Pulse 2.0

Draper Goren Holm Launches $25 Million Blockchain VC Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2020

Los Angeles-based studio Draper Goren Holm has raised its first venture fund with $25 million (Fund 1) for investing in seed and Series A rounds.

Nextdoor Appoints John Hope Bryant and Andrea Wishom To Its Board of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2020

Nextdoor announced the appointment of John Hope Bryant and Andrea Wishom to its Board of Directors.

FlexScreen Raises Investment From Lori Greiner Of ‘Shark Tank’

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2020

FlexScreen announced the finalized equity partnership with 'Shark Tank' entrepreneur and investor Lori Greiner.

Why Justworks Is Buying Boomr

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 8, 2020

Justworks has announced the acquisition of Boomr. These are the details about the deal.

Abridge Closes $15 Million To Help You Stay On Top Of Your Health

By Noah Long ● Oct 8, 2020

Abridge announced it has raised $15 million across a seed round and recent Series A led by Union Square Ventures and healthcare partner UPMC.

Unified Lineage Platform MANTA Raises $13 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 8, 2020

MANTA — a unified data lineage platform provider — announced it has closed a $13 million Series A1 funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Why Morgan Stanley (MS) Is Buying Eaton Vance (EV) For $7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 8, 2020

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) have announced a $7 billion acquisition deal. These are the details.

Sales Demo Experience Company Walnut Secures $2.5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 8, 2020

Walnut announced it has officially launched and closed $2.5 million in a seed round of funding.

Why Accenture (ACN) Is Buying Myrtle Consulting Group And Avenai

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2020

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced a couple of acquisitions: Myrtle Consulting Group and Avenai. These are the details.

Infosys Launches Automated Data Science Platform For Supporting Public Health Agencies

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 7, 2020

Infosys Public Services -- a US-based subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY) -- announced the Infosys Health Insights Platform (IHIP). These are the details.

E-Commerce Experience Platform Company Shogun Closes $35 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2020

Shogun -- a leading e-commerce experience platform (eXP) -- announced that it has raised a $35 million Series B round of funding led by Accel.

Energy Efficiency Company Redaptive Raises $156.5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 7, 2020

Redaptive -- a leading provider of Efficiency-as-a-Service solutions for commercial and industrial customers -- announced it has raised $156.5 million in funding.

Education Technology Company Empowerly Secures $1.6 Million

By Noah Long ● Oct 7, 2020

Empowerly — a data-driven education technology startup for college admissions — announced it has raised $1.6 million.

Why 10X Genomics (TXG) Acquired ReadCoor And CartaNA AB

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2020

10X Genomics Inc (NASDAQ: TXG) recently announced it entered into a definitive agreement to buy ReadCoor. And this deal comes on the heels of 10X buying CartaNA AB.

Dialpad: $100 Million Funding, $1.2 Billion Valuation, Over $100 Million In Committed ARR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2020

AI-powered cloud business phone and contact center provider Dialpad announced it has raised $100 million in Series E funding at a valuation of over $1.2 billion.

Customer Education Platform Skilljar Raises $33 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2020

Leading Customer Education Platform Skilljar announced it has raised $33 million in funding. These are the details.

Chamath Palihapitiya Is Taking Clover Health Public In $3.7 Billion Deal (IPOC)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2020

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya is preparing to take Clover Health public. These are the details.

Salesforce Ventures Announces Second $100 Million Impact Fund (CRM)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 7, 2020

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) has announced its second Impact Fund from Salesforce Ventures, which is a $100 million fund that will accelerate the growth of cloud companies addressing some of the largest needs.

Microsoft (MSFT) To Set Up $1 Billion Data Center Venture In Greece

By Annie Baker ● Oct 6, 2020

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced it is building 3 data center sites in the greater Athens area of Greece through a $1 billion investment.