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Mirror Raises $25 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 7, 2018

Mirror, a company that has developed an interactive smart mirror device, has raised $25 million in funding from Spark Capital.

Elastic IPO: Search Software Company Plans To Go Public

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 6, 2018

Search software company Elastic has filed for an IPO. The company plans to debut on the NYSE with the ticker symbol "ESTC."

Roblox Is Now Reportedly Valued At More Than $2.5 Billion

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 6, 2018

Roblox has raised $150 million in Series F funding at a valuation of more than $2.5 billion.

Launchmetrics Raises $50 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 6, 2018

Launchmetrics is a marketing platform company that has raised $50 million in funding.

AI Processor Company ThinCI Raises $65 Million

By Noah Long ● Sep 6, 2018

ThinCI, a company that has developed AI processors for autonomous vehicles, has raised $65 million in funding in a round led by DENSO.

Social Broadcasting Company Caffeine Raises Over $100 Million From 21st Century Fox

By Noah Long ● Sep 5, 2018

21st Century Fox has invested over $100 million in Caffeine, a social broadcasting platform company. And Lachlan Murdoch is joining Caffeine's board.

Thoma Bravo Acquires A Majority Stake In Apttus

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 5, 2018

Private equity company Thoma Bravo has acquired a majority stake in quote-to-cash enterprise company, Apttus.

Spotinst Raises $35 Million In Series B

By Noah Long ● Sep 5, 2018

Intelligent Workload Management company Spotinst has raised $35 million in Series B funding. This round of funding was led by Highland Capital.

Udaan Raises $225 Million In Series C Funding

By Noah Long ● Sep 5, 2018

Udaan is an India-based B2B commerce network that has raised $225 million in Series C funding.

Yoga Fitness App Company Asana Rebel Raises $17.4 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 5, 2018

Virtual yoga company Asana Rebel has raised $17.4 million in funding in order to expand to more markets such as the US.

Munich Re Acquires IoT Company relayr In A $300 Million Deal

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 4, 2018

Internet of Things company relayr has been acquired by Munich Re in a deal valued at $300 million.

How New Knowledge Is Fighting The Fake News Battle

By Annie Baker ● Sep 4, 2018

Austin, Texas-based New Knowledge has raised $11 million in funding to fight fake news from spreading.

Atlassian Acquires OpsGenie For $295 Million

By Noah Long ● Sep 4, 2018

Enterprise software company Atlassian has acquired OpsGenie for $295 million. OpsGenie is a service that alerts engineers when there are software outages.

How Rappi Quickly Grew Into A Leading On-Demand Delivery Startup

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 4, 2018

Rappi, a Bogotá, Colombia-based on-demand delivery startup, has raised $200 million in funding at a valuation of more than $1 billion.

Amazon Reportedly Acquired Tapzo For $40 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2018

Amazon has reportedly acquired India-based Tapzo. And Tapzo will be shutting down on October 31, 2018.

Funding Circle Files For £300 Million IPO

By Annie Baker ● Sep 3, 2018

Funding Circle has filed for an IPO with the London Stock Exchange.

On-Demand Technician Service Puls Technologies Raises $50 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 31, 2018

Puls Technologies -- which is a service that connects consumers with on-demand technicians -- has raised $50 million in funding.

Financial Tech Company Deserve Raises $17 Million In Series C

By Annie Baker ● Aug 30, 2018

Deserve is a financial technology company that has raised $17 million in Series C funding, which gives consumers fair access to credit.

Blockchain Company Dfinity Raises $102 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 30, 2018

Dfinity is a blockchain company that has raised $102 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital, and several others.

Tempus Raises $110 Million In Series E Funding

By Annie Baker ● Aug 30, 2018

Tempus, a company founded by Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell that analyzes clinical data to further precision medicine, has raised $110 million in Series E funding.

Digital Safety Company Bark Raises $9 Million In Series A Funding

By Noah Long ● Aug 30, 2018

Atlanta-based Bark, a digital safety solution company, has raised $9 million in Series A funding. Bark is able to help parents prevent cyberbullying.

Lacework Raises $24 Million In Series B

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 30, 2018

Lacework, a company that has developed automation technology for cloud security, has raised $24 million in Series B funding.

Cloudian Raises $94 Million In Series E Funding

By Annie Baker ● Aug 29, 2018

Cloudian, a distributed file systems and object storage provider, has raised $94 million in Series E funding.

Toyota Invests $500 Million In Uber And Strikes An Autonomous Vehicle Partnership

By Noah Long ● Aug 29, 2018

Toyota is investing $500 million in Uber as it strikes an autonomous vehicle partnership with the ride-hailing company.

Doctor Appointment Booking Service One Medical Raises $350 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 23, 2018

One Medical is a doctor appointment booking service that has raised $350 million in funding.

Peer-To-Peer Car Sharing Company Getaround Raises $300 Million

By Annie Baker ● Aug 23, 2018

Getaround has raised a massive $300 million round of funding led by SoftBank with participation from Toyota and several others.

Computer Vision Company Clobotics Raises $11 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Aug 16, 2018

Clobotics is a computer vision company that has raised $11 million in funding led by Nantian Infotech VC and Wangsu Science and Technology.

Revcontent And Poynter Institute Partner To Counter Misinformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2018

Revcontent has partnered with the Poynter Institute to disincentive publishers that are notorious for publishing misinformation.

Enterprise Blockchain Company Axoni Raises $32 Million In Series B

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 15, 2018

Axoni, an enterprise blockchain company, has raised $32 million in Series B led by Goldman Sachs and Nyca Partners.

Chinese Workspace Company Ucommune Raises $43.5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Aug 15, 2018

Ucommune is a Chinese workspace company that has raised $43.5 million in funding from Prosperity Holdings and RK Properties.