Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More Equifax announced today that it would pay $ 640 million to acquire Kount, a company that uses artificial …
Read More »Lacework raises $525 million to automate cloud security and compliance
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More Lacework, a four-year-old developer of automated containerized workload defense, intrusion detection, and compliance solutions, today announced that it …
Read More »Roblox raises $520 million at $29.5 billion valuation, will go public through direct listing
User-generated game platform Roblox has raised $ 520 million in a new round of funding, and it will still go public through a direct listing where the company’s existing shareholders directly sell shares to investors. The private funding deal values Roblox at $ 29.5 billion. The direct listing offering, or DPO, …
Read More »Iboss raises $145 million as pandemic and WFH push security to the cloud
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More Iboss announced today that the company has raised a $ 145 million round of venture capital as the …
Read More »Divvy raises $165 million to give companies greater control and insights into their expenses
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More Divvy, an expenses management platform for businesses, has raised $ 165 million in a series D round of …
Read More »Ducky generates $1 million a month and 145 million plays with hypercasual games
Hypercasual games are simple games that can reach the broadest audiences on mobile devices, and they can be made almost anywhere. The latest company to prove that is Ducky, a nine-month-old company in Russia whose games have been played 145 million times and generated $ 1 million a month in …
Read More »Google leads $145 million investment in InMobi’s Glance and Roposo social platforms
Google led an investment of $ 145 million in InMobi‘s social media startups Glance and Roposo, which are division’s InMobi’s mobile app marketing business. The deal is a boost for India’s tech market, where multiple unicorns (such as InMobi itself), or startups valued at a billion dollars or more, have …
Read More »Bolt raises $75 million to fight ecommerce fraud with machine learning
The checkout platform Bolt — not to be confused with the blockchain startup Bolt Labs, the hardware investor Bolt, or the ride-sharing firm formerly known as Taxify — today announced that it recently closed a $ 75 million funding round. The infusion comes after a year during which Bolt processed …
Read More »How New York City Vaccinated 6 Million People in Less Than a Month
On Easter weekend in 1947, New York City buzzed with an air of invincibility. The miseries of World War II were finally over, and New York, like the rest of the country, was buoyant. The future promised great things. The Polaroid Land camera had just been invented. Consumer TV sets …
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