Enterprise

Greensill Receives $655 Million Follow-On Investment From SoftBank Vision Fund

By Annie Baker ● Oct 31, 2019

Greensill, a non-bank provider of working capital finance for businesses, announced SoftBank Vision Fund has invested an additional $655 million.

JPMorgan Closes Lynstone Special Situations Fund At $1.06 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2019

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has closed the Lynstone Special Situations Fund with $1.06 billion in capital raised from a set of broad global investors.

PeerStreet: $60 Million In Funding And $4.25 Billion In New Capital Commitments

By Noah Long ● Oct 31, 2019

PeerStreet, a platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced it raised $60 million in funding led by Colchis Capital with a consortium of investors.

Qualcomm Sets Up A Massive $200 Million 5G Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2019

Qualcomm recently announced that it launched a Qualcomm Ventures 5G Ecosystem Fund, which will invest up to $200 million in 5G companies.

Google Is Opening A Stadia Gaming Studio In Montréal

By Annie Baker ● Oct 30, 2019

Google Stadia head Jade Raymond announced recently that the company is setting up a gaming studio in Montréal, Quebec.

Quibi Sold Out Of $150 Million Ad Inventory Before Even Launching

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2019

Technology and entertainment startup Quibi has already sold out of its $150 million ad inventory for the first year before even launching.

Qualtrics Co-Founder Ryan Smith Reveals How The $8 Billion SAP Deal Came Together

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2019

This is the story of how Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith sold his company to SAP for $8 billion just four days before the scheduled IPO.

Why PTC Is Acquiring Onshape For $470 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 30, 2019

PTC announced recently that it is acquiring Onshape for $470 million. These are the details about the deal.

Dynamic Display Platform Raydiant Raises $7 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 30, 2019

Cloud-based and dynamic display platform Raydiant (formerly known as Mira Technologies) announced it raised $7 million in funding led by 8VC.

Deep Learning Startup OctoML Raises $3.9 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Oct 30, 2019

OctoML announced it raised $3.9 million in a seed round of funding led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Amplify Partners.

Raymond James Now Has Over 8,000 Advisors And 50 Investment Bankers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2019

Raymond James Financial recently announced that the advisor headcount has surpassed 8,000. And now the company also has over 50 investment bankers.

Spend Management Platform Fairmarkit Closes $11 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Oct 29, 2019

Leading tail spend management platform company Fairmarkit announced it raised $11 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners.

Why NextGen Healthcare Is Buying Topaz Information Solutions

By Annie Baker ● Oct 29, 2019

NextGen Healthcare, a leading provider of ambulatory-focused technology solutions, announced it is acquiring Topaz Information Solutions. These are the details.

Microsoft Wins DoD’s $10 Billion JEDI Contract Over Amazon’s AWS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2019

Microsoft was recently named the winner of an estimated $10 billion U.S. Department of Defense JEDI cloud contract over Amazon AWS. These are the details.

VaynerMedia Names Rob Lenois As Chief Creative Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2019

VaynerMedia has announced that it has named Rob Lenois as the chief creative officer of the agency.

Microsoft ID@Xbox Has Paid Out $1.7 Billion To Indie Developers Since 2013

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 28, 2019

In an interview with Kotaku, Microsoft unveiled that it paid out $1.7 billion to indie developers since 2013 through the ID@Xbox program.

Radio Spectrum Company Aurora Insight Raises $18 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Oct 28, 2019

Radio spectrum company Aurora Insight announced it raised $18 million in Series A funding earlier this year led by Alsop Louie Partners and True Ventures.

Freight Forwarder Software Company Logixboard Closes $4.2 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 28, 2019

Freight forwarder company Logixboard announced it raised $4.2 million in a seed round of funding led by Social Leverage.

Financial Software Company PeerNova Raises $31 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Oct 28, 2019

Leading enterprise software company PeerNova announced it has raised $31 million in growth funding led by Mosaik Partners.

Universal Quantum Computing Company IonQ Closes $55 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Oct 28, 2019

Universal quantum computing company IonQ announced recently that it closed $55 million in funding.

Restaurant Software Company MarginEdge Raises $5 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 28, 2019

Restaurant software platform company MarginEdge announced that it raised $5 million in Series A funding led by Osage Venture Partners.

Why Mastercard Is Buying SessionM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2019

Mastercard announced recently that it is buying customer engagement company SessionM. These are the details about the deal.

Retailer Logistics Platform Company Fabric Raises $110 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2019

Fabric (formerly known as CommonSense Robotics) has raised $110 million in Series B funding led by Corner Ventures.

Healthcare Supply Chain Company Curvo Labs Closes $2 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Oct 28, 2019

Healthcare supply chain and sourcing technology company Curvo Labs has raised $2 million in funding led by Snake Run Capital and Elevate Ventures.

Medical Equipment Marketplace Company Medinas Closes $5 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Oct 28, 2019

Medical technology asset management company Medinas announced it raised $5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by NFX.

Why Roku Is Buying Video Ad Platform Dataxu For $150 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 27, 2019

Roku announced recently that it is buying video ad platform company Dataxu for $150 million in cash and stock. These are the details.

Instabase: $105 Million In Funding At $1.05 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2019

Business application platform company Instabase announced recently that it raised $105 million in Series B funding at a $1.05 billion valuation.

M12, Mayfield, And Pivotal Ventures Set Up $6 Million Fund For Female Founders Competition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2019

M12, Mayfield, and Pivotal Ventures recently announced it set up a $6 million fund for the second global Female Founders Competition.

Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity Company Upstream Security Raises $30 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Oct 27, 2019

Connected vehicle company Upstream Security announced it raised $30 million in Series B fund from a syndicate of prominent investors.

Why Microsoft Is Acquiring Mover

By Noah Long ● Oct 27, 2019

Microsoft recently announced that it is acquiring Mover. These are the details about the deal.