Pulse 2.0

Containerized Vertical Farming Company Freight Farms Secures $15 Million

By Noah Long ● Feb 15, 2020

Freight Farms -- a global innovation leader of containerized vertical farming -- announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding.

Nextdoor Launches New App For Public Agencies

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 15, 2020

Nextdoor recently announced a new app for Public Agencies, which is a free tool that directly connects local and regional agencies with verified members.

CarSaver Hires Heather Pollard As COO

By Noah Long ● Feb 14, 2020

CarSaver has announced the appointment of Heather Pollard to the position of Chief Operating Officer.

Location Intelligence And Urban Planning Company UrbanFootprint Secures $11.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 14, 2020

UrbanFootprint -- a leading location intelligence and urban planning software company -- announced it has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding.

Deep Instinct: $43 Million Funding And 400% Increase In ARR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2020

Deep Instinct ― a cybersecurity company that successfully applies end-to-end deep learning to predict, identify, and prevent cyberattacks ― announced it raised $43 million in Series C funding.

Nova Credit: This Cross-Border Consumer Credit Company Just Raised $50 Million Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2020

Nova Credit ― a premier cross-border consumer credit reporting startup ― announced it has raised $50 million in equity financing led by Kleiner Perkins.

Visa: Data Sales Expected To Generate $3.5 Billion In Consulting Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2020

Visa President Ryan McInerney said that revenue from the company’s consulting arm is expected to jump 20% year at $3.5 billion.

Merrill Lynch Promotes Craig Young To Business Development Head Position

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 14, 2020

Merrill Lynch announced it has promoted Craig Young to national business development executive.

Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk Becomes Head Of Microsoft Israel Development Center

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 14, 2020

Microsoft announced it has named Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk as the general manager of its Israel Development Center.

China Media Capital Launches $950 Million CMC Capital Partners III Fund

By Annie Baker ● Feb 14, 2020

China-based venture capital firm China Media Capital has launched a $950 million fund called CMC Capital Partners III Fund.

KKR: Final Closing Of $1.3 Billion Global Impact Fund

By Noah Long ● Feb 14, 2020

Global investment firm KKR recently announced the final closing of KKR Global Impact Fund SCSp ― which is a $1.3 billion fund dedicated to investment opportunities in companies whose core business models provide commercial solutions to an environmental or social challenge

Security Operations Center Company Cysiv Raises $26 Million

By Noah Long ● Feb 14, 2020

Cysiv, an enterprise SOC-as-a-Service company, announced it raised $26 million in Series A funding led by ForgePoint Capital.

Ramp: Corporate Card Launch And $25 Million Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 14, 2020

Ramp, a company that developed a corporate card built to save businesses money, announced it raised $25 million in funding.

ContentWriters Launches Project Management Platform And Doubles Tech Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2020

ContentWriters, a full-service content writing agency that specializes in providing high-quality content at scale to publishers, announced it doubled its tech investment and launched a new project management platform.

Battery Ventures Closes Massive $2 Billion For Ventures XIII And XIII Side Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Technology-focused investment firm Battery Ventures has closed two new funds worth a combined $2 billion in order to back innovative technology companies worldwide in a variety of sectors.

Liquidity Capital To Invest More Than $500 Million This Year In Tech Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Liquidity Capital ― a provider of unlimited unsecured, non-recourse, and no dilution growth capital ― announced a plan to fund over $500 million of growth capital to technology startups throughout 2020.

Grand Rapids-Based Grand Angels Launches $11.8 Million Third Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Grand Rapids-based Grand Angels has raised $11.8 million for its third fund. These are the details about the new fund.

SoundCloud: $75 Million From SiriusXM And $200 Million In Forward Revenue Run Rate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

SiriusXM has invested $75 million in SoundCloud, which is known as the world’s largest open audio platform.

Application Performance Optimization Company Carbon Relay Raises $63 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Carbon Relay and Insight Partners recently announced a $63 million funding round to accelerate the growth of its Red Sky Ops solution for optimizing application performance in Kubernetes environments.

MoEngage: Intelligent Customer Analytics Company Closes $25 Million

By Annie Baker ● Feb 13, 2020

MoEngage, an intelligent customer analytics and cross-channel engagement platform, announced it has raised $25 million in Series C funding.

Cyber Threat Intelligence Company Sixgill Raises $15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Leading cyber threat intelligence company Sixgill announced that it has raised $15 million in its second round of funding.

Purdue University Affiliate Rocket Fuel Company Adranos Raises $1 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Adranos ― a Purdue University-affiliated company developing a novel high-performance, solid rocket fuel for long-range missile and space launch systems, announced it raised $1 million.

Negotiatus Raises $10 Million To Optimize Procurement For Businesses

By Noah Long ● Feb 13, 2020

Negotiatus, a company that offers purchasing software that helps business administrators and users place orders, announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding.

Docugami: $10 Million Funding And Bob Muglia Joins As Board Member

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Docugami, a Seattle-based document engineering company that transforms how businesses create and manage documents for greater productivity, announced it raised $10 million in seed funding.

Chicago-Based Microsoft Azure Automation Solution Nerdio Secures $8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Nerdio, a Chicago-based Microsoft Azure automation solution for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT Professionals, announced it has raised $8 million in Series A funding.

Leading In-Memory Computing Platform Hazelcast Raises $50 Million Funding

By Noah Long ● Feb 13, 2020

Hazelcast, a leading in-memory computing platform that delivers radically fast application performance at scale, announced it raised $50 million in Series D funding.

NY-Based Equal Ventures Launches $56 Million Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

New York-based seed-stage venture firm Equal Ventures announced it has launched a new $56 million fund.

Nextdoor Hires Maryam Banikarim As Head of Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Neighborhood social network Nextdoor announced that Maryam Banikarim has joined the company as Head of Marketing.

Former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush Joins The Innovaccer Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Leading healthcare technology company Innovaccer announced that former athenahealth CEO and co-founder Jonathan Bush will join the company Board of Directors.

Michael DiNucci Joins Netradyne As Chief Revenue Officer

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 13, 2020

Netradyne, a leader in artificial intelligence and edge computing company focusing on driver and fleet safety, announced Michael DiNucci has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer.

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Containerized Vertical Farming Company Freight Farms Secures $15 Million

Nextdoor Launches New App For Public Agencies

CarSaver Hires Heather Pollard As COO

Location Intelligence And Urban Planning Company UrbanFootprint Secures $11.5 Million

Deep Instinct: $43 Million Funding And 400% Increase In ARR

Nova Credit: This Cross-Border Consumer Credit Company Just Raised $50 Million Funding

Visa: Data Sales Expected To Generate $3.5 Billion In Consulting Revenue

Merrill Lynch Promotes Craig Young To Business Development Head Position

Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk Becomes Head Of Microsoft Israel Development Center

China Media Capital Launches $950 Million CMC Capital Partners III Fund

KKR: Final Closing Of $1.3 Billion Global Impact Fund

Security Operations Center Company Cysiv Raises $26 Million

Ramp: Corporate Card Launch And $25 Million Funding

ContentWriters Launches Project Management Platform And Doubles Tech Investment

Battery Ventures Closes Massive $2 Billion For Ventures XIII And XIII Side Funds

Liquidity Capital To Invest More Than $500 Million This Year In Tech Companies

Grand Rapids-Based Grand Angels Launches $11.8 Million Third Fund

SoundCloud: $75 Million From SiriusXM And $200 Million In Forward Revenue Run Rate

Application Performance Optimization Company Carbon Relay Raises $63 Million

MoEngage: Intelligent Customer Analytics Company Closes $25 Million

Cyber Threat Intelligence Company Sixgill Raises $15 Million

Purdue University Affiliate Rocket Fuel Company Adranos Raises $1 Million

Negotiatus Raises $10 Million To Optimize Procurement For Businesses

Docugami: $10 Million Funding And Bob Muglia Joins As Board Member

Chicago-Based Microsoft Azure Automation Solution Nerdio Secures $8 Million

Leading In-Memory Computing Platform Hazelcast Raises $50 Million Funding

NY-Based Equal Ventures Launches $56 Million Fund

Nextdoor Hires Maryam Banikarim As Head of Marketing

Former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush Joins The Innovaccer Board

Michael DiNucci Joins Netradyne As Chief Revenue Officer