Category Archives: Fundings & Exits

Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets

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Confluent became the latest company to announce its intent to take the IPO route, officially filing its S-1 paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week. The company, which has raised over $455 million since it launched in 2014, was most recently valued at just over $4.5 billion when it raised $250 million […] Continue reading Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets→

Iterative raises $20M for its MLOps platform

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Iterative, an open-source startup that is building an enterprise AI platform to help companies operationalize their models, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A round led by 468 Capital and Mesosphere co-founder Florian Leibert. Previous investors True Ventures and Afore Capital also participated in this round, which brings the company’s total funding to […] Continue reading Iterative raises $20M for its MLOps platform→

DealHub raises $20M Series B for its sales platform

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DealHub.io, an Austin-based platform that helps businesses manage the entire process of their sales engagements, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series B funding round. The round was led by Israel Growth Partners, with participation from existing investor Cornerstone Venture Partners. This brings DealHub’s total funding to $24.5 million. The company describes […] Continue reading DealHub raises $20M Series B for its sales platform→

Kleiner spots Spot Meetings $5M to modernize walk-and-talks for the Zoom generation

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Trees, those deciduous entities you can occasionally see outdoors when not locked down or strapped down at a desktop ruminating on a video call, have long been the inspiration for fresh new ideas. Stories abound of how founders built companies while walking the foothills in Silicon Valley or around parks in San Francisco, and yet, […] Continue reading Kleiner spots Spot Meetings $5M to modernize walk-and-talks for the Zoom generation→

Netflify snags YC alum FeaturePeek to add design review capabilities

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Netlify, the startup that’s bringing a micro services approach to building websites, announced today that it has acquired YC alum FeaturePeek. The two companies did not share the purchase price. With FeaturePeek, the company gets a major upgrade in its design review capability. While Netlify has had a previewing capability called Deploy Previews in the […] Continue reading Netflify snags YC alum FeaturePeek to add design review capabilities→

Spokn slurps out the BS in corporate internal comms and replaces it with audio storytelling

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The podcasting world remains one of the most vibrant formats in media (and I am not just saying that since the Equity crew won a Webby yesterday for our not-that-humble podcast). Its openness, diversity, freedom, and ease-of-authoring has broadened the medium to all sorts of hosts on every subject imaginable. We experience that dynamism and […] Continue reading Spokn slurps out the BS in corporate internal comms and replaces it with audio storytelling→

Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to platform

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Unbounce, a Vancouver startup best known for helping marketers create automated landing pages, added a new wrinkle this morning when it announced it has acquired Snazzy.ai, an early stage automated copywriting startup. The two companies did not share the terms. Unbounce Chief Strategy Officer Tamara Grominsky says that her company focuses on helping customers convert […] Continue reading Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to platform→

Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to platform

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Unbounce, a Vancouver startup best known for helping marketers create automated landing pages, added a new wrinkle this morning when it announced it has acquired Snazzy.ai, an early stage automated copywriting startup. The two companies did not share the terms. Unbounce Chief Strategy Officer Tamara Grominsky says that her company focuses on helping customers convert […] Continue reading Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to platform→