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Amazon.com Inc. will invest $150 million in venture capital firms, accelerators, incubators and venture studios that provide funding to entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds. The investment will be made as part of an initiative called Amazon Catalytic Capital that Amazon announced today. Over …
Cybersecurity provider NetSPI nabs $410M investment from KKR
Cybersecurity services and software provider NetSPI LLC today announced that it has received $410 million in growth funding from private equity firm KKR. NetSPI will use the capital to grow its workforce, develop new technologies and expand its international business operations. The …
Apollo GraphQL debuts cloud-based ‘supergraph’ platform
Data management startup Apollo GraphQL today debuted GraphOS, a new “supergraph” platform designed to make it easier for developers to work with data. San Diego-based Apollo, officially Apollo Graph Inc., is backed by more than $183 million in funding. The startup commercializes …
Securiti raises $75M and launches new data management platform
Startup Securiti Inc. today announced that it has closed a $75 million funding round led by Owl Rock Capital with participation from Mayfield and General Catalyst. In conjunction with the Series C funding, Securiti debuted its newest product, the DataControls Cloud. According …
Elon Musk reportedly offers to proceed with $44B Twitter acquisition and stock jumps
Elon Musk has reportedly offered to proceed with his pending acquisition of Twitter Inc., which the Tesla Inc. chief executive previously sought to scrap. Bloomberg reported the development today, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter. According to the sources, Musk offered …
Micron to invest up to $100B in New York memory chip fab
Micron Technology Inc. will spend up to $100 billion to build a semiconductor plant in Clay, New York, that will produce cutting-edge memory chips. Micron announced the initiative this morning. The company stated that the upcoming semiconductor plant, or fab, will be …
Materialize debuts upgraded version of its streaming database
Materialize Inc. today introduced new capabilities for its namesake streaming database, which makes it easier to build applications that process data in real time. New York-based Materialize launched from stealth mode in 2020 and is backed by more than $100 million in …
Tally raises $80M at $855M valuation for its debt payoff app
Tally Technologies Inc., the developer of an app that helps users more easily pay off credit card debt, today announced that it has secured a $80 million late-stage funding round. The Series D funding round was led by Sway Ventures. Menora Mivtachim, Kleiner …
Automation Anywhere secures $200M in new financing
Robotic process automation provider Automation Anywhere Inc. today announced that it has secured $200 million in new financing. The financing was provided by Hercules Capital, Silicon Valley Bank and SVB Capital, the venture capital arm of Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company. “We …
Google Cloud expands its cybersecurity and automation capabilities
Google LLC’s cloud business on Thursday debuted new features that will enable companies to secure and manage their cloud environments more easily. The first new feature, Workforce Identity Federation, is rolling out for the Google Cloud IAM service. Google Cloud IAM enables …