Startups

Nestle To Buy Freshly For Up To $1.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 1, 2020

Nestle (OTCMKTS: NSRGY) announced recently that it is buying Freshly for up to $1.5 billion. These are the details about the deal.

Embedded Banking FinTech Company Wise Raises $12 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 31, 2020

Wise — a leading embedded banking FinTech company that offers business banking via partnerships — announced that it has raised $12 million in Series A funding. These are the details.

PayPal Investing $50 Million In Black And Latinx-Led VC Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2020

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) recently announced it is investing $50 million in eight early-stage Black and Latinx-led venture capital funds. These are the details.

Digital Mortgage Company Tomo Closes $40 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 30, 2020

Fintech company Tomo Networks announced it has raised a seed round of $40 million led by Ribbit Capital, NFX, and Zigg Capital.

WHOOP: $100 Million Funding And $1.2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2020

Personalized fitness tracking company WHOOP announced it has raised $100 million in Series E funding at a $1.2 billion valuation led by IVP. These are the details.

DoubleVerify Raises $350 Million In Funding Led By Tiger Global

By Noah Long ● Oct 30, 2020

DoubleVerify -- a leading software platform for digital media measurement and analytics -- announced an agreement for a $350 million investment from an investor group led by Tiger Global Management.

Personalized Business Intelligence Company MachEye Closes $4.6 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 30, 2020

MachEye — a natural search and AI-powered analytics leader — announced it has unveiled its enterprise business intelligence (BI) SaaS platform and it raised $4.6 million in funding.

Modern Infrastructure As Code Platform Pulumi Secures $37.5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 30, 2020

Cloud engineering company Pulumi announced it has raised $37.5 million in Series B funding led by NEA.

Mobile Games Company Scopely Raises $340 Million

By Noah Long ● Oct 29, 2020

Leading mobile games company Scopely announced it has raised $340 million in Series E funding. These are the details.

Real-Time Indexing Database Company Rockset Raises $40 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 29, 2020

Real-time indexing database company Rockset announced it has raised $40 million in Series B funding. These are the details.

Applied Intuition Secures $125 Million

By Noah Long ● Oct 29, 2020

Applied Intuition announced it has raised $125 million in Series C funding from Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and General Catalyst. These are the details.

On-Prem Software Delivery Company Replicated Raises $25 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 29, 2020

Replicated -- a company that enables software vendors to ship an on-prem, air-gapped, or self-hosted version of their software with Day 2 enterprise operations management -- announced it closed a Series B funding round totaling $25 million.

Process Discovery And Operational Intelligence Company Skan Raises $14 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 28, 2020

AI-enabled Process Discovery and Operational Intelligence company Skan announced it has raised $14 million in Series A funding. These are the details.

Compliance And Security Company Theta Lake Raises $12.7 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 28, 2020

Theta Lake -- a leader in modern collaboration security and compliance solutions -- announced that it has raised $12.7 million in Series A funding. These are the details.

Restaurant Technology Service Provider Ordermark Closes $120 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2020

Ordermark -- a leading provider of online ordering management solutions for restaurants and virtual restaurant concepts -- announced it has closed $120 million in Series C funding led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.

Digital Market Intelligence Company SimilarWeb Raises $120 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2020

SimilarWeb -- one of the world’s leading digital market intelligence companies -- announced it has raised $120 million in funding. These are the details.

Eightfold AI: $125 Million In Funding And $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2020

Eightfold AI announced that it has raised $125 million in Series D funding. These are the details.

Cloud Video Surveillance Company Eagle Eye Networks Raises $40 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2020

Eagle Eye Networks -- the global leader in cloud video surveillance -- has raised $40 million of Series E funding from Accel.

Global Digital Trading Technology Company DriveWealth Raises $56.7 Million

By Noah Long ● Oct 27, 2020

DriveWealth -- a U.S.-based leader in global digital trading technology -- announced it has raised a $56.7 million Series C round of funding. These are the details.

MIT-Founded Venture Firm The Engine Raises $230 Million With Harvard As A Limited Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2020

The Engine -- which is a venture firm founded by MIT in 2016 -- announced it has raised $230 million for the second round of funding. These are the details.

Intelligent Visual Assistance Company TechSee Raises $30 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 27, 2020

Intelligent Visual Assistance leader TechSee announced it has raised $30 million in Series C funding. These are the details.

Why Ansys (ANSS) Is Buying Analytical Graphics

By Annie Baker ● Oct 26, 2020

Ansys (NASDAQ:ANSS) -- a global leader and innovator of engineering simulation software -- announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to buy Analytical Graphics (AGI). These are the details.

Water Intelligence And Analytics Company KETOS Secures $18 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 26, 2020

Water intelligence and analytics innovator KETOS announced it has raised $18 million in funding. These are the details.

Mobile Device Digital Forensics Company Grayshift Raises $47 Million

By Noah Long ● Oct 26, 2020

Grayshift -- a leading provider of mobile device digital forensics that specializes in access and extraction -- announced it has raised $47 million in Series A funding.

Why Solarwinds (SWI) Is Buying SentryOne

By Annie Baker ● Oct 25, 2020

SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI), a company that is known as being a provider of affordable IT management software, announced recently that it signed a definitive agreement to buy SentryOne. This is why.

All-In-One Banking App Company Lili Raises $15 Million

By Annie Baker ● Oct 23, 2020

All-in-one banking app company Lili announced it raised a $15 million funding round. These are the details.

Financial Technology Company StreetShares Raises $10 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 23, 2020

StreetShares, a mission-driven financial technology company, announced they secured a $10 million round of funding.

Arctic Wolf: $200 Million Funding, $1.3 Billion Valuation, Headquarters Moving To Eden Prairie

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 22, 2020

Security operations leader Arctic Wolf announced it raised $200 million in Series E funding at a valuation of $1.3 billion.

T-Mobile Launches Venture Capital Fund To Drive 5G Innovation

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 22, 2020

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced it is fueling 5G innovation by setting up a new multi-year investment fund through T-Mobile Ventures that is focused on early and emerging companies that are developing 5G products and services

Satellite Analytics Company AiDash Raises $6 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 22, 2020

Leading satellite analytics company AiDash announced it has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Benhamou Global Ventures and National Grid Partners.