Enterprise

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.

Tel Aviv-Based Agtech Company Taranis Closes $20 Million In Series B Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 7, 2018

Taranis, a Tel Aviv-based agtech company, has announced it has raised $20 million in Series B funding.

Engineer.ai Raises $29.5 Million To Help Entrepreneurs Build Ideas Without Knowing How To Code

By Noah Long ● Nov 7, 2018

Engineer.ai is a company that helps entrepreneurs build their ideas without knowing how to code, which has raised $29.5 million in Series A.

Thoma Bravo Is Acquiring Veracode Software For $950 Million From Broadcom

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 7, 2018

Thoma Bravo recently announced that it is acquiring Veracode Software for $950 million in cash.

Credit Karma Acquires London-Based Noddle

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 5, 2018

Credit monitoring and recommendation service Credit Karma has announced it has acquired London-based Noddle as part of an expansion plan.

Amazon Is Offering Free Shipping Over The Holiday Season In The U.S.

By Noah Long ● Nov 5, 2018

Amazon has announced that it is offering free shipping on millions of items in the U.S. over the holiday season, which especially benefits non-Prime members.

Cloud Infrastructure Automation Company HashiCorp Raises $100 Million At A $1.9 Billion Valuation

By Noah Long ● Nov 5, 2018

Cloud infrastructure automation company HashiCorp announced that it has raised $100 million in Series D funding at a $1.9 billion valuation.

Shape Security Raises $26 Million To Prevent Attackers From Committing Online Fraud

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 5, 2018

Shape Security, a company that eliminates bots, fraudulent activity, and unwanted automation, announced that it has raised $26 million in funding.

Indianapolis-Based Scale Computing Raises $34.8 Million To Grow Its AI Products

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 2, 2018

Indianapolis-based Scale Computing raises $34.8 million to hire more talent and grow its artificial intelligence products.

AI-Driven Customer Analytics Company Zylotech Raises $5.5 Million To Expand On Sales

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 1, 2018

Cambridge-based customer analytics company Zylotech has announced it has raised $5.5 million in funding.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Apple Is The ‘Biggest Competitor By Far’ In Messaging

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 31, 2018

In a call with investors, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Apple iMessage is one of the company’s biggest competitors.

Ethos Raises $35 Million In Funding To Make Life Insurance Simpler And More Affordable

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2018

Ethos has raised $35 million in funding led by Accel Partners to make the life insurance process simpler and more affordable.

IBM Is Buying Red Hat For $34 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2018

IBM is acquiring Red Hat for $34 billion. The combined companies plan to create cloud-native business applications faster and drive greater portability.