Enterprise

Lightspeed Raises More Than $4 Billion For Early And Growth Stage Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2020

Lightspeed Venture Partners announced it raised over $4 billion for early and growth-stage companies.

Quantum Company Q-CTRL Receives Strategic Investment From In-Q-Tel

By Annie Baker ● Apr 14, 2020

Q-CTRL, a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to accelerate the development of quantum technology, announced a strategic investment by In-Q-Tel.

Autodesk Invests In Aurigo Software

By Noah Long ● Apr 14, 2020

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) and Aurigo Software announced an alliance for developing the most comprehensive set of cloud-based solutions for public and private owners.

Johnson & Johnson Reduces Outlook As It Prepares Coronavirus Vaccine

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 14, 2020

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) cut its 2020 adjusted profit forecast since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak is causing uncertainty across global markets..

Jim Clark And Thomas Jermoluk Launch Beyond Identity With $30 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2020

Early world wide web pioneers Jim Clark and Thomas Jermoluk have launched Beyond Identity with $30 million in funding.

Morgan Stanley Picks 9 Startups For New Cohort, Focused On Multicultural And Women Founders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2020

Morgan Stanley announced the fourth cohort of the Multicultural Innovation Lab, an accelerator program for technology-enabled startups in the post-seed to Series B funding rounds.

Exxon Mobil Raises $9.5 Billion In New Debt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2020

Exxon Mobil announced it has raised $9.5 billion in new debt. And Exxon paid a lower price to borrow than it did in a similar debt deal nearly four weeks ago.

eBay Names Jamie Iannone As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 13, 2020

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) announced it has named Jamie Iannone as CEO of the company. These are the details.

Buyer Enablement Platform Tropic Raises $2.1 Million Led By Founder Collective

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 13, 2020

Buyer enablement platform Tropic announced it raised $2.1 million in seed financing led by Founder Collective.

RISE Robotics Raises $3 Million Led By MIT’s The Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

RISE Robotics, a leader in high-performance and cost-effective electric linear actuation solutions, announced it raised $3 million in funding led by The Engine.

Application Error Monitoring Company Airbrake Raises $11 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

Airbrake — a leading application performance and code-level error monitoring software company — announced it raised $11 million in funding.

Digital Quantum Computing Company Seeqc Raises Over $11 Million

By Annie Baker ● Apr 12, 2020

Digital quantum computing company Seeqc has announced it raised over $11 million in funding. These are the details.

Snap Hires Peter Naylor As Head Of Ad Sales For Americas

By Annie Baker ● Apr 12, 2020

Snap has hired Peter Naylor as its first vice-president for the Americas. These are the details.

Why Cisco Is Buying Fluidmesh

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

Cisco is buying a company called Fluidmesh, which is. hardware and software company that builds point-to-point networks and wireless mesh networks.

Cohesity: $250 Million Funding And $2.5 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

Cohesity announced it has raised $250 million in Series E funding led by DFJ Growth, Foundation Capital, Greenspring, and Wing at a $2.5 billion valuation.

Crowdsourced Security Company Bugcrowd Raises $30 Million Led By Rally Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2020

Crowdsourced security company Bugcrowd has announced that it raised $30 million in Series D funding.

AI-As-A-Service Platform Node Raises $6 Million

By Noah Long ● Apr 11, 2020

Node has announced it raised $6 million in funding to help companies deploy artificial intelligence.

Contractor Marketplace IFM Restoration Secures $10 million

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 11, 2020

IFM Restoration — an online marketplace that connects contractors with owners and property managers of rental properties — announced it closed $10 million in Series A funding.

Index Ventures Raises $2 Billion For New Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2020

Index Ventures has announced it closed $2 billion in funds: $1.2 billion for late-stage growth rounds and $800 million for emerging startups.

India-Based Online Grocery Company BigBasket Raises $60 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2020

Indian grocery company BigBasket announced it raised $60 million in funding to scale the company.

Zoom Hires Former Facebook Security Head Alex Stamos As Adviser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2020

Zoom Video Communications recently announced it hired former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser.

Sila Raises $7.7 Million Co-Led By Madrona And Oregon Venture Fund

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 10, 2020

Banking and payments API platform company Sila announced it raised $7.7 million in a seed round of funding co-led by Madrona Venture Group and Oregon Venture Fund.

Activant Capital Announces New $257 Million Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2020

Activant Capital announced a new $257 million fund to invest in commerce infrastructure technology.

Tonkean Raises $24 Million Led By Lightspeed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2020

Tonkean, an operating system for operations teams, announced it raised $24 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

SafetyCulture: $35.5 Million Funding And $800 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 9, 2020

Australia-based enterprise software company SafetyCulture announced it raised $35.5 million at an $800 million valuation.

Why SoFi Is Buying Galileo Financial Technologies For $1.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 9, 2020

Online personal finance company SoFi announced it is acquiring financial services API and payments platform company Galileo.

AI-Powered Analytics Provider Arturo Closes $8 Million

By Noah Long ● Apr 9, 2020

Arturo -- an AI-powered analytics provider of residential and commercial property characteristic data and predictive analysis -- announced it raised $8 million.

Okera Raises $15 Million And Nick Halsey Named CEO

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 9, 2020

Okera has announced that it has raised $15 million in a round of funding and it named Nick Halsey as CEO and board member.

Shipping Platform Company Shippo Raises $30 Million Led By D1 Capital

By Noah Long ● Apr 9, 2020

Shippo, a leading shipping platform for growing e-commerce businesses, announced it raised $30 million in Series C funding led by D1 Capital Partners.

Enterprise Content Firewall Company Accellion Closes $120 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 9, 2020

Accellion, an enterprise content firewall company that consolidates, controls, and secures sensitive third-party communications, announced it raised $120 million.