Pulse 2.0

Lendbuzz: How This Company Helps Consumers With Limited Credit History Buy Cars

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 18, 2019

Lendbuzz -- a fintech company that is disrupting the car financing market -- announced recently that it secured $150 million in debt and equity financing.

Denver-Based Bow River Capital Closes $160 Million For 2019 Software Growth Equity Fund

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 18, 2019

Denver-based venture firm Bow River Capital has closed $160 million for its 2019 Software Growth Equity Fund.

Why AbbVie Acquired Mavupharma

By Annie Baker ● Jul 18, 2019

Chicago-based biopharmaceutical company AbbVie recently announced it acquired Mavupharma. These are the details behind the deal.

Mahmee: How This Company Is Addressing Critical Gaps In The Maternity Healthcare Process

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 17, 2019

Mahmee -- a data-driven maternal and infant health tech company -- announced it raised $3 million from an all-star team of investors.

Leading Trading Desk And Market Maker Altonomy Raises $7 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 17, 2019

Altonomy -- a leading trading desk and market maker for cryptocurrency assets -- announced it raised $7 million in seed funding.

Amperity: How This AI-Powered Customer Data Management Is Fueling Accurate Customer Insights

By Noah Long ● Jul 17, 2019

Amperity is an AI-powered customer data management platform company that recently announced it raised $50 million in Series C funding.

Facebook Hires Jason Toff For Its New Product Experimentation Team

By Annie Baker ● Jul 17, 2019

Product management leader Jason Toff has announced he will be taking a job as PM Director at Facebook's NPE Team.

DefenseStorm: How This Company Helps Banks And Credit Unions WIth Cyber Exposure Readiness

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 17, 2019

DefenseStorm is a leading cloud-based cybersecurity and cybercompliance management company that raised $15 million in Series A funding.

Blackstone Acquires Mobile Video Ad Company Vungle For About $750 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2019

Mobile video advertising company Vungle has been acquired by Blackstone for about $750 million, according to a number of reports.

Facebook Calibra Project Head David Marcus Testifies Before US Senate Banking Committee

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2019

Facebook's head of Calibra David Marcus went on Capitol Hill to answer questions from lawmakers about how Libra will work

Staffbase: This Company Has Raised $23 Million To Reach Distributed Workforces

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 16, 2019

Mobile-first employee communication and experience platform company Staffbase has raised $23 million in funding to reach distributed workforces.

Report: James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems Invests $20 Million In VR Startup The Void

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2019

Lupa Systems -- the venture capital arm led by former 21st Century Fox chairman James Murdoch -- has reportedly invested $20 million in VR startup The Void.

Pipefy: This Company Raised $45 Million To Make Lean Management Accessible To Those Responsible For Workflows

By Noah Long ● Jul 16, 2019

Lean Management platform company Pipefy announced it raised $45 million in Series B led by Insight Partners with particiation from OpenView and Trinity.

Node: How This Artificial Intuition Is Powering Predictable Business Outcomes

By Annie Baker ● Jul 16, 2019

Node -- the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes -- announced that it raised $16 million.

Avvir: How This Automated Construction Platform Is Driving Building Digitization

By Annie Baker ● Jul 16, 2019

Automated construction platform Avvir announced it raised $2.5 million in a seed round led by Khosla Ventures. Metaprop and Localglobe also joined.

Palladium Equity Raises $1.56 Billion For PEP V Private Equity Fund

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 16, 2019

Palladium Equity Partners announced that it has completed the fundraising for the PEP V fund with commitments of $1.56 billion.

Women Founders Network Unveils Ten Finalists Competing At Seventh Annual Fast Pitch Competition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2019

The Women Founders Network recently unveiled the ten finalists who are competing in the 7th Annual Fast Pitch Competition on October 30, 2019.

GetAccept: How This All-In-One Sales Platform Helps Enterprises Close More Deals

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 16, 2019

GetAccept is an all-in-one sales platform combining video, live chat, proposal design, document tracking, and e-signature company that recently announced it raised $7 million.

Nashville-Based Healthcare Data Analytics Company Stratasan Raises $26 Million

By Annie Baker ● Jul 15, 2019

Nashville-based healthcare data analytics software provider Stratasan announced it raised $26 million led by Fulcrum Equity Partners.

Cloud-Based Restaurant Management Platform SynergySuite Raises $6 Million

By Noah Long ● Jul 15, 2019

Leading cloud-based restaurant management platform company SynergySuite announced it raised $6 million in funding led by First Analysis.

Decentralized App Builder Company Near Secures $12.1 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 15, 2019

Near -- a San Francisco, California-based developer-friendly platform for building decentralized applications -- announced it raised $12.1 million.

Akash Systems To Scale Its Radio Modules And Power Amplifier Business With New Funding Round

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 15, 2019

San Francisco-based satellite communications company Akash Systems announced it raised $14.5 million in Series A funding.

Robotics Process Automation For Development Company Mesmer Raises $15 Million

By Noah Long ● Jul 15, 2019

Robotics Process Automation for Development (RPAD) company Mesmer has raised $15 million in Series A funding.

Monitoring And Analytics Tools Company Vyopta Raises $7.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 15, 2019

Vyopta -- a company that offers monitoring and analytics tools to optimize workplace collaboration -- has raised $7.5 million.

Google Cloud: Kirsten Kliphouse And Eduardo Lopez Take On Major Sales Roles

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 15, 2019

Google Cloud recently announced that it hired Kirsten Kliphouse as the Pres. of North America and Eduardo Lopez as Pres. of Latin America divisions.

Facebook Plans To Double Its Hiring Of Women And Minorities

By Annie Baker ● Jul 15, 2019

Facebook recently unveiled its 2019 Diversity Report and announced a goal of doubling the hiring of women and minorities.

Bain Capital Leads $3.25 Million In Nebulous Decentralized Cloud Storage Platform

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 15, 2019

Nebulous -- the company behind the Sia decentralized cloud storage platform -- has raised $3.25 million led by Bain Capital Ventures.

First Explainable AI Platform Company Kyndi Closes $20 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Jul 15, 2019

Kyndi -- the first Explainable AI platform company -- has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Intel Capital.

Enterprise Content Marketing Platform NewsCred Raises $20 Million

By Noah Long ● Jul 15, 2019

Enterprise content marketing platform company NewsCred has raised $20 million in financing led by InterWest Partners.

Autonomous Robot Systems Company Exyn Technologies Raises $116 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jul 15, 2019

Exyn Technologies — an autonomous robot systems spin-off of the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania -- announced it raised $16 million.

Archives

Lendbuzz: How This Company Helps Consumers With Limited Credit History Buy Cars

Denver-Based Bow River Capital Closes $160 Million For 2019 Software Growth Equity Fund

Why AbbVie Acquired Mavupharma

Mahmee: How This Company Is Addressing Critical Gaps In The Maternity Healthcare Process

Leading Trading Desk And Market Maker Altonomy Raises $7 Million

Amperity: How This AI-Powered Customer Data Management Is Fueling Accurate Customer Insights

Facebook Hires Jason Toff For Its New Product Experimentation Team

DefenseStorm: How This Company Helps Banks And Credit Unions WIth Cyber Exposure Readiness

Blackstone Acquires Mobile Video Ad Company Vungle For About $750 Million

Facebook Calibra Project Head David Marcus Testifies Before US Senate Banking Committee

Staffbase: This Company Has Raised $23 Million To Reach Distributed Workforces

Report: James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems Invests $20 Million In VR Startup The Void

Pipefy: This Company Raised $45 Million To Make Lean Management Accessible To Those Responsible For Workflows

Node: How This Artificial Intuition Is Powering Predictable Business Outcomes

Avvir: How This Automated Construction Platform Is Driving Building Digitization

Palladium Equity Raises $1.56 Billion For PEP V Private Equity Fund

Women Founders Network Unveils Ten Finalists Competing At Seventh Annual Fast Pitch Competition

GetAccept: How This All-In-One Sales Platform Helps Enterprises Close More Deals

Nashville-Based Healthcare Data Analytics Company Stratasan Raises $26 Million

Cloud-Based Restaurant Management Platform SynergySuite Raises $6 Million

Decentralized App Builder Company Near Secures $12.1 Million

Akash Systems To Scale Its Radio Modules And Power Amplifier Business With New Funding Round

Robotics Process Automation For Development Company Mesmer Raises $15 Million

Monitoring And Analytics Tools Company Vyopta Raises $7.5 Million

Google Cloud: Kirsten Kliphouse And Eduardo Lopez Take On Major Sales Roles

Facebook Plans To Double Its Hiring Of Women And Minorities

Bain Capital Leads $3.25 Million In Nebulous Decentralized Cloud Storage Platform

First Explainable AI Platform Company Kyndi Closes $20 Million In Funding

Enterprise Content Marketing Platform NewsCred Raises $20 Million

Autonomous Robot Systems Company Exyn Technologies Raises $116 Million