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Apple Inc., Google LLC and Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to roll out new passwordless login features across their respective platforms. The new features are expected to become available over the next year. Passwords are susceptible to hacking and can be difficult …
Elon Musk secures $7.14B in new equity commitments for Twitter acquisition
Elon Musk has secured $7.14 billion in equity commitments from more than a dozen investors to help finance his acquisition of Twitter Inc., the Tesla Inc. chief executive disclosed today. Musk last month made an offer to acquire Twitter for $43 billion. …
Prisma nabs $40M to simplify application data management for developers
Startup Prisma Data Inc. on Tuesday announced that it has raised $40 million in funding for its namesake database tool, which helps developers manage the information used by their applications. Altimeter led the Series B funding round with participation from returning backers …
Application monitoring startup Sentry closes $90M round at $3B valuation
Sentry, which provides a software platform used by 3.5 million developers to fix malfunctions in their applications, today announced that it has closed a $90 million funding round. The round values Sentry, officially Functional Software Inc., at $3 billion. BOND and Accel …
Uber tops first-quarter revenue estimates but share price drops
Uber Technologies Inc. today reported that its revenue jumped 136% year-over-year during the first quarter, to $6.85 billion, but its shares declined more than 8% in trading after the opening bell. The share price decline may be related to the $5.6 billion loss …
Lumos raises $30M+ to help companies manage their cloud applications
Startup Lumos App Inc., which helps companies manage the software-as-a-service applications used by their employees, today launched from stealth mode with more than $30 million in initial funding. Lumos raised the capital from a group of investors that included Andreessen Horowitz. Prominent …
Galileo exits stealth mode with $5.1M in funding to optimize AI training datasets
Artificial intelligence startup Galileo Technologies Inc. today launched from stealth mode after raising a $5.1 million seed funding round led by The Factory. The Factory was joined by several angel investors, including Anthony Goldbloom, chief executive of Google LLC’s Kaggle unit. Kaggle operates …
SEC plans to nearly double its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced plans to nearly double its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit to 50 staffers. The Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit is part of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement and was previously known simply as the Cyber …
Kintent raises $18M to simplify cybersecurity compliance for companies
Startup Kintent Inc., which helps companies more easily comply with cybersecurity regulations, today announced that it has raised a $18 million funding round led by OpenView. The round also included the participation of Tola Capital, which led Kintent’s previous $4 million raise …
Accern raises $20M to simplify natural language processing for financial firms
Accern Corp., a natural language processing startup focused on the financial services sector, today announced that it has closed a $20 million funding round co-led by Mighty Capital and Fusion Fund. The Series B round follows two years in which Accern’s revenue …