Affinity, a relationship intelligence company, raises $80M to help close deals

Affinity is focused on industries like investment banking and venture capital, where there aren’t CRMs or networking platforms that cater to the specific needs of the long-term relationship. Continue reading Affinity, a relationship intelligence company, raises $80M to help close deals

Fin names former Twilio exec Evan Cummack as CEO, raises $20M

Fin’s software captures employee workflow data from across applications and turns it into productivity insights to improve the way enterprise teams work and remain engaged. Continue reading Fin names former Twilio exec Evan Cummack as CEO, raises $20M

TrueFort snares $30M Series B to expand zero trust application security solution

As companies try to navigate an ever-changing security landscape, it can be challenging to protect everything. Security startup TrueFort has built a zero trust solution focusing on protecting enterprise applications. Today, the company announced a $30 million Series B. Shasta Ventures led today’s round with participation from new firms Canaan and Ericsson Ventures along with […] Continue reading TrueFort snares $30M Series B to expand zero trust application security solution

Virtual meeting platform Vowel raises $13.5M, aims to cure meeting fatigue

Vowel’s meeting operating system has the goal of making meetings more useful before, during and after. Continue reading Virtual meeting platform Vowel raises $13.5M, aims to cure meeting fatigue

Quantum Machines plans to expand quantum orchestration platform with $50M investment

Quantum Machines, an Israeli startup that is building the classical hardware and software infrastructure to help run quantum machines, announced a $50 million Series B investment today. Today’s round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners with help from Exor, Claridge Israel, Samsung NEXT, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, LP, as well as TLV Partners, […] Continue reading Quantum Machines plans to expand quantum orchestration platform with $50M investment

Barbershop technology startup theCut sharpens its platform with new $4.5M round

The mobile app that provides information and reviews on barbers for potential customers while also managing appointments, mobile payments and pricing on the back end for barbers. Continue reading Barbershop technology startup theCut sharpens its platform with new $4.5M round

Customer experience startup Clootrack raises $4M, helps brands see through their customers’ eyes

Clootrack is a real-time customer experience analytics platform that helps brands understand why customers stay or churn Continue reading Customer experience startup Clootrack raises $4M, helps brands see through their customers’ eyes

Explosion snags $6M on $120M valuation to expand machine learning platform

Explosion, a company that has combined an open source machine learning library with a set of commercial developer tools, announced a $6 million Series A today on a $120 million valuation. The round was led by SignalFire, and the company reported that today’s investment represents 5% of its value. Oana Olteanu from SignalFire will be […] Continue reading Explosion snags $6M on $120M valuation to expand machine learning platform

Pixalate tunes into $18.1M for fraud prevention in television, mobile advertising

Pixalate provides fraud protection, privacy and compliance analytics for connected television and mobile advertising. Continue reading Pixalate tunes into $18.1M for fraud prevention in television, mobile advertising

Goodcall picks up $4M, Yelp partnership to answer merchant inbound calls

Goodcall’s free cloud-based conversational platform leverages artificial intelligence to manage incoming business phone calls and boost customer service while assisting to other patrons. Continue reading Goodcall picks up $4M, Yelp partnership to answer merchant inbound calls