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DevOps Policy Engine Datree Raises $8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Datree, an early-stage startup that is building a DevOps policy engine on GitHub, announced it raised $8 million in Series A funding.

Electric Bike Company Rad Power Bikes Raises $25 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 12, 2020

Seattle-based ebike brand Rad Power Bikes announced it has raised $25 million in funding led by Vulcan Capital and Durable Capital Partners LP.

Liam Moroney Joins Rocketrip As VP Of Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Rocketrip — the software solution that drives positive behavioral change in enterprise travel programs — announced it hired Liam Moroney as Vice President of Marketing.

Kareem Saad Joins Apervita As President And COO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Apervita, a leading platform for value-based collaboration in healthcare, announced recently that it hired seasoned healthcare technology executive Kareem Saad as the company's President and COO.

Landing Closes $30 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Landing, a company that offers flexible leasing memberships for long-term living, announced that it raised $30 million in debt and equity.

Cyber Security Solutions Company Sysnet Raises Growth Equity Funding

By Annie Baker ● Feb 12, 2020

Leading provider of cybersecurity and compliance solutions Sysnet Global Solutions announced it raised a significant growth equity investment led by FTV Capital and True Wind Capital.

Cybersecurity Company Agio Partners With Respond Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Agio, a leading provider of cybersecurity and managed IT services for the financial services industry, announced it signed a formal partnership with Respond Software.

Lightspeed Launches New Integrated Payment Capabilities In North America

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 12, 2020

Lightspeed POS recently announced the initial availability of Lightspeed Payments for hospitality merchants in the United States and retailers in Canada.

Cyber Hygiene Platform Automox Closes $30 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Automox — a cloud-native cyber hygiene platform provider — announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies.

Sweat Equity Ventures Launches Value Accelerator Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Sweat Equity Ventures recently announced it launched as a new Value Accelerator model of venture capital, which drives success for world-changing companies.

GigaSpaces Releases GigaSpaces Cloud Managed Service On Google Cloud Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

GigaSpaces announced that it is now providing its in-memory computing platform InsightEdge as a managed service on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Arizona-Based Digital Freight Company Emerge Raises $20 Million

By Noah Long ● Feb 12, 2020

Arizona-based digital freight marketplace Emerge announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by NewRoad Capital Partners.

Connectivity Management Solutions Company floLIVE Secures $21.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 12, 2020

floLIVE — a provider of secure cloud-native global Connectivity Management Solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) — announced recently that it raised $21.5 million in funding.

US Venture Partners: $340 Million Closed For Early-Stage Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Early-stage venture capital firm US Venture Partners (USVP) announced it closed USVP XII, which is a $340 million fund designed to invest in early-stage companies.

Digital Payments Platform Sezzle Passes 1 Million Active Customers

By Noah Long ● Feb 11, 2020

Digital payments platform Sezzle announced that it recently passed the one million mark for active end-customers.

EmployStream: $7 Million Funding And Evan Ufer Joins Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2020

EmployStream, the leading provider of onboarding automation to the staffing industry, announced it raised $7 million in Series B.

Artificial Lift Optimization Ambyint Raises $15 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 11, 2020

Ambyint, the leader in AI-powered production and artificial lift optimization, announced that it raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Cottonwood Venture Partners.

Jeff Bronikowski Joins Apple As Head Of Strategic Music Initiatives

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2020

Apple has hired Jeff Bronikowski as its global head of strategic music initiatives. Bronikowski was previously an SVP at Warner Music Group.

ClearMetal: $31 Million, 400% Revenue Growth, Workforce Doubles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2020

ClearMetal, a leader in Continuous Delivery Experience (CDX) for Supply Chain and Logistics solutions, announced it raised $15 million in funding led by Eclipse Ventures.

Data Agility Company MayaData Secures $26 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Feb 11, 2020

MayaData, the company behind the leading Container Attached Storage (CAS) solution for Kubernetes called OpenEBS, announced it will raise $26 million from new and existing investors.

Payments Infrastructure Finix Closes $35 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Feb 11, 2020

Payments infrastructure platform Finix announced that it raised $35 million in Series B funding. These are the details about the funding.

Hinge Health: $90 Million Funding And Steve Kraus Joining Board

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 11, 2020

Hinge Health, a leading digital musculoskeletal (MSK) solution, announced it raised $90 million in funding led by Bessemer.

How Alto Pharmacy Plans To Use Its New $250 Million Funding Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2020

Leading digital pharmacy company Alto Pharmacy recently announced it raised $250 million in Series D funding. Here is how the funding will be used.

Sendoso: $40 Million Funding And 330% Revenue Growth

By Noah Long ● Feb 11, 2020

Leading Sending Platform Sendoso announced recently that it raised $40 million in Series B funding led by Oak HC/FT.

Consumer Insights Company Suzy Raises $12 Million

By Annie Baker ● Feb 11, 2020

Suzy, a leading on-demand consumer insights platform, announced it raised $12 million in Series C funding.

Merchant Investment Acquires Minority Stake In Wealth Advisor Growth Network

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 11, 2020

Merchant Investment Management recently announced it completed a transaction for taking a minority stake in the Wealth Advisor Growth Network.

KKR Hires Rob Salvagno From Cisco For Growth Equity Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2020

Global investment firm KKR recently announced it has hired Rob Salvagno from Cisco. These are the details about Salvagno joining KKR.

Why TTEC Is Buying Serendebyte

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 11, 2020

TTEC Holdings announced that it has acquired a majority interest in Serendebyte. These are the details about the deal.

IBM Selects Slack For Its 350,000 Employees

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2020

Slack has just won a major contract: IBM. This is a big win for Slack over Microsoft Teams.

Why Infosys Is Buying Simplus For $250 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2020

Infosys recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire Simplus for a reported $250 million, which is a rapidly growing Salesforce Platinum Partner in the USA and Australia.