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Low-code development startup Retool raises $20M at $1.85B valuation
Retool Inc., the maker of a low-code software development platform used by companies such as Amazon.com Inc., today said that it has closed a $20 million funding round at a $1.85 billion valuation. The Series C round was provided by a group of returning backers. The participants included Sequoia, prominent tech investor Elad Gil, Stripe ...
Data management provider Cohesity confidentially files for IPO
Cohesity Inc., a major data management provider, today announced that it has confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. The company didn’t go into detail about the planned listing in its brief announcement of the move today. Cohesity stated that the number of shares to be offered and the target price ...
Microsoft acquires AT&T’s Xandr unit to grow its advertising business
Microsoft Corp. has inked a deal with AT&T Inc. to acquire the carrier’s Xandr Inc. advertising technology unit, the companies announced today. Separately, Axios reported this morning that Microsoft is teaming up with publicly traded content recommendation company Taboola Inc. on a new advertising service. The service is said to be aimed at enabling brands ...
Tackle nabs $100M to help software firms sell their products via cloud marketplaces
Three high-profile tech investors have provided Tackle.io Inc. with $100 million in funding to support the growth of the startup’s namesake service, which helps software firms sell their products via public cloud platforms’ built-in solution marketplaces. Tackle announced the funding today. The startup said Coatue and Andreessen Horowitz led the round, and Bessemer Venture Partners ...
Turing raises $87M at $1.1B valuation for its Intelligent Talent Cloud
Turing Enterprises Inc., a startup helping companies hire and manage remote software engineers, has closed a $87 million investment valuing it at $1.1 billion. Announced today, the investment comes about a year after Turing’s previous $32 million funding round. This latest raise was led by new investor WestBridge Capital with participation from more than a ...
Rocket Companies acquires personal finance startup Truebill for $1.275B
Rocket Companies Inc., a Fortune 500 financial services company, today said it’s acquiring fast-growing personal finance startup Truebill Inc. for $1.275 billion. NYSE-listed Rocket Companies has a presence in several different markets. The firm’s main focus is the financial services sector, with its Rocket Mortgage subsidiary ranking as the largest home lender in the U.S. Rocket ...
Oracle to acquire healthcare technology giant Cerner for $28.3B
Confirming recent reports, Oracle Corp. today announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire healthcare technology provider Cerner Corp. for approximately $28.3 billion. Oracle’s $28.3 billion offer amounts to about $95 per share. Cerner’s stock is up nearly 1% in trading today, while shares of Oracle declined more than 4%. Kansas City-based Cerner provides electronic ...
Continual raises $4M to help companies build continuously improving AI models
New startup Continual Inc. secured a $4 million seed funding round on Thursday to support the rollout of its cloud service, which allows companies to build artificial intelligence models that improve over time. In conjunction, the startup made the service available through a public beta program. Continual’s $4 million funding round was led by Amplify Partners. ...
Hevo Data closes $30M round to provide data pipelines in the cloud
Hevo Data Inc., a startup helping companies transfer business data from internal systems to their analytics environments for processing, today announced that it has closed a $30 million funding round. Sequoia Capital India was the lead investor in the round. The investment follows an $8 million raise that Hevo Data announced last July. The company has ...
Arm device virtualization startup Corellium raises $25M
Corellium Inc., whose cloud platform makes it possible to create virtual versions of devices based on Arm Ltd. processors, has raised $25 million in new funding. Announced on Thursday, the funding round was led by Paladin Capital Group. The venture capital arm of Cisco Systems Inc. and several other investors participated as well. Software teams ...