Cloud security platform Netskope boosts valuation to $7.5B following $300M raise

Netskope, focused on Secure Access Service Edge architecture, announced Friday a $300 million investment round on a post-money valuation of $7.5 billion. Continue reading Cloud security platform Netskope boosts valuation to $7.5B following $300M raise

Dispense with the chasm? No way!

Pragmatic customers are being forced to adopt because they are under duress. It is not that they buy into the vision of software eating the world. It is because their very own lunches are being eaten. Continue reading Dispense with the chasm? No way!

The fintech endgame: New supercompanies combine the best of software and financials

A new and attractive hybrid category of company is emerging at the intersection of software and financial services, creating buzz in the investment and entrepreneurial communities. Continue reading The fintech endgame: New supercompanies combine the best of software and financials

Evening Fund debuts with $2M micro fund focused on investments between $50K and $100K

We tend to think of venture capital in tens or hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars, so it’s refreshing to find Evening Fund, a new $2 million micro fund that focuses on small investments between $50,000 and $100,000 as it seeks to help young startups that may be struggling to find funding elsewhere. The […] Continue reading Evening Fund debuts with $2M micro fund focused on investments between $50K and $100K

Security Confessions of a Venture Capitalist

In this must-listen episode of the Security on Cloud Podcast, we sat down with veteran cybersecurity venture capitalist, Sean Cunningham, Managing Director at ForgePoint Capital. With over 25+ years of cybersecurity venture capital (VC) investment expe… Continue reading Security Confessions of a Venture Capitalist

EHR startup Canvas Medical raises $17M and partners with insurance heavyweight Anthem

Canvas Medical, an electronic health records (EHR) startup, today announced their $17 million Series A and a new partnership with Anthem, one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country. The round was co-led by Inspired Capital and IA Ventures, with participation from Upfront Ventures. This round brings the company’s total funding to date […] Continue reading EHR startup Canvas Medical raises $17M and partners with insurance heavyweight Anthem

OctoML raises $28M Series B for its machine learning acceleration platform

OctoML, a Seattle-based startup that offers a machine learning acceleration platform build on top of the open-source Apache TVM compiler framework project, today announced that it has raised a $28 million Series B funding round led by Addition Captial. Previous investors Madrona Venture Group and Amplify Partners also participated in this round, which brings the […] Continue reading OctoML raises $28M Series B for its machine learning acceleration platform

Indy-based High Alpha Capital launches new $110M fund

We know that a lot of elements go into the formation of a startup ecosystem. When your city is outside of the major coastal tech centers, it takes a deliberate effort to get such a system off the ground. For Indianapolis, Indiana, it started with the creation of ExactTarget in 2000. When that company was […] Continue reading Indy-based High Alpha Capital launches new $110M fund

YL Ventures sells its stake in cybersecurity unicorn Axonius for $270M

YL Ventures, the Israel-focused cybersecurity seed fund, today announced that it has sold its stake cybersecurity asset management startup Axonius, which only a week ago announced a $100 million Series D funding round that now values it at around $1.2 billion. ICONIQ Growth, Alkeon Capital Management, DTCP and Harmony Partners acquired YL Venture’s stake for $270 […] Continue reading YL Ventures sells its stake in cybersecurity unicorn Axonius for $270M