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Data integration startup Striim lands $50M round backed by Goldman Sachs and Dell
Startup Striim Inc. has raised a $50 million funding round to grow its market share in the data management segment, where it competes with a software platform that moves business information from enterprises’ on-premise systems to the cloud. Announced this morning, the Series C round was led by Goldman Sachs’s growth equity arm. The venture ...
Apple to kick off virtual WWDC21 developer event on June 7
Apple Inc. today revealed that WWDC21, the next installment of its annual technical event for iOS and Mac developers, will take place online June 7-11. Apple’s WWDC, or Worldwide Developers Conference, event series draws significant attention because it’s often where the company announces new releases of its operating systems. The iPhone maker said five different ...
Cohesity’s valuation jumps to $3.7B with $145M equity sale
Institutional investors have offered to purchase some of the equity that Cohesity Inc. employees hold in the data management provider at a valuation of $3.7 billion, $1.2 billion more than what the company worth last year. The investors participating in the tender offer include Steadfast Capital Ventures, DFJ Growth, Foundation Capital, Wing Venture Capital and ...
Tricentis buys Neotys to broaden its continuous software testing capabilities
Tricentis GmbH, a major provider of tools for testing the reliability of enterprise software, has acquired Neotys SAS, another player in the software testing market that counts tech giants such as Cisco Systems Inc. among its customers. The deal is the latest in a series of acquisitions made by Tricentis in recent years. Tricentis, based ...
Amid rapid growth, ‘knowledge orchestration’ startup Zoomin raises $52M more
Zoomin Software Ltd., a startup that helps enterprise technology companies such as Dell Technologies Inc. share product explainers with customers, has raised $52 million in fresh funding. The Series C round, announced today, comes just four months after the New York and Israel-based startup announced a $21 million investment. This latest round is also notable ...
IBM debuts ‘industry’s first’ quantum developer certification
IBM Corp. today debuted what it describes as the industry’s first developer certification program focused on quantum computing, a move that represents a milestone for the nascent technology. Current quantum computers are only capable of performing relatively simple processing tasks. However, it’s believed that the technology will eventually become advanced enough to tackle calculations too ...
Deliveroo narrows IPO price target amid volatility in tech stocks
Food delivery giant Deliveroo today narrowed the price range for its forthcoming initial public offering, lowering the top end of its target valuation by £1 billion or about $1.38 billion. The move follows a recent slide in tech stocks driven by increased U.S. Treasury yields. London-based Deliveroo, incorporated as Roofoods Ltd., has about 6 million customers ...
Facebook details plans for two new undersea internet cables
Facebook Inc. this morning announced plans to deploy two new undersea internet cables that will connect the U.S. with Indonesia and Singapore. Google LLC is participating in one of the projects as well. For the last few years, the tech industry’s largest players have been driving a sizable portion of global spending on subsea internet ...
Blockchain analytics startup Chainalysis raises $100M in fresh funding
Chainalysis Inc., a startup that helps government agencies and banks detect illicit cryptocurrency transactions, has closed a $100 million funding round at a valuation exceeding $2 billion. The round, announced this morning, comes just months after the startup’s previous $100 million raise. This latest round saw the participation of Time Ventures, the investment firm of ...
AWS launches Lookout for Metrics to help companies monitor their operations
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Amazon Lookout for Metrics, a machine learning service designed to help enterprises detect and respond to important business events such as a sudden jump in user sign-ups. With the service, AWS is looking to address a number of technical challenges that normally make such business ...