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Private equity firm Advent International today announced plans to acquire Maxar Technologies Inc., a major satellite manufacturer and operator, for $6.4 billion. The deal includes about $2 billion in debt. It values Maxar at $53 per share, a 129% premium to the Thursday …
Dropbox acquires document management startup FormSwift for $95M
Dropbox Inc. has inked a $95 million deal to buy startup FormSwift, which provides a cloud service that companies use to draft business documents. The company announced the acquisition today. The all-cash transaction closed on Thursday. San Francisco-based FormSwift provides a cloud service …
Blockchain startup Aztec Network raises $100M round led by Andreessen Horowitz
Blockchain startup Aztec Network today announced that it has secured a $100 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. More than a half-dozen other investors also participated in the Series B round, which follows a $17 million raise that Aztec Network closed …
Kyndryl introduces new cloud-native professional service offerings
Kyndryl Holdings Inc. today introduced new professional service offerings that will help organizations build and manage cloud applications. Kyndryl operated as a division of IBM Corp. until last November, when it spun out to become an independent company. Its shares are listed …
AWS, Microsoft, Meta and TomTom launch open map data consortium
Amazon Web Services Inc., Microsoft Corp., Meta Platforms Inc. and GPS navigator maker TomTom NV today launched a new industry group focused on making map data more accessible. The newly launched Overture Maps Foundation will operate as part of the Linux Foundation. …
Pragmatic reels in $35M to manufacture chips without silicon
Pragmatic Semiconductor Ltd., a U.K.-based startup developing a new approach to chip production, today announced that it has raised $35 million from investors. The capital was provided as an extension to a Series C round that Pragmatic had originally closed last year. …
Employee training startup Sana secures $34M in new funding
Sana Labs AB, a startup using artificial intelligence to optimize companies’ employee training programs, has nabbed a $34 million funding round to grow its customer base. Sana announced the Series B round on Tuesday. According to the startup, the investment was led …
Nerdio raises $117M in funding to simplify virtual desktop management
Virtual desktop startup Nerdio Inc. today disclosed that it has secured a $117 million funding round led by Updata Partners. The Series B round follows a $8 million raise that closed in 2020. Using the new capital, Nerdio plans to more than double …
Ventana debuts new RISC-V data center processor
Ventana Micro Systems Inc. today debuted a new data center processor, the Veyron V1, that’s based on the open-source RISC-V instruction-set architecture. Ventana claims that the Veyron V1 is the first RISC-V processor capable of matching the performance provided by the most …
AI development startup Dataiku secures $200M funding round
Dataiku Inc., a major provider of tools for building artificial intelligence software, today announced that it has closed a $200 million late-stage funding round. The Series F round was led by Wellington Management. Dataiku is now valued at $3.7 billion, less than …