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Ivalua raises $70M to help companies spend smarter
For a company that works with Michelin Corp., Whirlpool Corp. and some 250 other blue-chip organizations, Ivalua Inc. has managed to keep a surprisingly low profile. At least until now. The spend management provider burst into the spotlight today after securing $70 million in funding from KKR & Co. L.P. The private equity fund is ...
Mobileye signs up Nissan for its crowdsourced mapping platform
Mobileye NV today marked another milestone in its efforts to make autonomous vehicles a reality. The company, which is currently in the process of being sold to Intel Corp, today inked a deal with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. to produce maps for self-driving cars. As part of their collaboration, the Japanese auto giant will contribute anonymized data collected ...
Report: Rubrik is raising a new funding round worth up to $200M
Eight months after securing $62 million from investors, data protection specalist Rubrik Inc. is reportedly negotiating another funding round that could end up being worth more than three times as much. TechCrunch, which broke the news on Monday, claims that the company is seeking to raise between $150 million and $200 million at a $1 ...
Container security startup Twistlock raises $17M
As enterprise adoption of containers goes into high gear, Twistlock Ltd. is bolstering its efforts to capitalize on the trend. The two-year-old startup today secured $17 million in funding from Polaris Partners, YL Ventures, TenEleven and Rally Ventures. Twistlock will use the capital to drive more demand for its container security software, which promises to help ...
New GitLab release streamlines code rollouts and support
GitLab Inc. is looking to ease day-to-day work for developers that rely on its popular code hosting platform. The startup released a new version over the weekend that aims to streamline several key aspects of software projects, starting with the task of rolling out application changes. GitLab 9.1 brings a feature called Canary Deployments that ...
IBM launches new Watson services for customer and video data
IBM Corp. is expanding its lineup of Watson-based services once again. The technology giant has introduced two new tools that employ the artificial intelligence to help companies make more out of their data. Watson Marketing Insights, the first service, was unveiled on Sunday and focuses on uncovering patterns in customer information. It can analyze how users ...
Snap shells out $7.7 million for a single patent to stave off future lawsuits
Taking a page from the book of its fellow technology giants, Snap Inc. is stocking up on intellectual property to prepare against potential litigation. Anonymous sources told TechCrunch on Thursday that the messaging giant has paid a hefty $7.7 million to acquire a much sought-after patent from an Israeli firm called Mobli Ltd. It covers ...
Q&A giant Quora raises $85M in late-stage funding round
Quora Inc. is entering a new phase of its growth effort as it starts to look toward an initial public offering. Adam D’Angelo, chief executive of the question-and-answer giant, revealed in an interview with VentureBeat today that his team has closed an $85 million investment led by Y Combinator Continuity and Collaborative Fund. The two ...
Shopify extends its reach with new card reader, software hooks
After growing the user base of its online payment processing service to 400,000 merchants in 2016, Shopify Inc. is looking to move into physical stores. The e-commerce giant today introduced a homegrown card reader that will enable retailers to process in-person transactions at their brick-and-mortar locations. It comes in the form of a flat, white ...
Eyeing wireless devices, Riverbed buys Wi-Fi equipment maker Xirrus
The growing number of connected devices in the enterprise is driving strong demand for Wi-Fi equipment that networking firm Riverbed Technology Inc. is determined to seize. To bolster its efforts, the provider on Wednesday acquired wireless access point maker Xirrus Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The deal buys Riverbed a line of WiFi equipment that targets ...