Venture Capital

Databook Picks Up $50 Million

PALO ALTO — Databook, a technology platform for sales intelligence, has secured $50 million in Series B funding. The oversubscribed round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from DFJ Growth and previous investors Threshold, Microsoft’s Venture Fund M12, Salesforce Ventures and Haystack. The funding will be used to accelerate hiring across all areas […]

Venture Capital

Flexport Secures $935 Million Round Series E

SAN FRANCISCO — Flexport, a global logistics platform, has secured a massive  $935 million Series E investment round led by Andreessen Horowitz and MSD Partners with a strategic investment from Shopify, as well as participation from existing partners DST Global, Founders Fund, SoftBank Vision Fund 1, and other investors including Kevin Kwok. The investment brings […]

Apple Salaries

Median Apple Salary is $68,254

In filings with the SEC, Apple revealed that the median salary for an employee at the company is $68,254 per year. The median is the midpoint of all salaries at the company, not an average, and is lower due to the large number of retail employees that work at Apple stores which pay around $17 […]

Venture Capital

CapitalG Leads $140 Million Series D in Salt Security

PALO ALTO – Salt Security, an API security company, has raised $140 million in Series D funding, led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent growth fund, with participation from all existing investors. The latest investment brings the valuation of Salt Security to $1.4 billion. Salt Security plans to use the additional capital to expand R&D investment, fuel […]

Google News

Google Cloud to Use AMD Epyc Processors

SANTA CLARA — AMD announced that AMD EPYC™ processors will power the new C2D virtual machine offering from Google Cloud, bringing customers strong performance and compute power for high-performance (HPC) memory-bound workloads in areas like electronic design automation (EDA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This announcement continues the momentum for AMD EPYC processors, marking the third […]

Venture Capital

Branch Valued at $4 Billion With $300 Million Round

PALO ALTO — Branch, a cross-platform solution for mobile linking and attribution, has raised $300 million in new funding giving the company a $4 billion valuation, led by existing investor NEA. Branch, which has over 500 employees and 16 offices around the globe, has been used by more than 100,000 mobile brands since its founding in 2014, […]

Venture Capital

Census Counts $60 Million Series B

SAN FRANCISCO — Census, a private company that empowers data and business teams to sync cloud data warehouses to business tools, announced a $60 million Series B round, bringing the total raised to $80.3 million. The round was led by Tiger Global with participation from Insight Partners and previous investors Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz. Last […]

Venture Capital

Promethium Reels In $26 Million Series A

MENLO PARK — Promethium, a next-generation collaborative analytics platform for business users and data teams, has raised $26 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors .406 Ventures and Zetta Venture Partners. The new round brings the startup’s total funding to $34.5 million since its 2018 inception. Promethium […]

News Salaries

Salaries for Amazon Workers

Amazon announced to corporate employees last week it would raise base salary this year from $160,000 max to $350,000 according to Geekwire. Amazon’s base salary had been lower compared to other tech companies like Microsoft and Google but offered sign-on bonuses instead and more restricted stock units to make up for the difference. These changes […]

Apple News

Apple Working on Tap to Pay With iPhones

CUPERTINO — Apple announced plans to introduce Tap to Pay on iPhone sometime this year. The new feature will allow millions of merchants across the US, from small businesses to large retailers, to use their iPhone to seamlessly and securely accept Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets through a simple […]

Netflix News

94th Academy Awards Nominees Announced

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 […]