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Digital Clinical Assistant Company Suki Raises $20 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 8, 2020

Suki, a company that offers a voice-enabled digital clinical assistant, announced it raised $20 million in Series B funding.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Donating $5 Million To Help Public Agencies Detect Coronavirus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 8, 2020

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will starting offering home testing kits for Seattle area residents to detect the COVID-19.

Report: Nokia Secures €500 Million Loan To Develop 5G Technology

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 8, 2020

Finland-based telecommunications company Nokia has reportedly drawn a €500 million loan to accelerate 5G technology development.

Goldman Sachs Reportedly Planning To Buy Stake In Permira

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 8, 2020

Goldman Sachs unit Petershill is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in private equity firm Permira.

Mobile Banking App Company Empower Raises $20 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 7, 2020

Mobile banking app company Empower announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding.

Harvard Student-Run Organization Building App To Prevent Diseases From Spreading On-Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Members of Global Alliance for Medical Innovation, a student-run organization at Harvard, announced an app to report symptoms.

Kleiner Perkins Launches $700 Million Fund XIX

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers announced it closed $700 million for Fund XIX. These are the details about the new fund you should know.

Family Finance App Jassby Secures $5 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Mar 6, 2020

FinTech company Jassby announced it has raised $5 million in funding.

Clinical-Stage T Cell Receptor Biotech Company Immunocore Raises Over $130 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 6, 2020

Immunocore, a clinical-stage T cell receptor biotechnology company, announced it raised over $130 million.

Thermo Fisher Acquiring Qiagen For €9 Billion: Details About The Deal You Should Know

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Thermo Fisher recently announced it is buying coronavirus diagnostics company Qiagen. These are the details about the deal.

Uptrust Raises $1.3 Million To Fight Mass Incarceration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Uptrust, a San Francisco-based technology company fighting mass incarceration, announced it raised $1.3 million.

Honeywell Ventures Invests In Zapata Computing

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 6, 2020

Zapata Computing, a leading enterprise software company focused on quantum applications, announced it raised a strategic round from Honeywell Ventures.

Amazon Prime Video Bringing Back ‘The Kids In The Hall’

By Annie Baker ● Mar 6, 2020

Amazon Prime Video will soon be the home for the revival of Canadian cult comedy sketch show "The Kids In The Hall.”

Nvidia Acquires SwiftStack: Details You Should Know

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Nvidia recently announced it acquired SwiftStack. These are the details about the deal.

Why WPP Is Buying Sandtable

By Annie Baker ● Mar 6, 2020

Creative transformation company WPP has announced that GroupM is buying Sandtable.

Accenture Buying Context Information Security: Details You Should Know

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Accenture announced it is buying Context Information Security. These are the details about the deal you should know.

Serent Capital Launches $750 Million Fourth Fund

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 6, 2020

Private equity firm Serent Capital announced it closed its fourth fund called Serent Capital IV at $750 million.

Honeywell Launching A Powerful Quantum Computer And Signs JPMorgan As First Customer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Honeywell announced it is launching a powerful quantum computer and signed JPMorgan as its first customer.

Social Media Automation Platform Company FastForward.ai Raises $8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Social media automation company FastForward.ai announced it raised $8 million in a seed round of funding.

Conversational Application Platform Company GameOn Secures $10.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

GameOn Technology — an industry-leading conversational application platform company — announced it raised $10.5 million.

PressureGrid Technology Company Sensel Closes $28 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Mar 6, 2020

Sensel, a company that is building the next wave of touch interfaces with PressureGrid technology, announced it raised $28 million.

Element Science: This Digital Wearable Platform Company Just Raised $145.6 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Health technology company Element Science announced it has raised $145.6 million in Series C funding.

Satellite Constellation Company PredaSAR Secures $25 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Mar 6, 2020

PredaSAR, a company that plans to operate the largest and most advanced commercially operated Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite constellation, announced it raised $25 million.

unitQ Secures $11 Million In Funding Led By Gradient Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

unitQ, a real-time solution for staying on top of product quality across all platforms, announced it raised $11 million in Series A funding led by Gradient Ventures.

Multi-Cloud Governance And Compliance Company OpsCompass Raises $6.78 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 6, 2020

Multi-cloud governance and compliance company OpsCompass announced it has raised $6.78 million in Series A funding.

Google Cloud And T-Systems Sign Cloud Innovation Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Google Cloud and T-Systems have announced a partnership for delivering solutions and managed services to help enterprise customers digitally transform with the cloud.

Upcoming Video Streaming Service Quibi Raises $750 Million In Additional Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2020

Upcoming video content streaming company Quibi announced it raised $750 million in additional funding.

Summit Partners Invests $50 Million In Brooklinen

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 5, 2020

Summit Partners announced it invested $50 million in direct-to-consumer (DTC) accessible-luxury home essentials retailer brand Brooklinen.

Spatial Computing Company Talespin Closes $15 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Mar 5, 2020

Spatial computing company Talespin announced it raised $15 million in Series B funding.

Precision Genetic Medicine Company Akouos Secures $105 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Mar 5, 2020

Akouos, a precision genetic medicine company that is developing potential gene therapies to restore, improve, or preserve hearing, announced it raised $105 million.