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Stanford Alumni Scientists And Physicians Launch StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2020

StartX, a startup community comprised of over 1,500 Stanford faculty and alumni founders, announced it has launched the StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force.

Digital Data Validation Platform Attestiv Closes Series Seed Round

By Noah Long ● Mar 19, 2020

Digital data validation platform Attestiv announced it has closed a series seed offering led by Castle Island Ventures.

Microsoft Executive Sophia Velastegui Joins BlackLine’s Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2020

BlackLine has announced that Microsoft executive Sophia Velastegui joined the company’s board of directors. These are the details.

Bank Of America Commits $100 Million To Help Communities Impacted By COVID-19

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2020

Bank of America recently announced it is committing $100 million to support local communities affected by COVID-19 (coronavirus). These are the details.

Mastercard And Samsung Sign Major Digital Inclusion Partnership

By Annie Baker ● Mar 19, 2020

Mastercard announced it signed a global partnership with Samsung to enable digital access to consumers and small businesses in emerging markets through its extensible Pay on Demand platform.

Dating.com Group Launches $50 Million Corporate VC Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2020

Dating.com Group announced it has launched a $50 million corporate VC fund. These are the details.

JPMorgan Chase Committing $50 Million To Help Combat COVID-19 Disruptions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2020

JPMorgan Chase announced it is making a $50 million global philanthropic commitment for the immediate public health and long-term economic challenges from the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Why Fox Is Buying Tubi For $440 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2020

Fox Corporation recently announced it is buying streaming video startup Tubi for $440 million in cash. These are the details about the deal.

Smart Ring Company Oura Raises $28 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2020

Oura announced it raised $28 million in Series B funding from Gradient Ventures, Square, and Forerunner Ventures.

Autonomous Cloud Governance Company CoreStack Secures $8.5 Million

By Noah Long ● Mar 19, 2020

Seattle-based venture-backed startup CoreStack announced it raised $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Naya Ventures.

Macrocycle Drug Discovery Company Circle Pharma Raises $45 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 19, 2020

Circle Pharma, a macrocycle drug discovery and development company, announced it raised $45 million in Series B funding.

Facebook Sets Up $100 Million Program To Help Small Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2020

Facebook has just announced it launched a $100 million program to help small businesses that are dealing with economic slowdowns.

North Carolina-Based Fluree Receives Investment From Engage As Part Of Seed Extension

By Noah Long ● Mar 18, 2020

North Carolina-based company Fluree announced it raised a seed extension round of funding with participation from Engage.

Ride-Sharing Company Gojek Closes $1.2 Billion In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Mar 18, 2020

Gojek, a Southeast Asia based ride-hailing company, announced it raised $1.2 billion. Including this funding round, Gojek has raised a total of nearly $3 billion.

One Raises $17 Million To Simplify Finances

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2020

Digital banking service One announced it raised $17 million in Series A funding.

Microsoft: Windows 10 Hits 1 Billion Active Devices

By Noah Long ● Mar 18, 2020

This week, Microsoft revealed that there are now 1 billion active Windows 10 machines. These are the details about the milestone.

SAP And Goldman Sachs Sign Momentous Partnership For Global Payments On Ariba Network

By Annie Baker ● Mar 18, 2020

SAP SE and Goldman Sachs announced that they have signed a partnership to make it easier for companies to do business with the millions of suppliers worldwide on Ariba Network.

Microsoft Unveils Xbox Series X Specifications And Details

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2020

Microsoft recently unveiled the specifications of the upcoming Xbox Series X gaming console. These are the details.

Bakkt: $300 Million In Funding And Starbucks Integration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2020

Bakkt, a company unlocking over $1.2 trillion of digital assets, announced it raised $300 million in funding. And it is also integrating with Starbucks.

Why Microsoft’s GitHub Is Buying Npm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2020

Microsoft subsidiary GitHub announced it is buying Npm. These are the details about the deal you should know about.

Tempus: $100 Million Funding And $5 Billion Valuation

By Annie Baker ● Mar 17, 2020

Chicago-based health tech company Tempus announced it raised $100 million in Series G funding at a post-money valuation of $5 billion.

Risk-Based Vulnerability Orchestration Company ZeroNorth Raises $10 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 17, 2020

ZeroNorth, the first provider of risk-based vulnerability orchestration across applications and infrastructure, announced it raised $10 million in Series A+ funding.

Amazon Looking To Hire 100,000 New Workers Due To ‘Unprecedented’ Labor Needs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2020

Amazon is planning to hire 100,000 new warehouse and delivery workers in order to meet the increased demands for shipments due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.

Google Suggests You ‘Do The Five’ To Combat COVID-19

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2020

Google updated its homepage with a five-step process to help combat the COVID-19 outbreak.

Impossible Foods Raises $500 Million From Renowned VCs And Celebrities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2020

Impossible Foods confirmed that it raised $500 million in funding led by new investor Mirae Asset Global Investments with participation from existing investors.

Ray Dalio Acknowledges That He Was Blindsided By Coronavirus As Flagship Fund Value Tumbles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2020

In a candid interview with the Financial Times, billionaire investor and head of Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio acknowledged that he was caught blindsided by COVID-19 (coronavirus).

HashiCorp: $175 Million Funding And Over $5 Billion Valuation

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 17, 2020

Multi-cloud infrastructure automation software HashiCorp announced it raised $175 million in Series E funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion.

Lockheed Martin: James Taiclet Succeeding Marillyn Hewson As CEO On June 15

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2020

Lockheed Martin announced recently that Marillyn Hewson will be stepping down as CEO. And she will be succeeded by American Tower Corp head James Taiclet.

BillionToOne To Expand UNITY Prenatal Screen With New Funding Round

By Annie Baker ● Mar 16, 2020

Precision diagnostics company BillionToOne announced it raised $15 million in Series A+ funding. These are the details about the funding.

b.well Connected Health Raises $16 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 16, 2020

b.well Connected Health, a platform designed for providing consumers with a new front-end to healthcare, announced it raised $16 million in Series A funding.