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SAN FRANCISCO — Front, a communication hub for building strong customer relationships, has raised $65 million in Series D financing, led by Salesforce Ventures and Battery Ventures and with participation from PagerDuty CEO, Jennifer Tejada. Existing investors Sequoia Capital, Threshold Ventures and Uncork Capital also participated in the financing. This round values Front at $1.7 […]
BERKELEY — Opaque Systems, the pioneers of collaborative analytics and AI for confidential computing, has raised $22 million in Series A funding, bringing the company’s total financing to $31.6 million. The round was led by Walden Catalyst Partners, with participation from new investors, Storm Ventures and Thomvest Ventures, as well as all existing investors, Intel Capital, Race Capital, The […]
OAKLAND — Eclipse Foods, a maker of sustainable, plant-based dairy products, announced a Series B funding round of over $40 million led by Sozo Ventures with participation from leading funds, including Forerunner Ventures, Initialized Capital, Gaingels, and KBW Ventures. With the latest round of funding, Eclipse has raised over $60 million to date with investors […]
CUPERTINO — Apple has signed a 10-year deal with Major League Soccer (MLS) to be the exclusive destination to watch every single live MLS match on the Apple TV app beginning in 2023. This partnership is a historic first for a major professional sports league, and will allow fans around the world to watch all […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Vibrant Planet, the creator of the OS for forest restoration, has launched with a $17 million seed round led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund, The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust, with participation from Valia Ventures, Earthshot Ventures (a venture fund backed by Emerson Collective, John Doerr, Tom Steyer, Microsoft and others), Elemental […]
SAN JOSE – Streaming platform Roku is partnering with NBCUniversal Local to bring several NBC local news channels to The Roku Channel. The channels are now available for users to access through The Roku Channel’s Live TV Guide. Through the partnership, NBCUniversal Local will bring local news channels from its NBC stations in major markets […]
John Doerr, Chairman of top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, has donated over $1.1 billion to launch the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability this fall. This will be Stanford’s first new school in 70 years. The $1.1 billion gift from John and his wife Ann Doerr [photo above (credit: Edward Caldwell)] is the […]
PALO ALTO — TaskHuman, which operates a digital coaching platform, has raised $20 million in Series B funding to help improve human well-being and productivity in a digital world. Madrona led the round, with participation from Impact Venture Capital, RingCentral Ventures, Sure Ventures, and USVP, alongside new investors Gaingels, PeopleTech Angels, Propel(x), and Zoom Ventures. […]
Google has announced updates with the next release on Chrome on iOS, bringing five new features to iPhone and iPad users. 1. Stronger protection from phishing and malware Enhanced Safe Browsing can give you more proactive and tailored protections from phishing, malware and other web-based threats — and now we’re extending it to iOS. If you […]
Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) have released the July 2022 “Friday Night Baseball” schedule. Scheduled games continue to be available to watch for free, only on Apple TV+. “The 2022 season is off to a great start, and we’re proud to bring all baseball fans a new way to watch their favorite teams each […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Bardeen.ai, a provider of “automation for all” tools, announced an oversubscribed $15.3 million Series A funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors 468 Capital and FirstMark Capital and leading angel investors. The Series A follows Bardeen’s launch from stealth earlier this year with strong adoption and growth […]
MENLO PARK — MyOme, a clinical whole genome platform analysis company, has raised $23 million in an oversubscribed series B financing round led by Healthcare Venture Partners, bringing the total raised to over $36 million. MyOme plans to use the funds to begin commercialization of their clinical whole genome analysis platform technology and clinical reports to health systems. The […]