Enterprise

Two Sigma Ventures Closes $288 Million Fund For Early-Stage Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2020

Two Sigma Ventures announced it has closed Two Sigma Ventures III, LP, a $288 million venture capital fund focused on investing in early-stage and data-driven startups.

Container-Based Workflow Security Company Anchore Secures $20 Million

By Annie Baker ● Feb 9, 2020

Container workflow security company Anchore has announced it closed $20 million in Series A funding. These are the details.

Catalant Technologies Raises $35 Million To Help Leaders Organize Mission-Critical Work

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 9, 2020

Catalant Technologies recently announced it raised $35 million of additional funding from its Series E equity round and expansion of its existing debt facility.

Thundra: $4 Million Funding, Neeraj Agrawal Joins Board, Ken Cheney Named CEO

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 9, 2020

Thundra, a company that is helping application teams run faster, announced it raised $4 million in funding and named Ken Cheney as CEO. Plus Neeraj Agrawal has joined the board.

Snowflake: $479 Million Funding And $12.4 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2020

Cloud-based data warehousing company Snowflake is raising a $479 million round of funding at a $12.4 billion valuation.

Personalized Therapeutics Company Vineti Raises $35 Million

By Annie Baker ● Feb 9, 2020

Vineti, the leading digital platform of record for personalized therapeutics, announced it raised $35 million in Series C funding.

Mark Hjerpe Joins Lingotek As Chief Revenue Officer

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 9, 2020

Cloud-based translation technology Lingotek announced it appointed Mark Hjerpe as Chief Revenue Officer.

How AppsFlyer Empowers Marketers To Grow Their Business

By Annie Baker ● Feb 8, 2020

AppsFlyer is a global attribution leader that is known for empowering marketers to grow their business and innovate through the use of comprehensive measurement and analytics solutions. This is how the company works.

HashiCorp Hires Brandon Sweeney As Chief Revenue Officer

By Annie Baker ● Feb 8, 2020

HashiCorp, a leader in multi-cloud infrastructure automation software, announced it appointed Brandon Sweeney as its first Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).

Netskope: $340 Million Funding And Nearly $3 Billion Valuation

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 8, 2020

Leading security cloud company Netskope announced that it has raised $340 million in funding at a valuation of nearly $3 billion.

SaaSWorks: Subscription Scaling Service Closes $5 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Feb 8, 2020

SaaSWorks, a Boston-based company that delivers operational solutions for scaling SaaS businesses, announced it raised $5 million in funding.

Vanguard And HarbourVest Partnering On Private Equity Initiatives

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 8, 2020

Vanguard and HarbourVest recently announced that they signed a strategic partnership, enabling qualified investors to have access to private equity.

Amazon SVP Of Worldwide Operations Dave Clark Gets A Substantially Expanded Role

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2020

Amazon’s SVP of Worldwide Operations Dave Clark has received a substantially expanded role, according to an internal organization chart obtained by Business Insider.

How Kindred Builds Communities To Accelerate Sustainable Business Transformation

By Annie Baker ● Feb 8, 2020

Kindred, an events startup focused on accelerating sustainable and purpose-led business transformation, announced recently it raised $5.2 million.

Snyk: $150 Million Funding, Over $1 Billion Valuation, Ken Fox Joins Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2020

Developer-first security company Snyk recently announced it raised $150 million at a valuation of more than $1 billion. And Ken Fox joined the company's board.

Nina Achadjian Named Partner At Index Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2020

Index Ventures partner Mike Volpi announced that Nina Achadjian has been named the newest partner at the venture capital firm.

Carolyn Feinstein Joins The Malwarebytes Board

By Annie Baker ● Feb 8, 2020

Malwarebytes, a leading advanced endpoint protection and remediation solution provider, announced it added Carolyn Feinstein to its board of directors.

Incline Equity Partners To Invest In Middle-Market Durable Businesses With New $1.165 Billion Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2020

Incline Equity Partners recently successfully closed the Incline Equity Partners V, L.P. and Incline Equity Partners V-A, L.P. on $1.165 billion of capital commitments.

Braze: $100 Million ARR, Tara Walpert Levy Joins Board, Isabelle Winkles Appointed CFO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 8, 2020

Comprehensive customer engagement platform company Braze has announced it appointed Isabelle Winkles as CFO and Tara Walpert Levy to its board of directors.

Dara Khosrowshahi: Uber Expects To Be Profitable By End Of 2020

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 7, 2020

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that the company is on track to achieve profitability by the fourth quarter of 2020. These are the details.

After Buying Accompany For $270 Million, Cisco Is Now Shutting It Down (UPDATED)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 7, 2020

Cisco announced it is shutting down Accompany on February 29, 2020. Cisco had acquired Accompany for $270 million in May 2018.

Why Salesforce Is Buying Evergage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 7, 2020

Salesforce recently announced it is buying Evergage. These are the details about the deal you should know about.

Locus Robotics: Over 100 Million Units Picked For Retail And 3PL Partners

By Noah Long ● Feb 7, 2020

Locus Robotics -- the market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, announced it crossed the 100 million units picked milestone.

Ford: Jim Farley Named COO And Joe Hinrichs Is Retiring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 7, 2020

Ford Motor Company announced it named Jim Farley as the chief operating officer. And the company also revealed that the president of automotive Joe Hinrichs is retiring.

The Wing Hires Celestine Maddy As SVP Of Marketing And Communications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 7, 2020

Women-focused co-working space The Wing has hired Celestine Maddy as senior vice president of marketing and communications.

HouseCanary: $65 Million Funding And $200 Million In Real Estate Transactions Per Month

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 7, 2020

Home valuation fintech company HouseCanary announced it has closed $65 million in growth funding. And the company is now seeing $200 million in real estate transactions every month.

Walmart Hires Donna Morris As Chief People Officer

By Annie Baker ● Feb 7, 2020

Walmart has hired Donnas Morris to serve as Chief People Officer. Before Walmart, Morris worked at Adobe for nearly 18 years.

John Stratton Joins General Dynamics Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 7, 2020

The General Dynamics board of directors has elected John Stratton to be a director of the corporation.

Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman To Donate Majority Of Wealth To Charity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Blackstone's Stephen A. Schwarzman has committed to giving away the majority of his wealth to philanthropy with the signing of The Giving Pledge.

Cognizant: Francisco D’Souza Leaving The Board And Vinita Bali Joins As New Independent Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Cognizant announced that Vinita Bali has been appointed to its Board as a new independent director and Vice Chairman Francisco D'Souza is departing.