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ZenBusiness Closes $15 Million To Help Entrepreneurs Start Businesses

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 30, 2019

ZenBusiness, an online platform that is transforming the way small businesses are created and run, announced it raised $15 million in Series A funding.

Divvy Raises $43 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Sep 30, 2019

Divvy, a platform that creates homeowners by building savings every month, announced recently it raised $43 million in Series B funding.

Amazon Announces General Availability Of AWS IQ

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 30, 2019

AWS announced general availability of AWS IQ, a service that helps users find, engage, and do business with AWS-Certified third party experts for work.

TigerGraph: $32 Million Funding Raised And Cloud Service Rolls Out

By Annie Baker ● Sep 30, 2019

TigerGraph, a company that builds scalable graph databases for the enterprise, announced it raised $32 million and rolled the TigerGraph Cloud.

Enhanced Healthcare Partners Raises $300 Million Of Committed Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 30, 2019

New York-based private equity firm Enhanced Healthcare Partners announced it closed a fund by raising $300 million of committed capital.

Cyber Insurance Company Arceo.ai Raises $37 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 30, 2019

Leading end-to-end cyber risk analytics and insurance platform Arceo.ai announced it raised $37 million in overall funding.

Application Performance Monitoring Company Sentry Secures $40 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 30, 2019

Software error monitoring company Sentry announced it raised $40 million in Series C funding led by Accel.

Auto Repair Software Company Shopmonkey Receives $10 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Sep 30, 2019

Shopmonkey, a leading auto repair shop software company, announced recently that it raised $10 million in Series A funding.

Report: Uber Is Testing An Audio Recording Feature To Report Unsafe Drivers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 30, 2019

Uber is currently testing out an audio recording feature in case you need to report unsafe drivers.

Online Multimedia Editor Company Kapwing Raises $11 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 30, 2019

Online image and video editing platform company Kapwing recently announced it raised $11 million in Series A funding led by CRV.

Next-Generation Explainable AI Engine Fiddler Labs Secures $10.2 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 30, 2019

Fiddler Labs, a next-generation explainable AI engine, announced it raised $10.2 million in Series A funding.

Investment Research Tool Company Koyfin Raises $3 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Sep 30, 2019

Data visualization investment research platform company Koyfin announced recently that it raised $3 million in funding.

Continuous Underwriting Platform Company Cowbell Cyber Receives $3.3 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 30, 2019

Cowbell Cyber, a focused on AI-powered cyber insurance for small to mid-sized enterprises, announced recently it raised $3.3 million in seed funding.

Data Integration Automation Company Fivetran Secures $44 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 30, 2019

Automated data integration technology company Fivetran announced recently it raised $44 million in Series B funding.

Global Payables Automation Company Tipalti Raises $76 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Sep 30, 2019

Leading global payables automation solution Tipalti announced it raised an additional $76 million round of funding.

Facebook’s Acquisition Of Servicefriend: Details About The Deal

By Annie Baker ● Sep 30, 2019

Facebook has reportedly acquired customer service bot company Servicefriend. These are the details about the deal.

Translation Platform Company Unbabel Raises $60 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 30, 2019

AI+human translation platform company Unbabel announced it raised $60 million in Series C funding led by Point72 Ventures.

Microsoft Reportedly Putting Together A ‘Data Dignity’ Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 29, 2019

Microsoft is putting together a "Data Dignity" team that would give users better controls over their personal data.

Rockefeller Capital Adds Shelly Lazarus And Marty Mannion To Its Board

By Noah Long ● Sep 29, 2019

Rockefeller Capital Management announced it appointed Shelly Lazarus and Marty Mannion as the newest independent members of the firm’s board of directors.

UAVenture Capital Fund Invests In CarboShield And MediCarbone

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 29, 2019

Tucson-based UAVenture Capital announced its third and fourth investments in for Fund II, which includes CarboShield and MediCarbone.

Panache Ventures Closes CAN$58 Million For Inaugural Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 29, 2019

Panache Ventures announced it closed $58 million for its inaugural fund, which surpassed the initial $40 million target.

Microsoft Starts Rolling Out E-Commerce Tools

By Annie Baker ● Sep 28, 2019

Microsoft has started rolling out Dynamics 365 Commerce, which enables retailers to manage businesses online.

Vista Equity Buys Majority Stake In Acquia For A Reported $1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2019

Vista Equity Partners announced it has acquired a majority stake in Acquia. The deal was reportedly valued at $1 billion.

GroGuru Secures $2.9 Million In Seed Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 27, 2019

GroGuru announced it has raised $2.9 million in seed funding from a number of investors to grow its team, scale operations, and deploy critical sensor tech.

How Sophia Hutchins Built A Rapidly Growing Health Tech Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 27, 2019

LUMASOL founder and CEO Sophia Hutchins recently announced the company has raised $3 million in seed funding. These are the details.

sweetgreen: This Salad Dining Giant Is Now Valued At $1.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 27, 2019

sweetgreen, a fast-casual dining company, announced it closed $150 million in financing co-led by Lone Pine Capital and D1 Capital Partners.

Monica Varman Joins G2VP To Invest In Sustainable Initiatives

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 27, 2019

Venture capital firm G2VP announced that it hired Monica Varman for its investment team with a focus on sustainable initiatives.

500 Startups Hits 16 Unicorns In Its Portfolio As It Hires Tony Wang As Managing Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 27, 2019

500 Startups has announced that it has hired Tony Wang as a managing partner. And 500 Startups also hit 16 unicorns in its portfolio.

YUR: How This Virtual Reality Fitness Company Plans To Improve The Health Of Its Users

By Annie Baker ● Sep 27, 2019

San Francisco-based virtual reality fitness company YUR recently announced it raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding. Here is how YUR works.

Scott Schenkel Named As Interim CEO Of eBay

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 27, 2019

eBay announced that the board of directors as appointed Scott Schenkel as the interim Chief Executive Officer after Devin Wenig stepped down.