SAN FRANCISCO — Bitrise, a Mobile DevOps company that works with more than 6,000 mobile organizations to get apps to market faster and smarter, has closed a $60 million Series C funding round. The round was led by New York-based private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, and was joined by existing investors including Partech, Open […]
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Netomi Scores $30 Million Series B
SAN MATEO — Netomi, developer of an AI-first customer service platform, has secured $30 million in Series B funding led by WndrCo, the investment firm co-founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg. Existing investors Eldridge and Fin Venture Capital also participated in the round, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $52 million. “Customer service is going […]
Taylor Swift Releases Christmas Tree Farm on Amazon Music
Amazon Music announced an exclusive new version of “Christmas Tree Farm” from 11-time Grammy winner and superstar Taylor Swift. “Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version)” arrives just in time for the holidays and fresh off of her #1 record-breaking release of Red (Taylor’s Version). Swift’s reimagined version of her beloved holiday hit was recorded at Abbey Road […]
Resilience Reels In $80 Million Series C
SAN FRANCISCO — Resilience, a provider of cyber insurance and security solutions, has closed an $80 million Series C funding round, co-led by General Catalyst and Corey Thomas of Rapid7, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Charles River Ventures, Shield Capital, and Intact Ventures. The investment comes as Resilience executes on plans for middle market expansion […]
Hey Hey Hey! Heyday Raises $555 Million
SAN FRANCISCO — Heyday, a platform for building consumer product brands on Amazon and online, has closed a $555 million Series C funding round. The round was co-led by technology investors The Raine Group and Premji Invest with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, Victory Park Capital, and Khosla Ventures. The new funding comes on […]
Target Expands Apple Shops to 36 Stores
Target says it is doubling the number of Apple at Target shop-in-shop stores this holiday— expanding from 17 to 36 stores — to offer guests more Apple products and accessories than ever before. However, Target has 1,915 stores nationwide so it’s just a small number of stores that will be staffed with Apple-trained Target Tech […]
Amazon Reveals Deals for Cyber Monday
Internet giant Amazon has released info about deals for Cyber Monday starting next weekend. The deals kick off on Saturday, November 27, and run through Monday, November 29, offering customers thousands of deals and savings on products and gifts. Some of the popular products on the deals list include electronics from Samsung and LG, home […]
Lacework Nabs $1.3 Billion and Valued at $8.3 Billion
SAN JOSE – Lacework, which operates a security platform for the cloud, has raised one of the biggest rounds of funding ever at $1.3 billion. The company is now valued at $8.3 billion. With this capital, which is the largest funding round in security industry history, Lacework plans to invest in rapidly scaling its business […]
Pizza Hut Unveils Holiday Gift Shop
Do you need gifts for loved ones this Christmas? Well why not consider some gifts from Pizza Hut in their new online shop and Holiday Hut Shop collection. The holiday Hut Shop is a one-stop (online) shop that has everything festive fans need to begin crossing off their holiday shopping lists, from matching pajamas for […]
Intuit Skies to Record High
Shares in financial software company Intuit surged 10 percent to a record high Friday at $692.34 per share. Intuit is known for TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, Credit Karma and Mailchimp. The company grew total revenue to $2.0 billion in its fiscal first quarter, up from $1.3 billion the prior year, including the addition of Credit Karma. […]
Apple to Allow Users to Fix Their Own iPhones, Macs
CUPERTINO — For the first time ever, Apple will allow customers to fix their own iPhones and Macs. The new service is called Self Service Repair, which will allow customers who are comfortable with completing their own repairs access to Apple genuine parts and tools. Available first for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 lineups, […]
Roku Adds 15 Free Live Streaming Channels
Streaming platform Roku announced it has added a lineup of 15 new live channels. From national news and holiday movie favorites to Spanish language and sports, the new channels can be streamed live on The Roku Channel. Roku is also rolling out an updated version of the GQ Channel, the ultimate destination for all things […]