transitions To Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2019

Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down as president and is transitioning to Chairman. Going forward, Altman is going to focus more on OpenAI.

Okta To Acquire Cloud-Based Integration And Automation Company Azuqua For $52.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 9, 2019

Enterprise identity company Okta announced it is acquiring Azuqua -- which is a no-code cloud-based business application company -- for $52.5 million in cash.

Grab Raises $1.46 Billion At A $14 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2019

Singapore-based ride-hailing giant Grab announced it raised $1.46 billion from the SoftBank Vision Fund as part of its Series H round.

Juniper Is Buying Mist Systems For $405 Million

By Noah Long ● Mar 9, 2019

Juniper Networks announced it has raised Cupertino, California-based Mist Systems for $405 million.

Advance Is Acquiring Education Tech Company Turnitin For A Reported $1.75 Billion

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 9, 2019

Media company Advance announced that it is acquiring education technology company Turnitin.

Airbnb To Acquire HotelTonight

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 8, 2019

Airbnb announced it is acquiring the hotel booking platform company HotelTonight. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.

How Austin-Based SpyCloud Is Becoming The Leader In Account Takeover Prevention

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 8, 2019

Austin, Texas-based SpyCloud recently announced it has raised $21 million in Series B funding led by Microsoft’s venture arm M12.

Ola’s Electric Mobility Unit Raises Significant Funding And A Major Deal With Hyundai May Be Coming

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 8, 2019

Ola, an Indian ride-hailing company, recently spun out its electric mobility unit and the company may be making a major deal with Hyundai soon.