Startups

KKR: Final Closing Of $1.3 Billion Global Impact Fund

By Noah Long ● Feb 14, 2020

Global investment firm KKR recently announced the final closing of KKR Global Impact Fund SCSp ― which is a $1.3 billion fund dedicated to investment opportunities in companies whose core business models provide commercial solutions to an environmental or social challenge

Security Operations Center Company Cysiv Raises $26 Million

By Noah Long ● Feb 14, 2020

Cysiv, an enterprise SOC-as-a-Service company, announced it raised $26 million in Series A funding led by ForgePoint Capital.

Ramp: Corporate Card Launch And $25 Million Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 14, 2020

Ramp, a company that developed a corporate card built to save businesses money, announced it raised $25 million in funding.

Battery Ventures Closes Massive $2 Billion For Ventures XIII And XIII Side Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Technology-focused investment firm Battery Ventures has closed two new funds worth a combined $2 billion in order to back innovative technology companies worldwide in a variety of sectors.

Liquidity Capital To Invest More Than $500 Million This Year In Tech Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Liquidity Capital ― a provider of unlimited unsecured, non-recourse, and no dilution growth capital ― announced a plan to fund over $500 million of growth capital to technology startups throughout 2020.

Grand Rapids-Based Grand Angels Launches $11.8 Million Third Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Grand Rapids-based Grand Angels has raised $11.8 million for its third fund. These are the details about the new fund.

SoundCloud: $75 Million From SiriusXM And $200 Million In Forward Revenue Run Rate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

SiriusXM has invested $75 million in SoundCloud, which is known as the world’s largest open audio platform.

Application Performance Optimization Company Carbon Relay Raises $63 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Carbon Relay and Insight Partners recently announced a $63 million funding round to accelerate the growth of its Red Sky Ops solution for optimizing application performance in Kubernetes environments.

MoEngage: Intelligent Customer Analytics Company Closes $25 Million

By Annie Baker ● Feb 13, 2020

MoEngage, an intelligent customer analytics and cross-channel engagement platform, announced it has raised $25 million in Series C funding.

Cyber Threat Intelligence Company Sixgill Raises $15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Leading cyber threat intelligence company Sixgill announced that it has raised $15 million in its second round of funding.

Purdue University Affiliate Rocket Fuel Company Adranos Raises $1 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Adranos ― a Purdue University-affiliated company developing a novel high-performance, solid rocket fuel for long-range missile and space launch systems, announced it raised $1 million.

Negotiatus Raises $10 Million To Optimize Procurement For Businesses

By Noah Long ● Feb 13, 2020

Negotiatus, a company that offers purchasing software that helps business administrators and users place orders, announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding.

Docugami: $10 Million Funding And Bob Muglia Joins As Board Member

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Docugami, a Seattle-based document engineering company that transforms how businesses create and manage documents for greater productivity, announced it raised $10 million in seed funding.

Chicago-Based Microsoft Azure Automation Solution Nerdio Secures $8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

Nerdio, a Chicago-based Microsoft Azure automation solution for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT Professionals, announced it has raised $8 million in Series A funding.

Leading In-Memory Computing Platform Hazelcast Raises $50 Million Funding

By Noah Long ● Feb 13, 2020

Hazelcast, a leading in-memory computing platform that delivers radically fast application performance at scale, announced it raised $50 million in Series D funding.

NY-Based Equal Ventures Launches $56 Million Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2020

New York-based seed-stage venture firm Equal Ventures announced it has launched a new $56 million fund.

TrueNorth Secures $600,000 To Help Independent Truckers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

TrueNorth, a company founded by Jin Stedge, has a goal of fixing the inefficiencies that are built into the fragmented trucking industry.

Marketer Management Company Plannuh Secures $4 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Plannuh — a company that is transforming the way marketers plan and budget — announced it has raised $4 million seed round co-led by Glasswing Ventures and Gradient Ventures.

Spatial AI Company Worlds Raises $10 Million

By Noah Long ● Feb 12, 2020

Worlds — a new spatial AI company spun out of Hypergiant Sensory Sciences — announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Align Capital.

DevOps Policy Engine Datree Raises $8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Datree, an early-stage startup that is building a DevOps policy engine on GitHub, announced it raised $8 million in Series A funding.

Electric Bike Company Rad Power Bikes Raises $25 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 12, 2020

Seattle-based ebike brand Rad Power Bikes announced it has raised $25 million in funding led by Vulcan Capital and Durable Capital Partners LP.

Liam Moroney Joins Rocketrip As VP Of Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Rocketrip — the software solution that drives positive behavioral change in enterprise travel programs — announced it hired Liam Moroney as Vice President of Marketing.

Landing Closes $30 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Landing, a company that offers flexible leasing memberships for long-term living, announced that it raised $30 million in debt and equity.

Cyber Hygiene Platform Automox Closes $30 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Automox — a cloud-native cyber hygiene platform provider — announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies.

Sweat Equity Ventures Launches Value Accelerator Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Sweat Equity Ventures recently announced it launched as a new Value Accelerator model of venture capital, which drives success for world-changing companies.

Arizona-Based Digital Freight Company Emerge Raises $20 Million

By Noah Long ● Feb 12, 2020

Arizona-based digital freight marketplace Emerge announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by NewRoad Capital Partners.

Connectivity Management Solutions Company floLIVE Secures $21.5 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 12, 2020

floLIVE — a provider of secure cloud-native global Connectivity Management Solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) — announced recently that it raised $21.5 million in funding.

US Venture Partners: $340 Million Closed For Early-Stage Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2020

Early-stage venture capital firm US Venture Partners (USVP) announced it closed USVP XII, which is a $340 million fund designed to invest in early-stage companies.

EmployStream: $7 Million Funding And Evan Ufer Joins Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2020

EmployStream, the leading provider of onboarding automation to the staffing industry, announced it raised $7 million in Series B.

Artificial Lift Optimization Ambyint Raises $15 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 11, 2020

Ambyint, the leader in AI-powered production and artificial lift optimization, announced that it raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Cottonwood Venture Partners.