Author Archives: Matthew Lynley

Atlassian is on one heck of a run

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 When Atlassian went public at the end of 2015, it was a bit of an anomaly: a tech IPO whose numbers looked quite good with some profitability. It’s been almost two years since that IPO, and since then, the company’s valuation is at around $9 billion. The company popped 32% on its first day and hit a valuation of $5.8 billion. A lot of that is thanks to an insane run this year so… Read More Continue reading Atlassian is on one heck of a run→

Two Google alums just raised $60M to rethink documents

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 When you open a Google doc or a spreadsheet, you get a blank spreadsheet and some documentation as to what you can do with it — and that’s pretty much where we’ve been for quite some time. But two MIT graduates, coming in from Microsoft and Google, have built up a team that for the past three years has quietly been trying to rethink how we approach documents. CEO Shishir… Read More Continue reading Two Google alums just raised $60M to rethink documents→

MongoDB shares pop 25% in its public market debut

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 MongoDB made its public debut with a bang, with jumping more than 25%, today after spending the past several days revising up its expectations throughout the IPO process — which seems to have landed on the right spot. The company provides open-source technology that can be attractive for early-stage startups that want to get off the ground and then seeks to convert those companies to… Read More Continue reading MongoDB shares pop 25% in its public market debut→

NumberAI raises $1.6M to make business landline numbers smarter

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 The phone number is probably one of the most important identifying numbers in your life — it’s how people reach out and get in touch with you outside of Facebook, Google, and whatnot. But the landline phone number, especially for small businesses, has basically gone nowhere in years. That’s where NumberAI and Tasso Roumeliotis’ team come in. The company launched to… Read More Continue reading NumberAI raises $1.6M to make business landline numbers smarter→

Standard Cognition gets $5M to build a machine vision-powered checkout

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 While image recognition in photos and video has become increasingly sophisticated at an incredible rate, Standard Cognition co-founder Jordan Fisher says everyone is chasing autonomous driving — or, the “shiny object,” as he calls it.
That’s not the aim of Fisher and his team, who set out to start a company that’s focused on streamlining the checkout experience. Read More Continue reading Standard Cognition gets $5M to build a machine vision-powered checkout→

Cardiologs raises $6.4M to bring image recognition to EKG analysis

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 You’ll find image recognition technology in almost every kind of consumer service you would use today — like Facebook, Google, or any number of other apps — but Yann Fleureau is hoping that he can build a whole business off of its increasing success in healthcare.
Fleureau hopes that his startup, Cardiologs, can use image recognition to analyze an EKG and detect potential… Read More Continue reading Cardiologs raises $6.4M to bring image recognition to EKG analysis→

Legion raises $10.5M to roll out an automated employee scheduling tool

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 There’s a lot of talk about employees wanting much more flexible work schedules, and a lot of that is thanks to the emergence of companies like Lyft and Uber that allow people to work on their own schedules. But that ability still doesn’t exist for the rest of the world, especially when it comes to hourly jobs with rigid schedules. But that doesn’t mean that employees… Read More Continue reading Legion raises $10.5M to roll out an automated employee scheduling tool→