REDWOOD CITY — Split, a feature delivery and experimentation platform, has scooped up $50 million in Series D funding led by Owl Rock, a division of Blue Owl Capital, with participation from Northgate Capital and existing investors including Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Harmony Partners, Microsoft’s venture capital fund M12, Atlassian Ventures, and ServiceNow. This latest […]
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Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global Lead $36.7 Million Round in Rapid Robotics
SAN FRANCISCO — Rapid Robotics, creator of the first ready-to-work robotic machine operator, has raised $36.7 million in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global, with existing investors NEA, Greycroft, Bee Partners and 468 Capital also participating. The latest round is Rapid’s third in less than a year, bringing its total funding to […]
Apple Card Tops JD Power List for Customer Satisfaction
The Apple Card, the credit card launched by Apple in 2019 and issued by Goldman Sachs, ranked highest among the Midsize Credit Card segment in the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study and received a chart-topping score of 864. Apple Card and issuer Goldman Sachs also ranked highest in the Midsize Credit Card […]
Kairos Aerospace Nabs Cool $26 Million Series C-1
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Kairos Aerospace, a company that finds oilfield methane leaks and emissions, has closed a $26 million Series C-1 funding round, led by DCVC. Returning investors OGCI Climate Investments, John Crane, a Smith Group company, and Energy Innovation Capital (EIC) also participated. Using cutting-edge methane detection algorithms and proprietary sensor hardware, Kairos’ industry […]
Adobe Snaps Up Frame.io for $1.275 Billion
SAN JOSE — Adobe announced it will acquire Frame.io, a NY cloud-based video collaboration platform for $1.275 billion. With over a million users across media and entertainment companies, agencies, and global brands, Frame.io streamlines the video production process by enabling video editors and key project stakeholders to seamlessly collaborate using cloud-first workflows. The combination of […]
Metabase Scores $30 Million Series B
SAN FRANCISCO — Metabase, an open source platform for sharing data and analytics across any business enterprise, has completed a $30 million Series B funding round, bringing total invested capital to $42.5 million. The investment was led by Insight Partners, with participation by Expa and NEA. Metabase allows users to quickly discover and share insights across their enterprise by […]
Monte Carlo Secures $60 Million Series C
SAN FRANCISCO — Monte Carlo, a company specializing in data reliability , has raised $60 milliion in Series C funding from ICONIQ Growth with participation from Salesforce Ventures and existing investors Accel, GGV Capital, and Redpoint Ventures – bringing total funding to date at $101 million. With this round, Monte Carlo plans to further develop […]
Jaris Emerges From Stealth With $31 Million Series B
BURLINGAME –– jaris, a private label and full-stack embedded lending solution in the U.S., has launched out of stealth mode with its close of $31 million in Series B financing, positioning itself as a leader in the Credit-as-a-Service (CaaS) space. GSR Ventures led the Series B funding round of $31 million with participation from Wing Venture Capital, Franklin Templeton, […]
MOLOCO Closes $150 Million Series C
REDWOOD CITY –– MOLOCO a developer of machine learning and growth solutions for mobile app marketers and e-commerce companies, has raised $150 million in Series C funding to bring sophisticated, transparent machine learning models to businesses throughout the world. The round was led by Tiger Global Management with participation from existing investors. MOLOCO has now raised a total […]
Apple Chooses 15 Businesses for Impact Accelerator
CUPERTINO — Apple has unveiled its first class of 15 Black- and Brown-owned businesses on the cutting edge of green technology and clean energy, who will join the company’s Impact Accelerator to support equity and opportunity in the environmental sector. Part of Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, this program will help to combat systemic […]
Apollo GraphQL Lands $130 Million Series D
SAN FRANCISCO — Apollo GraphQL, a pioneer in the use of open source and commercial GraphQL API technologies, has landed a $130 million Series D funding round led by New York-based venture capital firm Insight Partners with participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, and Trinity Ventures. Additional investors Next47 and Hatim Shafique, […]
Perrone Robotics Partners With Tropos on Self-Driving Trucks
Perrone Robotics, Inc., a Virginia-based provider of fully autonomous vehicle technology and turnkey vehicle solutions for the mobility of people and things, and Tropos Motors, a Silicon Valley based cleantech compact electric vehicle manufacturer and supplier, have formed a partnership to produce a series of fully autonomous, electric low speed vehicles (e-LSVs) and trucks. (Photo […]