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Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman To Donate Majority Of Wealth To Charity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Blackstone's Stephen A. Schwarzman has committed to giving away the majority of his wealth to philanthropy with the signing of The Giving Pledge.

Cognizant: Francisco D’Souza Leaving The Board And Vinita Bali Joins As New Independent Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Cognizant announced that Vinita Bali has been appointed to its Board as a new independent director and Vice Chairman Francisco D'Souza is departing.

Aiven: $40 Million Funding And Eric Liaw Joins Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Aiven, a startup that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure, announced it raised $40 million in Series B. And IVP General Partner Eric Liaw is joining the board.

Sales Productivity Platform Company RevOps Raises $1.6 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 6, 2020

Sales productivity platform company RevOps announced it has launched with $1.6 million in seed funding. These are the details about the funding.

Twilio CFO Khozema Shipchandler: 2020 Will Be An ‘Important Investment Year’

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Cloud communications company Twilio announced this year will be an "important investment year" as it is reporting a net loss per share.

Kentik Appoints Christoph Pfister As First Chief Product Officer

By Noah Long ● Feb 6, 2020

Kentik, the provider of the only AIOps platform specifically designed for network professionals, announced it appointed Christoph Pfister as its first chief product officer.

Cryptographic Settlement Solutions Company Transparent Financial Raises Over $14 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Seattle-based Transparent Financial Systems announced it has raised over $14 million in Series A funding led by Pantera Capital.

Deliverr Raises $40 Million To Help Merchants Set Up Fast Shipping

By Annie Baker ● Feb 6, 2020

Deliverr, a service that helps e-commerce companies set up two-day shipping using intelligent algorithms, announced it raised $40 million.

Microsoft Reorganizes Experiences, Devices, Client, Product, And Education Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Microsoft has made a number of management changes for its experiences, devices, client, product, and education teams. Here's the details.

Marco Argenti: Goldman Sachs Is Well-Positioned To Offer The First Global ‘Financial Cloud’ To Clients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Goldman Sachs co-CIO Marco Argenti recently sent out a memo to staff with plans for creating a "financial cloud" for customers.

Fortissimo Capital Fund Sets Up $650 Million Fifth Fund

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 6, 2020

Israel-based private equity firm Fortissimo Capital Fund announced the final closing of its fifth fund called Fortissimo Capital Fund V, L.P. with commitments of $650 million.

Machine Learning Company Kaskada Closes $8 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 6, 2020

Kaskada, a machine learning company that provides a unified platform for feature engineering, announced it raised $8 million in funding.

LinkedIn: Ryan Roslansky Succeeding Jeff Weiner As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned professional social network, announced Ryan Roslansky is succeeding Jeff Weiner as CEO. These are the details about the management shift.

Hireology Announces A New Mobile App To Make Automotive Hiring Easier

By Annie Baker ● Feb 6, 2020

Hireology, a leading recruitment CRM for multi-location and decentralized enterprises, announced it is launching a new mobile application later this summer.

Houwzer: $9.5 Million Funding And Michael Kopelman Joins Board

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 6, 2020

Philadelphia-based online real estate platform company Houwzer announced it raised $9.5 million in a growth round of funding led by Edison Partners.

Verana Health: $100 Million Funding And PYA Analytics Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Verana Health, a tech company that is curating and analyzing real-world clinical data, announced it raised $100 million and acquired the assets and team behind PYA Analytics.

How Hyperscience Is Developing Next-Generation Intelligent Document Processing

By Noah Long ● Feb 6, 2020

Hyperscience is a developer of next-generation intelligent document processing solutions for the enterprise. Here are some of the milestones that the company saw in 2019.

Ron Baron: Penn National’s Investment In Barstool Will Be ‘Worth A Ton’

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Billionaire investor Ron Baron said that Penn National's investment in Barstool Sports will be "worth a ton."

Why Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga Decided To Drop Support For Facebook Libra

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Mastercard President and Chief Executive Officer Ajay Banga decided to withdraw from the Facebook Libra cryptocurrency project due to compliance issues.

Blackstone Names John Stecher As CTO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2020

Blackstone Group announced it has hired John Stecher to serve as its chief technology officer. These are the details about the hiring of John Stecher.

Fleet Management Software Company Maven Machines Raises $7 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 6, 2020

Maven Machines -- the only provider of fleet management software for commercial transportation that combines telematics with workflow, dispatch, and route optimization capabilities -- announced it raised $7 million.

Customer Data Science Company Retina Closes $5 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Feb 6, 2020

Customer data science company Retina -- which is known for predicting future lifetime value and customer behavior -- announced it has raised $5 million in funding.

Why Intercontinental Exchange Is Buying Bridge2 Solutions

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 6, 2020

Intercontinental Exchange, a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced it is buying Bridge2 Solutions. These are the details about the deal.

Branded Podcast Marketing Company Casted Raises $2.35 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 6, 2020

Casted, the first SaaS (software-as-a-service) marketing platform for branded podcasts, announced it raised $2.35 million in seed funding as it launches from the High Alpha venture studio.

Car Rental Company Turo Raises $30 Million In Second Round Of $250 Million Series E

By Annie Baker ● Feb 6, 2020

Online car rental company Turo has raised $30 million as part of the second round of its $250 million Series E funding.

Gerhard Eschelbeck Invests In Altitude Networks

By Noah Long ● Feb 6, 2020

Altitude Networks, the industry's first cloud-native DLP for SaaS collaboration solution, announced that Gerhard Eschelbeck has invested in the company.

Boost Insurance Expands Its Infrastructure-As-A-Service Platform

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 6, 2020

Boost Insurance has announced it raised a $14 million Series A round of funding to expand its cutting edge infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform.

Real Estate Data And Analytics Company Cherre Raises $16 Million

By Noah Long ● Feb 6, 2020

New York-based Cherre real estate data and analytics platform announced it has raised $16 million in growth funding.

Andrew Checketts Joins Herff Jones As VP of Strategy And Transformation

By Annie Baker ● Feb 6, 2020

Herff Jones, a division of Varsity Brands, announced Andrew Checketts has joined the company as Vice President of Strategy and Transformation.

Stella Connect Hires Dave Taylor As CMO And Julie Li As VP Of People

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 6, 2020

Stella Connect, a rapidly growing disruptive provider of Customer Experience and Contact Center quality management solutions, announced it hired Dave R. Taylor as CMO and Julie Li as VP of People.