Author Archives: Natasha Lomas

SoftBank Vision Fund leads $250M Series D for Cohesity’s hyperconverged data platform

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San Jose-based Cohesity has closed an oversubscribed $250M Series D funding round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund, bringing its total raised to date to $410M. The enterprise software company offers a hyperconverged data platform for storing and managing all the secondary data created outside of production apps. In a press release today it notes this […] Continue reading SoftBank Vision Fund leads $250M Series D for Cohesity’s hyperconverged data platform→

TravelPerk grabs $21M to make booking business trips suck less

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TravelPerk, a Barcelona-based SaaS startup that’s built an end-to-end business travel platform, has closed a $21 million Series B round, led by Berlin-based Target Global and London’s Felix Capital. Earlier investors Spark Capital and Sunstone also participated in the round, alongside new investor Amplo. When we last spoke to the startup back in June 2016 — as it […] Continue reading TravelPerk grabs $21M to make booking business trips suck less→

Juro grabs $2M to take the hassle out of contracts

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UK startup Juro, which is applying a “design centric approach” and machine learning tech to help businesses speed up the authoring and management of sales contracts, has closed $2m in seed funding led by Point Nine Capital. Prior investor Seedcamp also contributed to the round. Juro is announcing Taavet Hinrikus (TransferWise’s co-founder) as an investor […] Continue reading Juro grabs $2M to take the hassle out of contracts→

InfoSum’s first product touts decentralized big data insights

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Nick Halstead’s new startup, InfoSum, is launching its first product today — moving one step closer to his founding vision of a data platform that can help businesses and organizations unlock insights from big data silos without compromisin… Continue reading InfoSum’s first product touts decentralized big data insights→

InfoSum’s first product touts decentralized big data insights

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 Nick Halstead’s new startup, InfoSum, is launching its first product today — moving one step closer to his founding vision of a data platform that can help businesses and organizations unlock insights from big data silos without compr… Continue reading InfoSum’s first product touts decentralized big data insights→

Latch adds HomeKit-approved smart lock to its enterprise suite

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 Enterprise-grade smart lock startup Latch has added a third product to its portfolio. The ‘Latch C’ is notable as its first smart lock to be certified to work with Apple’s HomeKit. Read More Continue reading Latch adds HomeKit-approved smart lock to its enterprise suite→

Corelight closes $9.2M Series A to help enterprises battle ransomware

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 It’s already been a year of multiple high profile ransomware attacks and now cybersecurity startup Corelight has bagged a $9.2 million Series A round, led by Accel Partners. Read More Continue reading Corelight closes $9.2M Series A to help enterprises battle ransomware→

NuCypher is using proxy re-encryption to lift more enterprise big data into the cloud

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 After spending time at a London fintech accelerator last year, enterprise database startup ZeroDB scrapped its first business plan and mapped out a new one. By January this year it had a new name: NuCypher. It now will try to persuade enterprises… Continue reading NuCypher is using proxy re-encryption to lift more enterprise big data into the cloud→

StarLeaf takes $40M to keep growing its videoconferencing as a service business

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 UK teleconference company StarLeaf, which sells cloud-based video and conferencing services to businesses, has taken on its first external capital almost ten years after being founded, back in 2008. The $40 million round is co-led by Highland Eur… Continue reading StarLeaf takes $40M to keep growing its videoconferencing as a service business→