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Humanity Raises $2.5 Million To Help Slow The Aging Process

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 23, 2020

Humanity, a company that is focused on discovering how to slow your aging, increase your immune health, and help all humanity, announced it has raised $2.5 million in funding

Cybersecurity Platform Cobalt.io Secures $29 Million

By Noah Long ● Aug 23, 2020

Cybersecurity platform Cobalt -- a company that connects human penetration testers (sometimes known as ‘ethical hackers’) with companies looking to test the robustness of their software -- announced that it has raised $29 million.

LensGen: $10 Million Funding And James V. Mazzo Joins Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 23, 2020

LensGen -- an ophthalmic medical device company and developer of Juvene -- announced the initial closing of a $10 million of the $20 million Bridge Financing.

Advanced Construction Technologies Company ICON Raises $35 Million

By Noah Long ● Aug 23, 2020

ICON -- developer of advanced construction technologies including robotics, software, and building materials -- announced it has raised a $35 million series A round of funding led by Moderne Ventures.

OpenGov Announces Appointment Of Amy Pressman To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 23, 2020

OpenGov -- the modern cloud ERP for our nation's cities, counties, and state agencies -- has announced the appointment of Amy Pressman to its Board of Directors.

Nuance (NUAN) Advances Virtual Assistant Technology For Epic Electronic Health Records

By Annie Baker ● Aug 23, 2020

Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) has announced the advancement of Nuance's virtual assistant technology for customers using the Epic electronic health record (EHR).

Synopsys (SNPS) Names Sassine Ghazi As Chief Operating Officer

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 23, 2020

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) recently announced that Sassine Ghazi has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer. These are the details.

Facebook (FB) CMO Antonio Lucio To Step Down

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 23, 2020

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Antonio Lucio announced he is stepping down from the company. These are the details.

Uber Technologies Partners With NimbleRx For Prescription Deliveries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 23, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) announced it has partnered with NimbleRx for delivering prescriptions to patients in the Dallas and Seattle area markets.

Microsoft (MSFT) Reportedly Pushing For Cloud Contracts With Foreign Governments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 23, 2020

Later this year, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is expected to push more for cloud contract efforts designed for foreign governments according to a CNBC report.

MGM Resorts: Barry Diller And Joey Levin Join Board Following $1 Billion Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 22, 2020

Following a $1 billion investment in MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), IAC/Interactivecorp (NASDAQ: IAC) is adding Barry Diller and Joey Levin to the board of the hospitality and entertainment company.

Amazon’s Head Of Consumer Business Jeff Wilke To Retire Next Year (AMZN)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2020

Jeff Wilke -- the head of Amazon’s consumer business -- announced today that he was planning to retire early next year following over two decades of work at the online retail giant.

Coherent, Inc. (COHR) Chief Financial Officer Kevin Palatnik To Retire By March 2021

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 21, 2020

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) announced that the company and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Palatnik have entered into an Executive Transition Agreement.

Baidu (BIDU) Achieves Major Apollo Go Robotaxi Milestone

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2020

Today Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU) opened the Apollo Go Robotaxi service in Cangzhou, Hebei province -- which extended robotaxi coverage to the downtown area of a city for the first time in China.

Targeted Cancer Therapy Biotech Company Tango Therapeutics Raises $50 Million

By Noah Long ● Aug 21, 2020

Tango Therapeutics -- a biotechnology company focused on discovering and delivering the next generation of targeted cancer therapies -- announced it has raised $50 million.

Cyber Fusion Solutions Company Cyware Raises $10 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 21, 2020

Cyware -- the leading provider of cyber fusion solutions -- has raised a $10 million Series A round of funding to enhance its threat intelligence automation.

Anti-Fraud Platform SpyCloud Raises $30 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 21, 2020

SpyCloud, a company known for its anti-fraud platform powering account takeover prevention and fraud investigations solutions, announced that it has raised a $30 million Series C round.

SpaceX: $1.9 Billion Raised In Funding Round At A Reported $46 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2020

Aerospace manufacturing and space transportation services company SpaceX has raised $1.9 billion in funding.

Fertility Benefits Provider Carrot Secures $24 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2020

Carrot Fertility -- the leading global fertility benefits provider for employers -- announced that it has announced the company has closed $24 million in Series B funding.

Seated: $30 Million Funding And VenueBook Acquisition

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 21, 2020

Leading restaurant rewards platform Seated announced it has acquired VenueBook and raised $30 million in funding. These are the details.

Employee Engagement Company HelloTeam Raises $3.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2020

All-in-one performance management and employee engagement platform HelloTeam announced it has raised $3.5 million in a seed round of funding led by Underscore VC.

Why KBR Is Buying Centauri For $827 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2020

KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) recently announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Arlington Capital Partners under which KBR will acquire Centauri, LLC.

Callaway Golf (ELY) Unveils New Big Bertha B-21 Family Of Woods And Irons

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2020

Golf equipment and innovation company Callaway Golf Co (NYSE: ELY) recently announced the new Big Bertha B-21 lineup of drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, and irons.

Personalized Visual Experience Company Movable Ink Raises $30 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2020

Movable Ink -- a leading software company powering creative personalization for the world’s largest brands -- announced that it has raised $30 million in Series C funding.

Inbound Revenue Acceleration Chili Piper Secures $18 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 21, 2020

Chili Piper -- a leader in Inbound Revenue Acceleration -- announced that it has raised $18 million in Series A funding led by Base10 Partners.

Open Source Data Science Platform Pachyderm Raises $16 Million

By Noah Long ● Aug 21, 2020

Pachyderm -- an enterprise-grade, open-source platform that enables explainable, repeatable, and scalable data science -- announced that it has raised $16 million in Series B funding led by Microsoft’s venture arm M12.

Extreme Networks (EXTR) Forms A Corporate Social Responsibility Council

By Annie Baker ● Aug 21, 2020

Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) announced recently that it has formed a Corporate Social Responsibility Council to promote sustainable development, corporate philanthropy, and the empowerment of people – both inside and outside the company.

Blackbaud (BLKB) Names Michael Boulware Moore As First Diversity And Inclusion Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2020

Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud software company powering social good, announced it named Michael Boulware Moore as its first Diversity and Inclusion Officer.

How Pure Storage (PSTG) Is Helping McMaster University’s Lab Fight COVID-19

By Annie Baker ● Aug 20, 2020

Storage as-a-service Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) company recently announced that the McArthur lab at McMaster University is using Pure's FlashBlade as its backbone in the fight against antibiotic resistance in superbugs through data

Cloudera (CLDR) Announces General Availability Of Data Platform Private Cloud

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 20, 2020

Enterprise data cloud company Cloudera, (NYSE: CLDR) has announced the general availability of Cloudera Data Platform Private Cloud (CDP Private Cloud).