Enterprise

Waymo CEO John Krafcik: Driverless Car Service Is Coming Soon

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 14, 2018

At the D.Live conference, Waymo CEO John Krafcik has announced that a driverless car service will be coming in the next couple of months.

Microsoft Is Acquiring Austin-Based Chatbot Startup XOXCO

By Annie Baker ● Nov 14, 2018

Microsoft has announced that it is acquiring Austin-based chatbot startup company XOXCO to democratize AI development.

Connected Commerce Platform Company Poynt Secures $100 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Nov 14, 2018

Poynt, a connected commerce platform company, has announced that it raised $100 million in funding from strategic partners Elavon and National Australia Bank.

Netskope Raises $168.7 Million To Expand Its Enterprise Security Cloud Platform

By Noah Long ● Nov 14, 2018

Netskope announced that it has raised $168.7 million in a Series F round of funding led by existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Travel Digital Marketing Company Sojern Raises $120 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 14, 2018

Travel technology company Sojern raises $120 million in funding led by TCV to build on its years of rapid growth.

Clearbanc Raises $70 Million To Provide Growth Capital For Online Businesses

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 14, 2018

Clearbanc has announced that it has raised $70 million in funding in order to provide growth capital for online businesses.

Johnson Controls Is Selling Its Auto Battery Division For $13.2 Billion

By Noah Long ● Nov 14, 2018

Johnson Controls has announced this week that it is selling its power solutions division to investment company Brookfield Business Partners for $13.2 billion.

DeepMind’s Health Business Is Moving Over To Google

By Noah Long ● Nov 14, 2018

DeepMind, an AI research group under Alphabet, is moving its health division over to Google's new Health unit.

Trace Genomics Secures $13 Million To Help Farmers Increase Yields Using AI

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 14, 2018

Trace Genomics has raised $13 million in funding to help farmers increase yields using artificial intelligence led by Stage 1 Ventures.

Brazil-Based Movile Raises $500 Million To Grow iFood Delivery App

By Annie Baker ● Nov 14, 2018

Sao Paulo, Brazil-based technology company Movile has raised $500 million to grow the iFood food delivery app.

Israel-Based XM Cyber Raises $22 Million To Accelerate Growth

By Noah Long ● Nov 14, 2018

XM Cyber, a Herzliya, Israel-based startup that has built the first fully automated APT simulation and remediation platform, has raised $22 million in funding.

London-Based Fintech Company Fluidly Secures £5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 14, 2018

Fluidly, a London-based fintech company, announced that it raised £5 million to integrate with more platforms and further develop its insights platform.

WeWork To Be Valued At More Than $42 Billion Following SoftBank Investment

By Noah Long ● Nov 13, 2018

WeWork has raised $3 billion in the form of a warrant from SoftBank at a valuation of more than $42 billion.

Alexandria-Based Savi Technology Raises $7.5 Million To Accelerate Its In-Transit Visibility Solutions

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 13, 2018

Savi, an Alexandria, Virginia-based big data and machine learning analytics and supply chain solutions company, has raised $7.5 million in funding.

Amazon Picks New York City And Northern Virginia For New Headquarters

By Annie Baker ● Nov 13, 2018

Amazon has officially selected New York City and Arlington, Virginia for its new headquarters locations. Here are the details you need to know about it.

Spin Memory Raises $52 Million To Drive MRAM As An Alternative To Embedded SRAM

By Noah Long ● Nov 13, 2018

MRAM developer company Spin Memory announced that it is raising $52 million in Series B led by Arm and Applied Materials' venture capital arm Applied Ventures.

Veritas Capital And Evergreen Coast Are Acquiring athenahealth For $5.7 Billion

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 13, 2018

Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital have announced that they are acquiring athenahealth in a deal valued at $5.7 billion in cash.

Vista Equity Is Buying Apptio For Approximately $1.94 Billion

By Noah Long ● Nov 12, 2018

Vista Equity Partners has announced it is acquiring Bellevue, Washington-based Apptio for $38 per share, which is a deal worth approximately $1.94 billion.

SAP Buying Qualtrics For $8 Billion In Cash: Details About The Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2018

SAP announced that it is intending to acquire Qualtrics for $8 billion in cash. Here is how the deal came together.

CoStar Is Acquiring Cozy Services For $68 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 11, 2018

Leading real estate information and analytics company CoStar announced it is acquiring Cozy for $68 million.

IBM’s Plan To Hire 2,000 Veterans By 2020

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2018

IBM is looking to hire 2,000 veterans by 2020 and the company is 60% of the way there already. Here are some of IBM's stories about the program.

BlackBerry Reportedly In Talks To Acquire Cylance For $1.5 Billion

By Noah Long ● Nov 11, 2018

BlackBerry might be acquiring cybersecurity company Cylance for $1.5 billion, according to Business Insider's sources.

Datacoral Launches Data Infrastructure As A Service And Raises $10 Million In Series A

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 11, 2018

Datacoral has announced that it has launched a data infrastructure as a service and has raised $10 million in Series A funding.

ForeScout Is Buying SecurityMatters For $113 Million

By Noah Long ● Nov 11, 2018

Internet of Things security company ForeScout Technologies is buying operational technology network protection company SecurityMatters for $113 million.

Coder: How Three Austin-Based Twenty Year Olds Raised Funding By ‘Cold Emailing’ Investors

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 9, 2018

Coder is an Austin, Texas-based startup that was founded by three twenty year olds — who were able to raise funding by ‘cold emailing’ potential investors.

Thai Businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon Acquires FORTUNE For $150 Million

By Noah Long ● Nov 9, 2018

The FORTUNE brand has been acquired by Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon for $150 million from Meredith Corporation.

Berlin-Based Fraugster Raises $14 Million To Help Fight E-Commerce Fraud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2018

Fraugster, a Berlin, Germany-based artificial intelligence software company, has raised $14 million in Series B funding to prevent fraudulent transactions.

Trifo Raises $11 Million In Funding To Build The Next Generation Of Smart Home Robots

By Annie Baker ● Nov 9, 2018

Santa Clara-based Trifo has announced that it has raised $11 million in funding to build the next generation of smart home robots.

YouTube Paid Over $1.8 Billion To The Music Industry In The Last Year

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2018

In Google's “How Google Fights Piracy” 2018 report, it was revealed that YouTube paid over $1.8 billion to the music industry in the last year.

Valens Raises $63 Million To Simplify In-Vehicle Connectivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2018

Hod HaSharon, Israel-based Valens has announced it has raised $63 million in funding to simplify in-vehicle connectivity.