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Data automation startup Ascend.io raises $31M round led by Tiger Global
Data automation startup Ascend.io today announced that it has secured a $31 million funding round led by prominent technology investment firm Tiger Global. Shasta Ventures and returning investor Accel participated as well in the Series B round. Ascend.io, incorporation as Ascension Labs Inc., will use the new funding to accelerate product development initiatives and grow ...
IT observability startup Grafana Labs raises $240M funding round
Startup Grafana Labs Inc., which helps companies such as Salesforce.com Inc. spot and fix issues in their information technology infrastructure, today announced that it has closed a $240 million late-stage funding round. Led by GIC with participation from J.P. Morgan, the Series D round comes only seven months after Grafana Labs closed its previous $220 ...
Atlassian expands product portfolio with new coding and data analytics tools
Atlassian Corp. PLC today introduced new products designed to help companies more efficiently manage application development projects and other business initiatives. Publicly traded Atlassian is a major provider of developer tools. The company’s products are used by software teams to store application code, fix bugs and carry out related tasks. Some of Atlassian’s products, such ...
Midmarket-focused cybersecurity startup Coro closes $60M funding round
Coro Cyber Security Ltd., a startup helping midsized companies with limited cybersecurity expertise block hacking attempts more effectively, has closed a $60 million Series C funding round. Balderton led the round with participation from existing Coro investor JVP. The startup disclosed in its announcement of the investment today that it has raised a total of ...
Remote raises $300M for its remote workforce management platform
Workforce management startup Remote Technology Inc. is now valued at nearly $3 billion after closing a $300 million funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Accel, Sequoia and a half dozen other institutional investors also participated in the Series C round, which was announced this morning. The investment comes less than a year after ...
Amazon partners with spaceflight companies to launch its internet satellites into orbit
Amazon.com Inc. today announced that it has inked agreements with rocket makers Blue Origin LLC, ULA LLC and Arianespace SA to launch thousands of internet satellites into space. The agreements cover 83 rocket launches. Blue Origin, ULA and Arianespace will send internet satellites from Amazon’s Project Kuiper subsidiary to low Earth orbit. Project Kuiper’s goal ...
LinkSquares raises $100M for its AI-powered contract management platform
LinkSquares Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to help companies more easily manage contracts, has raised $100 million in funding at a $800 million valuation. LinkSquares announced the funding round this morning. G Squared was the lead investor, and G2 Venture Partners and a number of returning backers participated as well. A large enterprise produces ...
AMD acquires data center chip startup Pensando for $1.9B
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced plans to acquire data center chip startup Pensando Systems Inc. for about $1.9 billion. AMD expects to complete the acquisition by the end of the quarter. After the deal closes, Pensando will become part of AMD’s Data Center Solutions Group. In a data center, only a portion of the ...
Elon Musk becomes Twitter’s largest shareholder after buying 9.2% stake, joins board
Updated: Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is now Twitter Inc.’s largest shareholder, according to a regulatory filing published on Monday. A 13G filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed that Musk (pictured) purchased 73,486,938 shares of Twitter on March 14. The shares represent a 9.2% stake in the company. ...
Workers at Amazon’s Staten Island fulfillment center vote to unionize
Workers at Amazon.com Inc.’s JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island have voted to form a union, the New York Times reported today. The facility is Amazon’s sole fulfillment center in New York City. With more than 8,300 workers, it’s reportedly also the largest of the four facilities that the online retail and technology giant operates ...