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Why One Drop Is Buying Sano

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 14, 2020

Digital care solutions company One Drop announced it is buying all of the assets and intellectual property of Sano Intelligence. These are the details.

eBay Names Jamie Iannone As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 13, 2020

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) announced it has named Jamie Iannone as CEO of the company. These are the details.

Amazon Planning To Hire 75,000 More Workers

By Annie Baker ● Apr 13, 2020

Amazon announced it will be hiring 75,000 workers in order to handle a massive surge in orders.

Buyer Enablement Platform Tropic Raises $2.1 Million Led By Founder Collective

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 13, 2020

Buyer enablement platform Tropic announced it raised $2.1 million in seed financing led by Founder Collective.

Farmland Investing Platform AcreTrader Raises $5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Apr 13, 2020

Online farmland investing platform AcreTrader announced it raised over $5 million.

RISE Robotics Raises $3 Million Led By MIT’s The Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

RISE Robotics, a leader in high-performance and cost-effective electric linear actuation solutions, announced it raised $3 million in funding led by The Engine.

Application Error Monitoring Company Airbrake Raises $11 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

Airbrake — a leading application performance and code-level error monitoring software company — announced it raised $11 million in funding.

Digital Quantum Computing Company Seeqc Raises Over $11 Million

By Annie Baker ● Apr 12, 2020

Digital quantum computing company Seeqc has announced it raised over $11 million in funding. These are the details.

Patient Safety Platform Ferrum Health Raises $9 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 12, 2020

Ferrum Health, a developer of enterprise IT and AI patient safety platform for health systems, announced it raised $9 million in funding.

Sony Buying $400 Million Stake In Bilibili At $8 Billion Valuation

By Noah Long ● Apr 12, 2020

Sony Corp is spending $400 million to buy a minority stake in the Chinese online entertainment platform Bilibili.

Snap Hires Peter Naylor As Head Of Ad Sales For Americas

By Annie Baker ● Apr 12, 2020

Snap has hired Peter Naylor as its first vice-president for the Americas. These are the details.

Why Cisco Is Buying Fluidmesh

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

Cisco is buying a company called Fluidmesh, which is. hardware and software company that builds point-to-point networks and wireless mesh networks.

Targeted Cancer Therapies Company Tango Closes $60 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 12, 2020

Tango Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on discovering and delivering the next generation of targeted cancer therapies, announced it raised $60 million.

Harvard-Launched Startup i2O Raises $4 Million To Develop Biological Oral Drugs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

i2O Therapeutics, a Harvard-launched biotech company developing a platform for oral delivery of injectable biological drugs, announced it raised $4 million.

Cohesity: $250 Million Funding And $2.5 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

Cohesity announced it has raised $250 million in Series E funding led by DFJ Growth, Foundation Capital, Greenspring, and Wing at a $2.5 billion valuation.

Crowdsourced Security Company Bugcrowd Raises $30 Million Led By Rally Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2020

Crowdsourced security company Bugcrowd has announced that it raised $30 million in Series D funding.

AI-As-A-Service Platform Node Raises $6 Million

By Noah Long ● Apr 11, 2020

Node has announced it raised $6 million in funding to help companies deploy artificial intelligence.

Contractor Marketplace IFM Restoration Secures $10 million

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 11, 2020

IFM Restoration — an online marketplace that connects contractors with owners and property managers of rental properties — announced it closed $10 million in Series A funding.

Index Ventures Raises $2 Billion For New Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2020

Index Ventures has announced it closed $2 billion in funds: $1.2 billion for late-stage growth rounds and $800 million for emerging startups.

India-Based Online Grocery Company BigBasket Raises $60 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2020

Indian grocery company BigBasket announced it raised $60 million in funding to scale the company.

Disney+ Hits 50 Million Paid Subscribers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2020

The Walt Disney Company announced it now has over 50 million paid subscribers around the world. These are the details.

Zoom Hires Former Facebook Security Head Alex Stamos As Adviser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 10, 2020

Zoom Video Communications recently announced it hired former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser.

Sila Raises $7.7 Million Co-Led By Madrona And Oregon Venture Fund

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 10, 2020

Banking and payments API platform company Sila announced it raised $7.7 million in a seed round of funding co-led by Madrona Venture Group and Oregon Venture Fund.