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Circle Names Jeremy Fox-Geen As CFO

By Dan Anderson ● May 16, 2021

Circle — a global financial technology firm that provides payments and treasury infrastructure for internet businesses — announced recently that finance veteran Jeremy Fox-Geen will join the company as its Chief Financial Officer. These are the details.

Remitly Raises Funding From Visa To Expand Cross-Border Money Transfer Services

By Dan Anderson ● May 16, 2021

Remitly — a mobile-first provider of remittances and financial services for immigrants — announced new funding from Visa. These are the details.

ServiceMax Names Nell O’Donnell As Chief Legal Officer

By Annie Baker ● May 16, 2021

ServiceMax — a leader in asset-centric field service management — announced Nell O'Donnell will join the ServiceMax executive team as Chief Legal Officer. These are the details.

Security And Compliance Platform Company Vanta Raises $50 Million

By Noah Long ● May 16, 2021

Vanta — a leading automated security and verified compliance platform — announced recently that it raised a $50 million Series A round of funding. These are the details.

HoneyBook: $155 Million Funding And Over $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

HoneyBook — a leading client experience and financial management platform for independent service-based businesses — announced recently that it raised a $155 million Series D equity round. These are the details.

Continuous Orchestration Platform Opsera Raises $15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

Opsera — a Continuous Orchestration platform for DevOps — announced recently that it raised a $15 million Series A round of funding. These are the details.

Freight Forwarding Platform Logixboard Closes $13 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

Logixboard — a modern customer experience platform for freight forwarders — announced that it closed a $13 million investment. These are the details.

Cybersecurity Company Cigent Secures $7.6 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 16, 2021

Cigent Technology announced recently that it closed a $7.6 million Series A round of funding. These are the details.

Life Insurance And Annuities Distributor Signal Advisors Raises $16 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

Signal Advisors — a tech-enabled distributor of annuities and life insurance — announced recently that it raised a $10 million Series A led by General Catalyst. These are the details.

Mighty Networks Secures $50 Million To Help Brands Grow Communities

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

Mighty Networks — a premiere SaaS platform for creators and brands to start and grow communities — announced recently it has closed a $50 million Series B funding round. These are the details.

Private Investing Platform Percent Raises $12.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

Percent (formerly Cadence) — the private investing platform changing the landscape of the $800 billion private credit industry — announced recently that it raised $12.5 million in Series A funding. These are the details.

Current: $220 Million Series D Funding And $2.2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

Current — a leading U.S. financial technology company serving Americans who are working to create a better future for themselves — announced recently that it has raised $220 million in Series D funding and tripled its valuation to $2.2 billion in just 5 months. These are the details.

Driver Training Company Ornikar Raises €100 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 16, 2021

Ornikar — a specialist in driver training and road awareness since 2013 — announced a €100 million round of Series C funding. These are the details.

Ethos: $200 Million Series D Funding And $2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

Ethos — an InsurTech leader that is transforming the life insurance space — recently announced it has raised a $200 million Series D investment round at a valuation of $2 billion. These are the details.

Healthcare Company Oath Care Raises $2 Million

By Noah Long ● May 16, 2021

Oath Care — a new social company focused on building the future of healthcare — announced that it raised $2 million. These are the details.

Digital Wealth Management Company StashAway Raising $25 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

StashAway announced recently that it is raising a $25 million Series D round of funding. These are the details.

Medical Technology Company Elucid Raises $8 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 16, 2021

Elucid — a medical technology company developing AI software to enable cardiovascular disease detection — announced recently that it raised an $8 million Series A round of funding. These are the details.

Business Travel Platform TravelPerk Secures $160 Million

By Noah Long ● May 16, 2021

Global travel management platform TravelPerk announced it has raised $160 million in Series D equity and debt funding. These are the details.

Cloud Storage Company Wasabi Raises $112 Million

By Annie Baker ● May 16, 2021

Cloud storage company Wasabi announced recently it has raised $112 million in Series C funding. These are the details.

3D Infotech Hires Kirk Dennis As Director Of Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 16, 2021

3D Infotech announced recently that Kirk Dennis was appointed Director of Sales for the US and Canada.

Vectra AI: $130 Million Funding And $1.2 Billion Valuation

By Dan Anderson ● May 16, 2021

Vectra AI — a leader in threat detection and response — announced recently that it raised a $130 million round of funding led by funds managed by Blackstone Growth.

Why Ideanomics (IDEX) Is Buying US Hybrid

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2021

Ideanomics Inc (NASDAQ: IDEX) announced it signed a definitive agreement to buy 100% of privately held US Hybrid in cash and stock consideration. These are the details.

Prince International To Buy Ferro Corporation (FOE) In Deal Valued At $2.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 11, 2021

Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Prince International. These are the details.

Kahoot! Buying Clever In Deal Valued Up To $500 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2021

Education technology company Kahoot announced recently that it is buying Clever in a deal valued up to $500 million. These are the details.

Apple (AAPL) Hires Stella Low As Communications Head

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2021

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has hired Stella Low as the new vice president of worldwide corporate communications. These are the details.

BigID: $30 Million Funding And $1.25 Billion Valuation

By Dan Anderson ● May 6, 2021

BigID — a leader in data discovery and intelligence for privacy, protection and perspective — announced a $30 million investment from Advent International. These are the details.

Global Communications Company OneWeb Raises $550 Million

By Noah Long ● May 6, 2021

OneWeb — a global communications network powered from space — announced today that it has secured $550 million in funding from Eutelsat Communications. These are the details.

Teaching Platform Class Technologies Raises $12.25 Million

By Dan Anderson ● May 6, 2021

Class Technologies announced recently that it has raised $12.25 million in additional investment. These are the details.

Clearbanc: $100 Million Funding And Valuation Of Nearly $2 Billion

By Dan Anderson ● May 4, 2021

Clearbanc announced a rebrand and $100 million in new Series C equity funding to fuel the company's growth plans, bringing the company's valuation to almost $2 billion. These are the details.

Verizon (VZ) Selling Media Business (Yahoo And AOL) To Apollo (APO) In $5 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 3, 2021

Today Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) announced that funds managed by affiliates of Apollo entered into an agreement to buy Verizon Media for $5 billion. These are the details.