Chronosphere raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation for cloud-native monitoring, adds granular, distributed tracing to its dashboard
Data observability — necessary to keep tabs on infrastructure performing as it should; to see if apps are returning errors; and to ensure that critical business data is getting to where it needs to go — is becoming an evermore complicated task as organizations’ cloud-native data d
Twitter invests in avatar startup Facemoji
Avatar startups have come and gone over the past few years, but the future that many of the entrepreneurs behind them originally imagined has proven more or less accurate. Apple is increasingly interested in avatar representations through Memoji, Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be a metaverse com
Mark Cuban-backed Otto raises $4.5M to turn car equity into credit
Otto, a fintech startup which aims to allow people to tap into their vehicle's equity for access to credit, has raised $4.5 million in a seed round of funding.
The Dallas-based company is building a mobile platform that will essentially let people borrow against their vehicles at the same inter
Instacart is acquiring catering software company FoodStorm
On-demand grocery delivery platform Instacart announced this morning that it's acquiring FoodStorm, a SaaS order management system (OMS) that powers end-to-end order-ahead and catering for grocery retailers. The companies have not disclosed the financial details of the deal, but as part of the
BrightHire scores $20.5M Series B for Zoom-based job interview app
BrightHire, a startup that wants to transform the way people are hired inside organizations, announced a $20.5 million Series B investment today led by 01 Advisors, with participation from Index Ventures and Zoom Apps Fund.
The fact that Zoom Apps Fund is involved is not a coincidence, as the compa
Medley, the coaching platform for personal and professional development, gets $3.7M led by a16z
Medley, the group coaching platform that focuses on both personal and professional development, announced the close of a $3.7 million seed round led by a16z today.
Connie Chan and Anne Lee Skates of Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with participation from Aglaé Ventures, Foundation Capital, Ciar
Cord gets $17.5M to get more devs plugged into its API for real-time collaboration
Cord, a startup that offers a single API to add Slack-like collaboration features to any app, has bagged $17.5 mlion in Series A funding.
The round — which is pegged to fund product development, including by hiring engineers, designers and product managers — was led by European VC Index
The Main Tab revamps luxury goods marketplace after picking up $1M in pre-seed funding
Luxury wholesale marketplace The Main Tab is redesigning its platform following a $1 million pre-seed raise earlier this year from serial entrepreneur Jason Bright, who is now the company's CTO.
The New York-based company is poised to launch the new website and app this fall with about 200 bran
Fiverr is acquiring online learning company CreativeLive
Freelance marketplace Fiverr announced this morning that it's acquiring Seattle-based online learning company CreativeLive for an undisclosed amount. CreativeLive is an entrepreneurial learning platform where users can attend courses on video, photography, design, business, marketing and more.
Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M
Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training in
MindLabs gets $3.5M seed to make mental wellness engaging
Making sure mental wellness is part of your routine can be difficult, especially if you are already busy and stressed. MindLabs wants to make it easier with a combination of on-demand or live video classes and community features. The company announced today it has raised a $3.5 million seed round,
Backed by Greycroft, Klasha gets $2.4M to improve cross-border commerce in Africa
Analysts say the value of e-commerce in Africa is expected to reach $29 billion next year, yet Africans still find it difficult to make international payments for products online.
Cards, M-Pesa, bank transfer and mobile money, are the most common methods Africans use to make payments. But while var
German insurtech startup Getsafe adds $63 million to its Series B
Getsafe has extended its Series B round that it previously announced in December 2020. In addition to its original Series B round of $30 million, the company is adding another $63 million in fresh capital. Overall, Getsafe has raised a $93 million Series B round.
Investors in today's funding ro
Japanese healthcare startup Bisu raises $3.2M seed round to launch its lab-on-a-chip product
The adoption of telehealth services has boomed in the pandemic — with usage up 38-fold since January 2020, according to a report by McKinsey. While a lot of the attention has been on companies that are building the communications layer between consumers and clinicians, there are also a wave o