Author Archives: Ingrid Lunden

OpenGov raises $51M to boost its cloud-based IT services for government and civic organizations

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OpenGov, the firm co-founded by Panaltir’s Joe Lonsdale that helps government and other civic organizations organise, analyse and present financial and other data using cloud-based architecture, has raised another big round of funding to continue expanding its business. The startup has picked up an additional $51 million in a Series D round led by Weatherford […] Continue reading OpenGov raises $51M to boost its cloud-based IT services for government and civic organizations→

Sweden’s Hedvig raises $10.4M led by Obvious Ventures to build “nice insurance”

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Hedvig, a Swedish startup, is following in the footsteps of Lemonade building a new generation of insurance platforms that use AI to help evaluate customers and operate on a policy of using surplus for social good, and today the company announced the next stage of its growth. The startup has closed a SEK100 million ($10.4 […] Continue reading Sweden’s Hedvig raises $10.4M led by Obvious Ventures to build “nice insurance”→

Ping Identity files for $100M IPO on Nasdaq to trade as ‘PING’

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Some eight months after it was reported that Ping Identity’s owners Vista Equity had hired bankers to explore a public listing, today Ping Identity took the plunge: the Colorado-based online ID management company has filed an S-1 form indicating that it plans to raise up to $100 million in an IPO on the Nasdaq exchange under […] Continue reading Ping Identity files for $100M IPO on Nasdaq to trade as ‘PING’→

Reputation.com nabs $30M more to help enterprises manage their profiles online

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In these days where endorsements from influential personalities online can make or break a product, a startup that’s built a business to help companies harness all the long-tail firepower they can muster to get their name out there in a good way has raised some funding to expand deeper into feedback and other experience territory. […] Continue reading Reputation.com nabs $30M more to help enterprises manage their profiles online→

Lucidworks raises $100M to expand in AI-powered search-as-a-service for organizations

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If the sheer amount of information that we can tap into using the internet has made the world our oyster, then the huge success of Google is a testament to how lucrative search can be in helping to light the way through that data maze. Now, in a sign of the times, a startup called Lucidworks, […] Continue reading Lucidworks raises $100M to expand in AI-powered search-as-a-service for organizations→

Monday.com raises $150M more, now at $1.9B valuation, for workplace collaboration tools

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Workplace collaboration platforms have become a crucial cornerstone of the modern office: workers’ lives are guided by software and what we do on our computers, and collaboration tools provide a way for us to let each other know what we’re working on, and how we’re doing it, in a format that’s (at best) easy to […] Continue reading Monday.com raises $150M more, now at $1.9B valuation, for workplace collaboration tools→

TrustRadius, a customer-generated B2B software review platform, raises $12.5M

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Customer reviews play a key role in helping people decide what to buy on consumer-focused marketplaces like Amazon or app stores, and the same tendency exists in the B2B world, where nearly half a trillion dollars is spent annually on software and IT purchases. TrustRadius, one of the startups capitalising on the latter trend with […] Continue reading TrustRadius, a customer-generated B2B software review platform, raises $12.5M→

InCountry raises $15M for its cloud-based private data storage-as-a-service solution

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The rise of data breaches, along with an expanding raft of regulations (now numbering 80 different regional regimes, and growing) have thrust data protection — having legal and compliant ways of handling personal user information — to the top of the list of things that an organization needs to consider when building and operating their […] Continue reading InCountry raises $15M for its cloud-based private data storage-as-a-service solution→

AlphaSense, a search engine for analysis and business intel, raises $50M led by Innovation Endeavors

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Google and its flagship search portal opened the door to the possibilities of how to build a business empire on the back of organising and navigating the world’s information, as found on the internet. Now, a startup that’s built a search engine tailored to the needs of enterprises and their own quests for information has […] Continue reading AlphaSense, a search engine for analysis and business intel, raises $50M led by Innovation Endeavors→

Workplace, Facebook’s service for business teams, is raising its prices for the first time since launch

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Three years into its life with 2 million paying users signed up, Workplace — Facebook’s platform for businesses and and other organizations to build internal communities and communications — is about to make a significant business shift of its own. Come September 2, Workplace is changing its pricing tiers, how it charges its users, and […] Continue reading Workplace, Facebook’s service for business teams, is raising its prices for the first time since launch→