Why F5 spent $2.2B on 3 companies to focus on cloud native applications
It’s essential for older companies to recognize changes in the marketplace or face the brutal reality of being left in the dust. F5 is an old-school company that launched back in the 90s, yet has been able to transform a number of times in its history to avoid major disruption. Over the last
Stori raises $32.5M in a Lightspeed-led Series B to build Mexico's credit card for the masses
While credit cards are commonplace in the United States, they are far less ubiquitous in many other countries, particularly those in Latin America. In Mexico in particular, cash remains the dominant method of payment, with an estimated 86% of all payments being in the form of cash.
But card usage i
DataJoy raises $6M seed to help SaaS companies track key business metrics
Every business needs to track fundamental financial information, but the data typically lives in a variety of silos, making it a constant challenge to understand a company’s overall financial health. DataJoy, an early-stage startup, wants to solve that issue. The company announced a $6 millio
Terminus raises $90M to grow its B2B marketing platform, now valued at around $400M
Sales and marketing are often considered a single category on a business plan, but ironically, when it comes to building apps and services to help with them, they usually become separate entities, and so too do the teams that address sales and marketing in organizations. Today, however, a startup c
Lob raises $50M for its direct mail platform
Lob is a startup promising to help businesses deliver physical mail more quickly and affordably, and with more personalization.
The company estimates that its platform has been used to deliver mail to one in two U.S. households. And today, it’s announcing that it has raised $50 million in Ser
Berlin’s MorphAIs hopes its AI algorithms will put its early-stage VC fund ahead of the pack
MorphAIs is a new VC out of Berlin, aiming to leverage AI algorithms to boost its investment decisions in early-stage startups. But there’s a catch: it hasn’t raised a fund yet.
The firm was founded by Eva-Valérie Gfrerer, who was previously head of growth marketing at fintech startup
With Atlanta rising as a new hub for tech, early stage firm Tech Square Ventures gets a new partner
Atlanta is coming up in the tech world with several newly minted billion-dollar businesses hailing from the ATL and the city’s local venture capital community is taking notice.
Even as later stage firms like the newly minted BIP Capital rebrand and with increasingly large funds, earlier sta
New Facebook ad campaign extols the benefits of personalized ads
Online advertising can be a “pretty dry topic,” as Facebook’s head of brand marketing Andrew Stirk acknowledged, but with a new campaign of its own, the social networking giant is looking to “bring to life how personalized ads level the playing field” for small busines
Boosted by the pandemic, meeting transcription service Otter.ai raises $50M
Over the past year or so, voice transcription startup Otter.ai doubled down on the future of remote work by integrating its product with meeting apps like Zoom and Google Meet. With the COVID-19 pandemic having sent so many to work from home, those investments have paid off — the company has
Coinbase files to go public in a key listing for the cryptocurrency category
This morning Coinbase, an American cryptocurrency exchange, released an S-1 filing ahead of its direct listing. The company’s public debut has been hotly anticipated thanks to recent activity amongst bitcoin and other blockchain-based assets, the company’s controversial political positi
Xiaomi further localizes India supply chain via BYD, DBG partnerships
China’s Xiaomi had dominated the Indian smartphone market for three consecutive years until recently losing the top spot to Samsung. It has played by the Indian government’s rulebook to support domestic manufacturing, making smartphones in India rather than shipping them from its home c
Customer data platform Lexer raises $25.5M Series B for global expansion
"attachment_2117691" aria-describedby="" style="width: 1024px">Left to right: Lexer founders Dave Whittle, Aaron Wallis and Chris Brewer. Image Credits: Lexer
The massive shift to online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic means retailers need to analyze customer data quickly in order to compete a
After Facebook’s news flex, Australia passes bargaining code for platforms and publishers
A week after Facebook grabbed eyeballs globally by blocking news publishers and turning off news-sharing on its platform in Australia, the country’s parliament has approved legislation that makes it mandatory for platform giants like Facebook and Google to negotiate to remunerate local news p
Connected pet collar company Fi raises a $30M Series B
Pet tech company Fi today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B. The round, led by Chuck Murphy of Longview Asset Management, follows a $7 million Series A raised back in 2019. The round values the startup at north of $200 million.
The New York-based startup specializes in connected d