Author Archives: Ingrid Lunden

OneTrust raises $200M at a $1.3B valuation to help organizations navigate online privacy rules

Posted on by

GDPR, and the newer California Consumer Privacy Act, have given a legal bite to ongoing developments in online privacy and data protection: it’s always good practice for companies with an online presence to take measures to safeguard people’s data, but now failing to do so can land them in some serious hot water. Now — […] Continue reading OneTrust raises $200M at a $1.3B valuation to help organizations navigate online privacy rules→

Signavio raises $177M at a $400M valuation for its business process automation solutions

Posted on by

Robotic Process Automation has been the name of the game in enterprise software lately — with organizations using advances in machine learning algorithms and other kinds of AI, alongside big-data analytics to speed up everything from performing mundane tasks to more complex business decisions. To underscore the opportunity and growth in the market, today a […] Continue reading Signavio raises $177M at a $400M valuation for its business process automation solutions→

15Five raises $30.7M to expand its employee development toolkit

Posted on by

Technology has been used to improve many of the processes that we use to get work done. But today, a startup has raised funding to build tech to improve us, the workers. 15Five, which builds software and services to help organisations and their employees evaluate their performance, as well as set and meet goals, has closed […] Continue reading 15Five raises $30.7M to expand its employee development toolkit→

KKR confirms it has acquired Canadian software company Corel, reportedly for over $1B

Posted on by

Yesterday we broke the news that Corel — the company behind WordPerfect, Corel Draw, and a number of other apps, as well as the new owner of Parallels — had itself gotten acquired by KKR. Today, the news is confirmed and official: KKR today announced that it has closed the deal, purchasing Corel from private […] Continue reading KKR confirms it has acquired Canadian software company Corel, reportedly for over $1B→

KKR has acquired Corel (including its recent acquisition Parallels), reportedly for $1B+

Posted on by

Only six months after snapping up virtualization specialist Parallels, Canadian software company Corel is itself getting acquired. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed with multiple sources that private equity giant KKR has closed a deal to buy the company from Vector Capital, which has owned some or all of Corel since 2003. KKR’s interest in Corel […] Continue reading KKR has acquired Corel (including its recent acquisition Parallels), reportedly for $1B+→

Kabbage secures $200M to fuel its AI-based loans platform for small businesses

Posted on by

Kabbage, the AI-based small business loans platform backed by Softbank and others, is adding more firepower to its lending machine: the Atlanta-based startup has secured an additional $200 million in the form of a revolving credit facility from an unnamed subsidiary of a large life insurance company, managed and administered by 20 Gates Management, and […] Continue reading Kabbage secures $200M to fuel its AI-based loans platform for small businesses→

Tara.ai, which uses machine learning to spec out and manage engineering projects, nabs $10M

Posted on by

Artificial intelligence has become an increasingly important component of how a lot of technology works; now it’s also being applied to how technologists themselves work. Today, one of the startups building such a tool has raised some capital, Tara.ai, a platform that uses machine learning to help an organization get engineering projects done — from […] Continue reading Tara.ai, which uses machine learning to spec out and manage engineering projects, nabs $10M→

Tara.ai, which uses machine learning to spec out and manage engineering projects, nabs $10M

Posted on by

Artificial intelligence has become an increasingly important component of how a lot of technology works; now it’s also being applied to how technologists themselves work. Today, one of the startups building such a tool has raised some capital, Tara.ai, a platform that uses machine learning to help an organization get engineering projects done — from […] Continue reading Tara.ai, which uses machine learning to spec out and manage engineering projects, nabs $10M→

Orderful nabs $10M from A16Z to modernise the B2B supply chain network

Posted on by

The march of globalization continues unabated, and with it comes a growing demand for companies of all sizes to communicate with and sell to each other, regardless of the distance or any other barrier. Now, a startup that has built a platform to help them do that better and more cheaply is announcing a round […] Continue reading Orderful nabs $10M from A16Z to modernise the B2B supply chain network→

Showpad, a sales enablement platform for presentations and other collateral, raises $70M

Posted on by

Sales teams have long turned to tech solutions to help improve how they source leads, develop relationships and close deals. Now, one of the startups that helps out at a key point in that trajectory is announcing a round of growth funding to help fuel its own rapid growth. Showpad, a sales enablement platform that […] Continue reading Showpad, a sales enablement platform for presentations and other collateral, raises $70M→