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After growing revenues 81 percent in the first half of 2018, fast-rising software security provider Sonatype Inc. today announced that it has secured a $80 million round led by private-equity heavyweight TPG LLC. Maryland-based Sonatype sells a platform that enables companies to control what …
Unicorn sighting: Incident response startup PagerDuty raises $90M at $1.3B valuation
PagerDuty Inc., a startup that helps engineers spot and respond to technical problems, today announced that it has secured $90 million in new financing at a $1.3 billion valuation. The round included a Who’s Who of institutional backers. Wall Street giants T. …
Lyft launches its scooter-sharing service in Denver with an eye to expansion
Like rival Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. is expanding its focus beyond ride-sharing to other modes of transport. The company today took the effort a big step forward by launching an electric scooter service in Denver. The move comes two months after …
Salesforce introduces new automation features for salespeople and marketers
Salesforce.com Inc. today introduced new capabilities, including some powered by artificial intelligence, to make the salespeople and marketers using its services more productive. The two biggest additions are rolling out for the company’s flagship Sales Cloud. Work Queues, the first new tool, uses …
Enterprise search engine powerhouse Elastic files to go public
Hot on the heels of a report that claimed Elasticsearch BV had secretly submitted preliminary paperwork for a stock market debut, the company today officially filed to go public. The move comes six years after it first opened for business in Amsterdam. …
Airbnb expands its enterprise business with new offerings for companies
Since launching a business travel offering in 2014 to attract corporate customers, Airbnb Inc. has seen this part of its online rental marketplace grow to account for 15 percent of total bookings. Today, the hospitality juggernaut is moving to expand the operation …
BitSight seeks to ease cybersecurity planning with new forecasting service
Recent years have seen the rise of so-called security ratings providers that specialize in supplying enterprises with data about vulnerabilities in their infrastructure and supply chains. BitSight Technologies Inc., one of those providers, hopes to set itself apart with a new offering …
Munich Re to acquire IoT startup relayr for $300M as it moves deeper into tech
Munich Re Group has established a sizable presence in the startup ecosystem by backing emerging players across various growth segments. Now, the Germany-based global insurance giant is moving more directly into tech by acquiring one of its portfolio companies. Munich Re today …
Hot on the heels of Apple, Amazon’s market value hits $1 trillion for the first time
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. briefly passed $2,050.50 this morning, pushing the e-commerce giant’s market value to more than $1 trillion in a major milestone for the tech industry. The stock has since dropped back down to about $2,039. The late-morning stock surge gives …
Growing its product lineup, Atlassian buys IT alerting startup OpsGenie for $295M
Atlassian Corp. today announced its latest acquisition and unveiled a new product that uses the technology it had obtained through the deal to help enterprises fix technical issues faster. The company on the other end of the deal is OpsGenie Inc., a …