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ThreatStream Grabs $22M To Help Fight Cybersecurity Threats
ThreatStream, a cybersecurity firm based in Redwood City, CA, announced $22M in Series B funding today to continue their efforts to help organizations fight cybersecurity threats. Today’s funding brings the company’s total raised to-date to $26.3M. The current round is led by General Catalyst Partners with help from new investors Institutional Venture Partners and previous… Read More
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Rumor: Web Content Management Firm Ektron Sold To Private Equity Company
A source told TechCrunch this week that Ektron, a web content management firm based in Nashua, NH has been sold to an unnamed private equity firm for around $48M plus taking on $50M in debt. The source said the actual cash exchanged in the deal would only be in the $30M range, which is pretty low for an established enterprise software company. It’s worth noting that the company has… Read More
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Nestio Hunts Down $1.6M In Funding From Freestyle Capital To Ramp Up Growth
Nestio, the NYC-based real estate startup focused on changing the way brokers and landlords go about their daily business, has raised a $1.6 million funding round to accelerate growth. The round was led by Freestyle Capital with participation from RiverPark Ventures, and existing Nestio investors such as Joanne Wilson, David Cohen, Mike Lazerow, Jerry Colonna, and Scout Ventures. The round… Read More
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LookSharp, An Internship And Job Listings Platform, Acquires Readyforce
LookSharp, a startup that offers job listings and operates InternMatch, has acquired Readyforce, a professional network for college students and new graduates. The deal’s financial terms were undisclosed. LookSharp says the acquisition will allow it to grow its database of internships, entry-level positions, and content geared toward helping students looking for their first jobs. Read More
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Kaminario Scores $53M To Take On Flash Storage Market
Kaminario, a company based in Newton, Mass., landed $53 million in funding today as it continues its battle in the growing flash storage array market. The latest influx brings the total raised to an impressive $128 million, making the storage startup the best funded company you probably never heard of. The round includes current investors Sequoia Capital, Pitango, Globespan, Tenaya and… Read More
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Berlin’s Ad2games, The Online Games Marketing Platform, Secures $9M Series A
More funding activity coming out of the Berlin adtech scene. This time it’s the turn of online games marketing platform Ad2games, which is disclosing a $9 million Series A round. Backers include HitFox Group — the ‘startup factory’ that acquired the company back in 2012 — and VC firm 3TS Capital Partners, along with members of the Ad2games management team. Read More
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Rocket Internet’s Helpling Mops Up $17M For Its Cleaners-On-Demand Service
Helpling, the Rocket Internet-backed cleaner-on-demand service, has tidied in a nice little sum of its own after announcing $17 million in fresh funding. Investors in this Series A round include Mangrove Capital, Phenomen Ventures, Point Nine Capital and Delivery Hero chairman Lukasz Gadowski. Read More
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Opera Buys AdVine To Expand Its Mobile Ad Network In Africa
Opera — the Norway-based company that develops data-compressed web browsers, app storefronts, and other cloud-based services for mobile and other platforms — has made another acquisition to build out Mediaworks, its mobile advertising subsidiary. It has bought AdVine, a mobile ad network based in Cape Town, South Africa. This is Opera’s first acquisition in the… Read More
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Hortonworks Wastes No Time Setting Price For Its IPO
In a time where we have S-1 filings that sit for months, Hortonworks proves the exception. After filing its S-1 just last month, the company updated its S-1 today, setting its IPO price, filing a $78M IPO with 6M shares at a price range of $12-14 per share.
At the midpoint of the proposed range, Hortonworks would command a fully diluted market value of $659 million, Renaissance Capital… Read More
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Microsoft Buys Email App Acompli For $200M, Will Still Support Gmail And Other Competitors
Just before Thanksgiving here in the U.S., a Microsoft blog post accidentally leaked the company’s intention to buy mobile email application Acompli. Though the blog post itself was pulled down, the URL still revealed the forthcoming acquisition. Today, the two companies are officially confirming the news, with the Acompli team of around two dozen joining Microsoft as a part of a $200… Read More
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