Enterprise

Phiar Secures $3 Million To Develop An Augmented Reality GPS App

By Noah Long ● Dec 2, 2018

Phiar, an augmented reality app company that is developing a GPS app for mobile devices, has raised $3 million in seed funding.

Minneapolis-Based Healthtech Insurance Startup Raises $200 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 2, 2018

Minneapolis-based healthtech insurance company Bright Health announced that it has raised $200 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round.

Australia-Based Workforce Management Company Deputy Raises $81 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 2, 2018

Deputy, an Australia-based workforce management platform company, has raised $81 million in Series B funding led by IVP.

Denver-Based CyberGRX Secures $30 Million In Series C Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 1, 2018

CyberGRX, a Denver-based global cyber risk exchange company, has raised $30 million in Series C funding led by Scale Venture Partners.

Microservices-Based API Integration Company OpenLegacy Raises $30 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 1, 2018

OpenLegacy, a Tel Aviv-based leader in microservices-based API integration for back-end applications, has raised $30 million.

Asana Hits $1.5 Billion Valuation Through New Funding Round

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 1, 2018

San Francisco-based work management platform company Asana has raised $50 million Series E at a $1.5 billion valuation.

India-Based Vehicle Sharing Company Drivezy Raises $20 Million

By Noah Long ● Dec 1, 2018

India-based riding sharing service Drivezy has announced it has raised $20 million in Series B funding.

Robinhood Hires CapitalG Partner Gretchen Howard As Operations Head

By Annie Baker ● Dec 1, 2018

Commission-free stock trading app company Robinhood has announced that it has hired Gretchen Howard as the head of operations.

Cruise Automation Names GM President Dan Ammann As CEO

By Annie Baker ● Dec 1, 2018

Cruise Automation has named Dan Ammann as the new chief executive officer. And Cruise co-founder Kyle Vogt will become CTO and president.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Is Donating $6.1 Million To Help The Homeless In San Francisco

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 1, 2018

Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff is donating $6.1 million to convert the shutdown Bristol holte into transitional housing for the homeless.

DHL Is Investing $300 Million In Robotics Process Automation, IoT, And AR

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 30, 2018

Supply chain solutions giant DHL has announced that it is investing $300 million on robotics process automation, Internet of Things, and augmented reality.

Brazil-Based QuintoAndar Raises R$ 250 Million To Expand Its Real Estate Platform

By Noah Long ● Nov 29, 2018

QuintoAndar has raised R$ 250 million in a Series C round of funding led by General Atlantic.

Rheostat Therapeutics Raises $23 Million To Develop Potential Treatments For Neurodegenerative Diseases

By Noah Long ● Nov 29, 2018

Rheostat Therapeutics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech company that announced it raised $23 million in Series A.

Financial Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Company Charlie Raises $9 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 29, 2018

Charlie, a financial aritifial intelligence chatbot company that helps users save money, has raised $9 million in funding.

Getty Images To Receive $500 Million From Koch Equity: What It Means

By Noah Long ● Nov 29, 2018

Visual communications leader Getty Images announced that it is raising $500 million from Koch Equity Development in non-controlling preferred equity.

Boston-Based ClearSky Data Raises $20 Million To Accelerate Customer Deployments And Sales

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 29, 2018

Boston-Based ClearSky Data has announced that it has raised $20 million in funding to deliver on-demand primary storage with offsite backup and disaster recovery services.

Mixtroz: This Alabama-Based Startup Launched By A Mother-Daughter Team Raises Over $1 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 29, 2018

Mixtroz is a Birmingham, Alabama-based minority owned startup founded by a mother-daughter team that has raised $1 million. Here are the details.

Ellie Mae Hires Dan Madden As CFO And EVP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2018

Ellie Mae, a Pleasanton, California-based cloud platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, has hired Dan Madden as CFO and EVP.

E-Commerce Page Building Service Shogun Raises $2.1 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 28, 2018

E-commerce page building service Shogun announced it has raised a $2.1 million seed round of funding.

Cloud-Based Business Management Software Company Deskera Raises $60 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 28, 2018

Singapore-based cloud-based integrated business management software company Deskera announced it raised $60 million.

Amazon Makes Its Machine Learning Courses Free

By Noah Long ● Nov 28, 2018

Amazon announced that developers who have signed up for AWS can take its machine learning courses for free.

Clyde Raises $3 Million To Help Companies Offer Product Protection

By Noah Long ● Nov 28, 2018

Clyde is an insurance technology startup company that has raised $3 million in funding to provide better ways for companies to offer product warranties to customers.

Ann Arbor-Based Cybersecurity Company Censys Raises $2.6 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2018

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based cybersecurity cybersecurity startup Censys announced it raised $2.6 million in a seed round of funding.

Brooklyn-Based Online Oral Care Company quip Raises $40 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 27, 2018

Brooklyn-based online oral health company quip announced that it has raised $40 million in funding in a combination of equity and debt financing.

Waymo Hires First Chief Safety Officer And Chief Commercial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 27, 2018

Self-driving car company Waymo has hired first Chief Safety Officer Deborah Hersman and first Chief Commercial Officer Amee Chande.

Bangkok-Based Eko Communications Raises $20 Million To Expand Internationally

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 27, 2018

Eko Communications, a Bangkok-based mobile communications platform company, has announced it raised $20 million in Series B funding.

Robinhood Hires Jason Warnick As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 27, 2018

Online stock trading service Robinhood has hired Jason Warnick as chief financial officer, who has worked at Amazon for nearly 20 years.

France-Based Esports Company Team Vitality Raises €20 Million From Tej Kohli

By Annie Baker ● Nov 27, 2018

France-based eSports company Team Vitality announced that it has raised €20 million from Tej Kohli to expand in Southeast Asia and China.

J. Walter Thompson Merges With Wunderman: What It Means

By Noah Long ● Nov 27, 2018

British ad giant WPP announced that it is merging creative agency J. Walter Thompson with Wunderman. Here is what this means for the industry.

Amazon Web Services Reveals RoboMaker Cloud-Based Robotics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 27, 2018

At the re:Invent event, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the RoboMaker to help developers build robotics applications using cloud services.