Monday April 29, 2024

Robin makes the office smarter with $7 million in new funding

 One of the first-world problems most plaguing the new corporate world is the time wasted trying to find and secure a meeting room. At least, that’s the premise Robin is based on. Robin is a company that helps offices organize, track, and monitor their spaces. The company just raised $7 million in Series A led […]

With $90 Million In New Funding And Unicorn Status, Anaplan Looks Ahead to IPO

 Anaplan announced a $90 million round today at a valuation of S1.09 billion after funding, putting the company squarely in unicorn territory, those companies with valuations of a billion or more. What’s more, CEO Fred Laluyaux said this will be the last private round prior to an IPO some time in “the not-too-distant future.” To that end, he […]

NodePrime Raises $7M In Seed Funding To Help Companies Manage Their Data Centers

 Managing a complex modern IT infrastructure is hard. NodePrime, a San Francisco-based startup that’s emerging from stealth today, wants to make it easier for companies to map, monitor and control their data centers. The company also today announced that it has raised a $7 million seed round with participation from the likes of Menlo Ventures, […]

Fundera Picks Up $11.5 Million In Series B Funding

 Fundera, the online credit marketplace that helps small business secure loans started by GroupMe cofounder Jared Hecht, has today announced the close of a $11.5 million Series B funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity with participation from existing investors including QED Investors, Khosla Ventures, and First Round Capital. Alongside the funding, SGE’s Scott Feldman […]

Guru, With $2.7 Million In Funding, Simplifies Internal Knowledge Sharing

 Given the speed at which startups often grow, disseminating important information to the folks that need it (when they need it) can become a huge hurdle. Guru, started by Boomi founder Rick Nucci, aims to solve that problem. Guru is a Chrome web extension that sits on top of pretty much anything you do on […]

Platform9 Raises $10M In Series B Funding For Its OpenStack Deployment And Management Service

 Platform9, a service that aims to make it easier for businesses to launch an OpenStack private cloud on their existing servers, today announced that it has raised a $10 million Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures and with participation from previous investor Redpoint Ventures. This round brings the company’s total funding to $14.5 […]

Apprenda Raises $24M Series D Funding Round For Its Enterprise PaaS

 Apprenda, an enterprise platform as a service (PaaS) player that originally launched back in 2007, today announced that it has raised a $24 million Series D round led by Safeguard Scientifics. Other participants in this round include New Enterprise Associates and Ignition Partners. This brings Apprenda’s total funding to $56 million. Read More Tweet This […]

One Month, The Platform That Teaches You To Code (And More) In 30 Days, Picks Up $1.9M In Funding

 One Month, the learning platform that promises a solid, enterprise-based education in one month or less, has today announced the close of an additional $1.9 million in seed funding, co-led by existing investor Idea Bulb Ventures and new investor Arena Ventures. Cornerstone On-Demand also participated in the round as a strategic investor. One Month launched […]

Former Battlefield Finalist DigitalGenius Scores $3M In First Funding Foray

 TechCrunch Disrupt New York Battlefield finalists, DigitalGenius announced their first serious funding today with a $3 million investment round. The company was looking for $2 million, but garnered so much interest from investors, it ended up landing the $3 million figure instead, according to DigitalGenius chief strategy officer Mikhail Naumov. The round was led by Metamorphic Ventures. Read More […]

Switch, With $2 Million In Seed Funding, Is Tinder For Jobs

 Switch, the Tinder for job apps, has just announced a new investor in the form of Marker VC, closing out their seed round at $2 million. Other investors include Metamorphic, Rhodium, Marker, BAM, SG VC, and Marcel Legrand. Switch lets users search anonymously for jobs through an algorithmic matching process and a UI similar to […]