Shares in Salesfor.com Inc. surged in after-hours trading today after the company topped analysts’ expectations in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report. Salesforce reported revenue rose 23% from a year ago, to $5.96 billion for the quarter ended April 30. Net income in the quarter came in at $469 million or 50 cents a share, way up ...

With the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack still making headlines and resulting in new government policy, a new report from application security provider WhiteHat Security Inc. finds that companies across multiple industries remain exposed to future attacks. WhiteHat’s monthly Appsec Stats Flash report released today found that the Window of Exposure, a key metric indicative of breach ...

Payments startup SpotOn Transact Inc. has raised $125 million in new funding to accelerate product development and expand its market presence. The Series D round was led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z. Additional investors included DST Global, 01 Advisors, Dragoneer Investment Group, Franklin Templeton and Mubadala Investment Co. The round was raised on a $1.875 billion valuation, giving ...

Shares in cloud subscription services company Zuora Inc. were flat in after-hours trading today despite the company’s quarterly earnings report topping analysts’ expectations. For the quarter ended April 30, Zuora reported revenue rose 9% from a year ago, to $80.3 million. Subscription revenue rose 14%, to $65.1 million. Its loss before costs such as stock ...

Shares in Workday Inc. dropped slightly in after-hours trading today despite the enterprise cloud applications provider beating analysts’ predictions in its fiscal first-quarter earnings. For the quarter ended April 30, Workday reported revenue rose 1% from a year ago, to $1.18 billion, and subscription revenue rose 17%, to $1.03 billion. The company booked a $38.3 ...

Software-as-a-service bot protection startup DataDome announced today it has raised $35 million in new funding to allow it to scale up its global sales, marketing, delivery and research and development teams. The Series B round was led by Elephant and included ISAI. Founded in 2014, DataDome is a bot protection startup that uses artificial intelligence and machine ...

Application programming interface security startup Salt Security Inc. disclosed today that it has raised $70 million in new funding to expand its global operations across research and development, sales and marketing, and customer success. The Series C round was led by Advent International and included Alkeon Capital, DFJ Growth, Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital, S Capital VC ...

E-commerce fraud prevention startup Forter Ltd. has raised $300 million in new funding to continue to expand its global ecosystem and hire more people. The Series F round was led by Tiger Global Management. Other investors included Third Point Ventures, Adage Capital Management, Bessemer Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, March Capital, NewView Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Scale Venture ...

Enterprise security firm Tessian Ltd. revealed today it has raised $65 million in new funding to accelerate platform development and hire more people. The Series C round was led by March Capital and included Accel, Balderton Capital, Latitude, Sequoia Capital and Schroder Adveq. The round was raised at a valuation of $500 million. Founded in 2013, Tessian pitches ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is preparing to issue a directive that will require all pipeline companies to report cybersecurity incidents following the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. earlier this month. The Washington Post reported today that the Transportation Security Administration, a unit of the DHS, will issue the reporting directive later this week. ...