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Cisco’s $28 Billion Acquisition Of Splunk Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

Today, Cisco announced it completed the acquisition of Splunk. This acquisition will strengthen Cisco's foundation in delivering unparalleled visibility and insights across companies of all sizes' digital footprints.

BlackLine: Camille Drummond Joins Board of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

BlackLine announced that Camille Drummond has joined its board of directors, effective March 15th, 2024. Drummond will tap into her 36 years of leading finance and global business process services at oil, gas, and energy leader bp to support BlackLine's growth trajectory, help extend market leadership, and elevate its position within the Office of the CFO.

Bridger Consulting Buying Primary Insights Platform Company DeepBench

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

Today, Bridger Consulting Group announced the acquisition of DeepBench, a primary insights platform launched in 2016 by four MIT students. DeepBench differentiates itself by building proprietary software tools, such as distinct AI and ML capabilities, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the expert matching process—a significant bottleneck in the expert insights space. This deal will substantially improve Bridger's service offerings and market share, especially within the expert search market segments.

nCino Buying Commercial Account Opening Platform Company DocFox

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

nCino - a cloud banking pioneer for the global financial services industry - announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DocFox. DocFox is a leading solution provider automating onboarding experiences for commercial/business banking.

ConKay Medical Systems Raises $1.8 Million For Developing Device To Treat Patients Suffering From Valvular Regurgitation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

ConKay Medical Systems - a medical technology startup company that is developing a device for treating patients suffering from valvular regurgitation - announced it has closed an oversubscribed $1.8 million seed round. Multiple investment funds participated in the round including Unorthodox Ventures, SCP Ventures, WS Investment Company, and individual angel investors.

FlexPoint: Payments Automation Platform Company Raises $35 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

FlexPoint - a payments automation platform designed for managed service providers (MSPs) and the businesses they work with - announced that it has raised $35 million of capital in the form of debt and equity to fund the growth of the company and a vision to provide MSPs with a financial platform to grow and run their businesses.

Stellar3: Turning Waste Liabilities Into Energy Assets For A $50+ Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

Stellar3 is a company that designs and builds patented waste transformation plants, using feedstocks that include sorted municipal solid waste, mixed plastic waste and end-of-life tires as a result producing syngas, low carbon liquid fuels, circular pyrolytic oil, recycled carbon-black and electricity. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Stellar3 co-founder and CEO Dan Nienhauser to learn more about the company.

Quantexa: Clark Frogley On Using AI To Circumvent Financial Crimes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

Quantexa is a global data and analytics company pioneering Contextual Decision Intelligence and it empowers organizations to make operational decisions by analyzing meaningful data. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Quantexa Head of Financial Crime Solutions Clark Frogley, a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent, to discuss how financial institutions can utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle fraud in banking.

TheyDo: Customer Journey Management Company Raises $34 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

Leading Journey Management platform company TheyDo announced it raised an additional $34 million in funding. Blossom Capital led the round, which included existing investors Arches Capital and InnovationQuarter, global customer experience evangelist Steven Van Belleghem, HighSage Ventures, and 20SALES.

Trax Retail: Enabling Brands To Offer Seamless Shopping Experiences In Over A $100 Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2024

Trax Retail is a company that has a goal of enabling brands and retailers to harness the power of digital technologies to produce the best shopping experiences imaginable. The company’s retail platform allows customers to understand what is happening on-shelf, in every store, all the time so they can focus on what they do best: delighting shoppers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Trax Retail chief revenue officer David Gottlieb to learn more.