Author Archives: Ron Miller

Granulate announces $12M Series A to optimize infrastructure performance

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As companies increasingly look to find ways to cut costs, Granulate, an early-stage Israeli startup, has come up with a clever way to optimize infrastructure usage. Today it was rewarded with a tidy $12 million Series A investment. Insight Partners led the round with participation from TLV Partners and Hetz Ventures. Lonne Jaffe, managing director […] Continue reading Granulate announces $12M Series A to optimize infrastructure performance→

Comet AI nabs $4.5M for more efficient machine learning model management

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As we get further along in the new way of working, the new normal if you will, finding more efficient ways to do just about everything is becoming paramount for companies looking at buying new software services. To that end, Comet AI announced a $4.5 million investment today as it tries to build a more […] Continue reading Comet AI nabs $4.5M for more efficient machine learning model management→

And then there was one: Co-CEO Jennifer Morgan to depart SAP

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In a surprising move, SAP ended its co-CEO experiment yesterday when the company announced Jennifer Morgan will be exiting stage left on April 30th, leaving Christian Klein as the lone CEO. The pair took over at the end of last year when Bill McDermott left the company to become CEO at ServiceNow, and it looked […] Continue reading And then there was one: Co-CEO Jennifer Morgan to depart SAP→

Confluent lands another big round with $250M Series E on $4.5B valuation

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The pandemic may feel all-encompassing at the moment, but Confluent announced a $250 million Series E today, showing that major investment continues in spite of the dire economic situation at the moment. The company is now valued at $4.5 billion. Today’s round follows last year’s $125 million Series D. At that point the company was […] Continue reading Confluent lands another big round with $250M Series E on $4.5B valuation→

Env0 announces $3.3M seed to bring more control to Infrastructure as Code

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Env0, a startup that wants to help companies bring some order to delivery of Infrastructure as Code, announced a $3.3 million seed investment today and the release of the Beta of the company’s first product. Boldstart Ventures and Grove Ventures co-led the round with participation from several angel investors including Guy Podjarny of Snyk. Company […] Continue reading Env0 announces $3.3M seed to bring more control to Infrastructure as Code→

Verizon’s BlueJeans acquisition is about more than the work-from-home trend

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It would be easy to assume that Verizon’s purchase last week of video-conferencing tool BlueJeans was an opportunistic move to capitalize on the sudden shift to remote work, but the ball began rolling last June and has implications far beyond current work-from-home requirements. The video-chat darling of the moment is Zoom, but BlueJeans is considered […] Continue reading Verizon’s BlueJeans acquisition is about more than the work-from-home trend→

Bridgecrew announces $14M Series A to automate cloud security

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In today’s grim economic climate, companies are looking for ways to automate wherever they can. Bridgecrew, an early-stage startup that makes automated cloud security tooling aimed at engineers, announced a $14 million Series A today. Battery Ventures led the round with participation from NFX, the company’s $4 million seed investor. Sorensen Ventures, DNX Ventures, Tectonic […] Continue reading Bridgecrew announces $14M Series A to automate cloud security→

Anodot grabs $35M Series C to help monitor business operations

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Anodot, a startup that helps customers monitor business operations against a set of KPIs, announced a $35 million Series C investment today. Intel Capital led this round with a lot of help. New investors SoftBank Ventures Asia, Samsung NEXT and La Maison also participated along with existing investors Disruptive Technologies L.P., Aleph Venture Capital and […] Continue reading Anodot grabs $35M Series C to help monitor business operations→

VAST Data lands $100M Series C on $1.2B valuation to turn storage on its head

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VAST Data, a startup that has come up with a cost-effective way to deliver flash storage, announced a $100 million Series C investment today on a $1.2 billion valuation, both unusually big numbers for an enterprise startup in Series C territory. Next47, the investment arm of Siemens, led the round with participation from existing investors […] Continue reading VAST Data lands $100M Series C on $1.2B valuation to turn storage on its head→

ServiceNow pledges no layoffs in 2020

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You don’t need your Ph.D. in economics to know the economy is in rough shape right now due to the impact of COVID-19, but ServiceNow today pledged that it would not lay off a single employee in 2020 — and in fact, it’s hiring. While Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, pledged no significant layoffs for 90 days […] Continue reading ServiceNow pledges no layoffs in 2020→