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Customer Engagement Platform Symend Raises $52 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 11, 2020

Leading customer engagement platform Symend announced it raised $52 million.

Autotech Ventures Closes Fund II At More Than $150 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 11, 2020

Autotech Ventures, a venture capital firm paving the way for the next frontier of mobility, announced it closed Fund II at over $150 million.

LetsGetChecked Raises Oversubscribed $71 Million

By Noah Long ● May 11, 2020

Leading direct-to-consumer at-home health testing and insights company LetsGetChecked recently announced it raised $71 million in Series C funding.

Analytics Platform Qrvey Raises $7.5 Million

By Noah Long ● May 11, 2020

Next-generation analytics platform Qrvey announced it raised $7.5 million in funding.

AI Robotics Company Covariant Raises $40 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 11, 2020

AI robotics company Covariant recently announced that it raised $40 million in Series B funding.

Google: Majority Of Employees To Work From Home Until 2021

By Dan Anderson ● May 9, 2020

Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly conducted an all-hands meeting on Thursday where he revealed that a majority of employees will be working from home until the end of the year.

Why Target (TGT) Is Buying Technology From Deliv

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 9, 2020

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) recently announced it is planning to acquire technology from Deliv. These are the details about the deal.

Facebook: These Are The First 20 Members Of The Oversight Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2020

Facebook revealed the first 20 members of the Oversight Board. These are members of the Oversight Board.

Vista Equity Partners Buying 2.3% Stake In Jio Platforms For About $1.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2020

Vista Equity Partners is buying a 2.3% stake in Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms for 113.7 billion rupees (about $1.5 billion).

Verint Systems (VRNT): $200 Million Closed In Connection With Plan To Separate Into 2 Public Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2020

Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT) announced it has closed the first $200 million tranche under the two tranche investment agreement with funds advised by Apax Partners.

Alphabet Spinoff Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners Raises $400 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 8, 2020

Alphabet spinoff Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) has raised $400 million in Series A funding. These are the details about the funding.

Sales Engagement Platform Groove Secures $12 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 8, 2020

Leading sales engagement platform Groove announced it raised $12 million in Series A funding.

Why Zoom Video (ZM) Is Buying Keybase

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2020

Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) recently announced it is buying Keybase, which is a startup known for its end-to-end encryption expertise.

Financial API Platform Company Treasury Prime Raises $9 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 7, 2020

Treasury Prime has announced that it raised $9 million in Series A funding. These are the details about the deal.

Why Accenture (ACN) Is Buying Callisto Integration And Kates Kesler

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2020

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) recently announced it was buying both Callisto Integration and Kates Kesler. These are the details about both deals.

Charles Schwab (SCHW) Launching ‘Stock Slices’ On June 9

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2020

Financial company Charles Schwab has announced a new feature called Stock Slices, which will be launching on June 9.

Human-Centric Health Care Savings Platform First Dollar Raises $5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 6, 2020

Human-centric health care savings platform First Dollar announced it raised $5 million in seed funding.

VNDLY: $8.5 Million Funding And Steve Singh Joins Board

By Annie Baker ● May 6, 2020

VNDLY, a leading cloud-based workforce management systems provider, announced it raised $8.5 million. And Steve Singh has joined the company's board.

SVT Robotics Raises $3.5 Million In Seed Funding Led By Cowboy Ventures

By Dan Anderson ● May 6, 2020

SVT Robotics, a company that builds software known for accelerating and simplifying deployment of industrial robotics, announced it raised $3.5 million.

Adobe (ADBE) And ServiceNow (NOW) Partner On Customer Service Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2020

ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW) and Adobe Inc (NASDAQ: ADBE) recently announced that they are partnering to make their software work together.

Lyft: ‘Wait And Save’ Program Expanding To Offers Cheaper Rates

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2020

This week, LYFT Inc (NASDAQ: LYFT) said it is expanding on its program offering cheaper rides for customers who are willing to wait a longer amount of time to be picked up.

Why Cognizant (CTSH) Is Buying Collaborative Solutions

By Dan Anderson ● May 6, 2020

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) recently announced that it is buying Collaborative Solutions.

Engineering Management Platform Jellyfish Raises Over $12 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 6, 2020

Engineering Management Platform company Jellyfish announced it raised over $12 million from Accel and Wing Venture Capital.

Sinch AB Buying SAP Digital Interconnect For About $250 Million

By Noah Long ● May 6, 2020

Cloud communications leader Sinch AB (publ) (OTCMKTS: CLCMF) announced it is buying SAP Digital Interconnect from SAP SE (NYSE: SAP).

Alphabet: Google Cloud Partners With Splunk (SPLK)

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 6, 2020

The cloud division of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) called Google Cloud and Splunk Inc (NASDAQ: SPLK) announced a new strategic partnership.

Cloud Security Company Orca Raises $20 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 5, 2020

Cloud security company Orca Security announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by GGV Capital.

1-Click Video Chat API Company Daily.co Raises $4.6 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 5, 2020

1-click video chat API company Daily.co announced it raised $4.6 million in funding.

Qualcomm (QCOM): Jamie Miller Joins The Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 5, 2020

Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that its board of directors appointed Jamie Miller to the board, effective immediately.

IBM Announces New 5G Services And Automation Tools For CIOs

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 5, 2020

At the Think Digital conference, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced it launched new automation tools for CIOs and a set of new 5G services. These are the details.

ApplyBoard: $75 Million Funding And $1.4 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 5, 2020

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada-based SaaS recruitment platform company ApplyBoard announced it raised $75 million at a $1.4 billion valuation.

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Customer Engagement Platform Symend Raises $52 Million

Autotech Ventures Closes Fund II At More Than $150 Million

LetsGetChecked Raises Oversubscribed $71 Million

Analytics Platform Qrvey Raises $7.5 Million

AI Robotics Company Covariant Raises $40 Million

Google: Majority Of Employees To Work From Home Until 2021

Why Target (TGT) Is Buying Technology From Deliv

Facebook: These Are The First 20 Members Of The Oversight Board

Vista Equity Partners Buying 2.3% Stake In Jio Platforms For About $1.5 Billion

Verint Systems (VRNT): $200 Million Closed In Connection With Plan To Separate Into 2 Public Companies

Alphabet Spinoff Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners Raises $400 Million

Sales Engagement Platform Groove Secures $12 Million

Why Zoom Video (ZM) Is Buying Keybase

Financial API Platform Company Treasury Prime Raises $9 Million

Why Accenture (ACN) Is Buying Callisto Integration And Kates Kesler

Charles Schwab (SCHW) Launching ‘Stock Slices’ On June 9

Human-Centric Health Care Savings Platform First Dollar Raises $5 Million

VNDLY: $8.5 Million Funding And Steve Singh Joins Board

SVT Robotics Raises $3.5 Million In Seed Funding Led By Cowboy Ventures

Adobe (ADBE) And ServiceNow (NOW) Partner On Customer Service Software

Lyft: ‘Wait And Save’ Program Expanding To Offers Cheaper Rates

Why Cognizant (CTSH) Is Buying Collaborative Solutions

Engineering Management Platform Jellyfish Raises Over $12 Million

Sinch AB Buying SAP Digital Interconnect For About $250 Million

Alphabet: Google Cloud Partners With Splunk (SPLK)

Cloud Security Company Orca Raises $20 Million

1-Click Video Chat API Company Daily.co Raises $4.6 Million

Qualcomm (QCOM): Jamie Miller Joins The Board

IBM Announces New 5G Services And Automation Tools For CIOs

ApplyBoard: $75 Million Funding And $1.4 Billion Valuation