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Cloud Security Company Wiz Raises $100 Million In Series A Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

Wiz — a rapidly growing cloud security innovator — announced it recently emerged from stealth with $100 million in Series A financing. These are the details.

Career Karma Raises $10 Million To Help Match Engineers With Coding Bootcamps

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

Career Karma announced that it raised $10 million in Series A funding. These are the details.

Graphiant Closes $33.5 Million In Round Co-Led By Sequoia And Two Bear

By Annie Baker ● Dec 15, 2020

Graphiant recently announced it raised $33.5 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Sequoia Capital and Two Bear Capital with participation from Atlantic Bridge.

OSARO Closes Series B Extension From Mark Cuban, Founders Fund, And Several Others

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

OSARO announced it has closed its Series B extension with participation from Darco Capital, The Mark Cuban Companies, King River Capital, Alpha Intelligence Capital, Founders Fund, Pegasus Tech Ventures, GiTV Fund, and existing investors.

Behavior-As-A-Service Company Neuro-ID Raises $7 Million In Series A Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 15, 2020

Behavior-as-a-Service (BaaS) technology Neuro-ID recently announced that it has raised a $7 million Series-A funding round led by Fin VC and TTV Capital.

Cloud Security Company Orca Raises $55 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

Orca Security announced it has raised $55 million in Series B funding led by ICONIQ Growth. These are the details.

Biopharmaceutical Company Edgewise Therapeutics Closes $95 Million In Series C

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 15, 2020

Edgewise Therapeutics recently announced the closing of a $95 million Series C preferred stock financing led by Viking Global Investors. These are the details.

Indoor Agriculture Company Gotham Greens Raises $87 Million In Equity And Debt Capital

By Annie Baker ● Dec 15, 2020

Gotham Greens — a pioneer in indoor agriculture operating high-tech greenhouses located across the United States — announced it has raised $87 million in new equity and debt capital. These are the details.

Technical Assessment Platform Company CodeSignal Raises $25 Million In Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

CodeSignal — a technical assessment platform dedicated to helping companies #GoBeyondResumes in tech recruiting — announced a $25 million in Series B funding. These are the details.

Data Privacy API Company Skyflow Raises $17.5 Million In Series A

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 15, 2020

Skyflow — a data privacy API company — announced that it has raised $17.5 million in Series A funding. These are the details.

Spatial Commerce Company Aglet Secures $4.5 Million Seed Round

By Annie Baker ● Dec 15, 2020

Aglet — a developer of a sneaker and culture focused spatial commerce experience — announced it has completed a seed financing of an additional $4.5 million.

Prescription Digital Therapeutics Company Pear Raises $80 Million

By Noah Long ● Dec 15, 2020

Pear Therapeutics announced that it successfully closed an $80 million Series D financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. These are the details.

AgTech Company SeeTree Raises $30 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 15, 2020

SeeTree — an AI-powered, end-to-end service that provides growers with intelligence on trees and tree clusters — announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by the International Finance Corporation.

Why Platinum Equity Is Buying Ingram Micro For $7.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

Platinum Equity recently announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to buy Ingram Micro. These are the details.

Remote Work Platform Turing.com Raises $32 Million In Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

Turing.com — an automated platform that lets companies hire remote developers at the touch of a button — announced it has raised a $32 million Series B funding round led by WestBridge Capital. These are the details.

Why Reddit Is Buying Dubsmash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

Social news aggregation company Reddit announced it is buying Dubsmash. These are the details.

Health Technology Company Well Secures $40 Million In Series A Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 15, 2020

Well — a company that utilizes leading-edge artificial intelligence and behavioral economics to help its members achieve their best health — announced the completion of $40 million in Series A financing. These are the details.

Application Intelligence Company Bionic Raises $17 Million

By Annie Baker ● Dec 15, 2020

Application intelligence company Bionic recently announced it emerged from stealth with $17 million in funding.

Why Vista Equity Partners Is Buying Pluralsight (PS) For $3.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

Technology workforce development company Pluralsight, Inc. (NASDAQ: PS) recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners. These are the details about the deal.

Why Electronic Arts Is Buying Codemasters For $1.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 15, 2020

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) recently announced it reached an agreement to buy UK-based racing game developer Codemasters in a deal that is valued at $1.2 billion. These are the details.

Analytics Services Company Tredence Raises $30 Million

By Noah Long ● Dec 15, 2020

Tredence — a leading provider of analytics services and solutions — announced that it has secured $30 million in funding from Chicago Pacific Founders (CPF). These are the details.

Why Gilead Sciences (GILD) Is Buying MYR GmbH For Up To €1.45 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 14, 2020

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and MYR GmbH recently announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Gilead will acquire MYR for approximately €1.15 billion in cash, payable upon closing of the transaction plus a potential future milestone payment of up to €300 million.