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The academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has released the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards to be held on Sunday, Marcy 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The Power of the Dog from Netflix led the nominations with 12 total. Apple Original Films’ “CODA” becomes the first motion picture starring a predominantly […]
OAKLAND — New wave soda brand OLIPOP has completed a $30 million Series B funding round led by Monogram Capital Partners with celebrity investors Camila Cabello, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Mindy Kaling, Logic, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Also contributing to the funding round were Raj and Indra Nooyi (Former CEO, PepsiCo), Anjula Acharia (Founder, A-Series Management & Investments), Payal Kadakia (Founder, ClassPass), Moj Mahdara (Serial Investor & […]
SAN JOSE — Roku is teaming up with Lionsgate to stream Swimming with Sharks, a scripted drama series about the dark side of the Hollywood studio system. The new Roku Original stars actresses Kiernan Shipka (photo above) and Diane Kruger and will make its debut on The Roku Channel this April. The new series is […]
Actress Uma Thurman is starring in the thriller series “Suspicion” on Apple TV+ which makes its worldwide debut today Friday, February 4, 2022. The eight-episode drama, starring Academy Award-nominated actress Uma Thurman (“Kill Bill,” “Pulp Fiction”), is premiering globally on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes now available, followed by one new episode weekly, […]
SAN JOSE — Cisco has announced new innovations designed to power hybrid work with people working from home, in the office, or anywhere. The company has unveiled the industry’s first high-end Wi-Fi 6E access points, Private 5G for the enterprise as a managed service, and new high-powered Catalyst 9000X series switches with Cisco Silicon One […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Future, the service that is looking to bring digital fitness coaching mainstream, has raised $75 million in Series C funding, bringing its total funding to date to more than $110 million. Future has a personal training app that connects members with an ongoing fitness coach through the Apple Watch to build personalized workout programs and communicate […]
SAN MATEO — Zero Acre Farms wants to bring an end to vegetable oils, which the company says has been linked to widespread chronic disease and deforestation. The company has raised $37 million in funding from leading climate and food investors. The oversubscribed Series A round was co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Fifty Years, for a total of […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Chargebee, subscription management platform, today has closed $250 million investment round co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital, along with returning investors including Insight Partners, Sapphire and Steadview Capital. This round follows a previous round in April raising $125 million at a $1.4 billion valuation, bringing the total investment in the company […]
SAN FRANCISCO — RudderStack, a platform for building customer data stacks trusted by many of the world’s leading brands, has raised $56 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Insight Partners along with continued support from Kleiner Perkins and S28 Capital. The investment will be used to accelerate growth and enable data […]
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, reported spectacular revenues and earnings for the fourth quarter 2021 and plans to split shares of stock 20-for-1 in July. The stock split applies to the company’s Class A, B and C shares and will bring the price back down into the mid-$100s based on the current trading price […]
SAN FRANCISCO — CaptivateIQ, a developer of sales commission software, has raised $100 million in Series C financing led by ICONIQ Growth, Accel and Sequoia, with Sapphire also joining as a new investor this round. CaptivateIQ is a provider of Incentive Compensation Management solutions that makes sales commissions easy to track and manage with automated […]
SVB Leerink, a Boston-based investment bank specializing in healthcare and technology and subsidiary of Silicon Valley’s SVB Financial, announced that the company will begin operating under a new name as SVB Securities LLC. The new corporate name aligns with the firm’s strategy to provide clients and investors across the innovation economy with the exceptional financial […]