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Connected Commerce Platform Company Poynt Secures $100 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Nov 14, 2018

Poynt, a connected commerce platform company, has announced that it raised $100 million in funding from strategic partners Elavon and National Australia Bank.

Netskope Raises $168.7 Million To Expand Its Enterprise Security Cloud Platform

By Noah Long ● Nov 14, 2018

Netskope announced that it has raised $168.7 million in a Series F round of funding led by existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Pittsburgh-Based RoadBotics Secures $3.9 Million To Make Pavement Management Easier

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2018

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based RoadBotics has announced that it has raised $3.9 million in seed funding to make pavement management easier.

Travel Digital Marketing Company Sojern Raises $120 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 14, 2018

Travel technology company Sojern raises $120 million in funding led by TCV to build on its years of rapid growth.

Richard Branson’s Global Cooling Prize Is Offering $3 Million For Air Conditioning Innovations

By Noah Long ● Nov 14, 2018

Richard Branson’s Global Cooling Prize is offering a $3 million prize to researchers and companies working on air conditioning innovations.

Clearbanc Raises $70 Million To Provide Growth Capital For Online Businesses

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 14, 2018

Clearbanc has announced that it has raised $70 million in funding in order to provide growth capital for online businesses.

Johnson Controls Is Selling Its Auto Battery Division For $13.2 Billion

By Noah Long ● Nov 14, 2018

Johnson Controls has announced this week that it is selling its power solutions division to investment company Brookfield Business Partners for $13.2 billion.

DeepMind’s Health Business Is Moving Over To Google

By Noah Long ● Nov 14, 2018

DeepMind, an AI research group under Alphabet, is moving its health division over to Google's new Health unit.

Trace Genomics Secures $13 Million To Help Farmers Increase Yields Using AI

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 14, 2018

Trace Genomics has raised $13 million in funding to help farmers increase yields using artificial intelligence led by Stage 1 Ventures.

Brazil-Based Movile Raises $500 Million To Grow iFood Delivery App

By Annie Baker ● Nov 14, 2018

Sao Paulo, Brazil-based technology company Movile has raised $500 million to grow the iFood food delivery app.

Israel-Based XM Cyber Raises $22 Million To Accelerate Growth

By Noah Long ● Nov 14, 2018

XM Cyber, a Herzliya, Israel-based startup that has built the first fully automated APT simulation and remediation platform, has raised $22 million in funding.

London-Based Fintech Company Fluidly Secures £5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 14, 2018

Fluidly, a London-based fintech company, announced that it raised £5 million to integrate with more platforms and further develop its insights platform.

New York-Based Checkmate Raises $3 Million To Optimize Food Delivery

By Noah Long ● Nov 13, 2018

Checkmate, a New York-based startup that developed a platform integrating multiple online ordering services into POS systems, has raised $3 million.

sweetgreen Raises $200 Million At A ‘Unicorn’ Valuation To Invest In Its Technology Platform

By Annie Baker ● Nov 13, 2018

Fast-casual salad chain sweetgreen has raised $200 million at a valuation of more than $1 billion to invest in its technology platform.

WeWork To Be Valued At More Than $42 Billion Following SoftBank Investment

By Noah Long ● Nov 13, 2018

WeWork has raised $3 billion in the form of a warrant from SoftBank at a valuation of more than $42 billion.

Alexandria-Based Savi Technology Raises $7.5 Million To Accelerate Its In-Transit Visibility Solutions

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 13, 2018

Savi, an Alexandria, Virginia-based big data and machine learning analytics and supply chain solutions company, has raised $7.5 million in funding.

Amazon Picks New York City And Northern Virginia For New Headquarters

By Annie Baker ● Nov 13, 2018

Amazon has officially selected New York City and Arlington, Virginia for its new headquarters locations. Here are the details you need to know about it.

Tel Aviv-Based Guardian Optical Raises $2.5 Million To Build On Its ‘Passenger-Aware’ Sensors For Autonomous Vehicles

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 13, 2018

Tel-Aviv-based Guardian Optical has announced it raised $2.5 million in funding to build on its sensor products for autonomous vehicles.

Spin Memory Raises $52 Million To Drive MRAM As An Alternative To Embedded SRAM

By Noah Long ● Nov 13, 2018

MRAM developer company Spin Memory announced that it is raising $52 million in Series B led by Arm and Applied Materials' venture capital arm Applied Ventures.

Apple Was The Top Selling Phone Brand During Alibaba’s Single Day

By Annie Baker ● Nov 13, 2018

During Alibaba's Singles' Day event, Apple was ranked as the top phone maker as it surpassed 100 million yuan.

Veritas Capital And Evergreen Coast Are Acquiring athenahealth For $5.7 Billion

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 13, 2018

Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital have announced that they are acquiring athenahealth in a deal valued at $5.7 billion in cash.

Vista Equity Is Buying Apptio For Approximately $1.94 Billion

By Noah Long ● Nov 12, 2018

Vista Equity Partners has announced it is acquiring Bellevue, Washington-based Apptio for $38 per share, which is a deal worth approximately $1.94 billion.

SAP Buying Qualtrics For $8 Billion In Cash: Details About The Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2018

SAP announced that it is intending to acquire Qualtrics for $8 billion in cash. Here is how the deal came together.

How Tesla’s ‘Bioweapon Defense Mode’ Is Helping People Affected By The California Wildfires

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2018

This is how the "Bioweapon Defense Mode" in Tesla vehicles are helping people who are affected by the wildfires in California.

CoStar Is Acquiring Cozy Services For $68 Million

By Annie Baker ● Nov 11, 2018

Leading real estate information and analytics company CoStar announced it is acquiring Cozy for $68 million.

IBM’s Plan To Hire 2,000 Veterans By 2020

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2018

IBM is looking to hire 2,000 veterans by 2020 and the company is 60% of the way there already. Here are some of IBM's stories about the program.

BlackBerry Reportedly In Talks To Acquire Cylance For $1.5 Billion

By Noah Long ● Nov 11, 2018

BlackBerry might be acquiring cybersecurity company Cylance for $1.5 billion, according to Business Insider's sources.

Amazon Signs Agreement To Sell New Apple Products

By Noah Long ● Nov 11, 2018

Amazon is going to start selling Apple's latest products on its platform following a new agreement.

Datacoral Launches Data Infrastructure As A Service And Raises $10 Million In Series A

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 11, 2018

Datacoral has announced that it has launched a data infrastructure as a service and has raised $10 million in Series A funding.

New York-Based Dormify Raises $3.45 Million To Scale Its Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2018

Dormify, an e-commerce company for users to find dorm room furnishing products, has raised $3.45 million in Series A led by American Eagle.