Crossbeam gets $12.5M Series A to help companies organize their partnerships

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Ron Miller

When Crossbeam CEO and co-founder Bob Moore was working at previous startups, he noticed a problem around sharing information with potential partners. In fact, it was so acute he decided to create a startup to solve that problem, and today, Crossbeam announced a $12.5 million Series A round led by FirstMark Capital with participation from Read more about Crossbeam gets $12.5M Series A to help companies organize their partnerships[…]

HPE is buying Cray for $1.3 billion

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Ron Miller

HPE announced it was buying Cray for $1.3 billion, giving it access to the company’s high performance computing portfolio, and perhaps a foothold into quantum computing in the future. The purchase price was $35 a share, a $5.19 premium over yesterday’s close of $29.81 a share. Cray was founded in the 1970s and for a Read more about HPE is buying Cray for $1.3 billion[…]

ServiceNow acquihires mobile analytics startup Appsee

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Ron Miller

In a carefully framed deal, ServiceNow announced this morning that it has acquired the intellectual property and key personnel of mobile analytics company, Appsee for an undisclosed price. Under the terms of the deal, the co-founders and R&D team will be joining ServiceNow after the deal closes. It’s worth noting that ServiceNow did not acquire Read more about ServiceNow acquihires mobile analytics startup Appsee[…]

Saas Management startup Intello scores $2.5 million extended seed

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Ron Miller

Intello, the New York City-based Saas management platform, announced a $2.5 million extended seed round today, along with some product enhancements. The round was led by Resolute Ventures . Harrison Metal and Magnetico Ventures also participated along with various individual angel investors including Zane Lackey from Signal Sciences, Chris Smoak from Atrium and Zach Sherman Read more about Saas Management startup Intello scores $2.5 million extended seed[…]

Tide Foundation gives consumers full control of personal data on blockchain

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Ron Miller

It seems that on a regular basis, we hear about massive data breaches or companies sharing highly personal information with third parties without a consumer’s permission or knowledge. The Tide Foundation wants to change that by giving consumers complete control over their personal data on the blockchain by allowing them to manage their own encryption Read more about Tide Foundation gives consumers full control of personal data on blockchain[…]

Xage brings role-based single sign-on to industrial devices

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Ron Miller

Traditional industries like oil and gas and manufacturing often use equipment that was created in a time when remote access wasn’t a gleam in an engineer’s eye, and hackers had no way of connecting to them. Today, these devices require remote access and some don’t have even rudimentary authentication. Xage, the startup that wants to Read more about Xage brings role-based single sign-on to industrial devices[…]

Movable Ink adds augmented reality to email marketing arsenal

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Ron Miller

Movable Ink has always helped marketers create highly customizable, visually interesting emails. Today, the company announced a new capability for marketers who want to introduce light-weight augmented reality (AR) to their campaigns. Moveable Ink co-founder and CTO Michael Nutt says the company was looking for a way to provide customers with AR experiences with less Read more about Movable Ink adds augmented reality to email marketing arsenal[…]

Elevate Security announces $8M Series A to alter employee security behavior

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Ron Miller

It’s well understood that many network breaches begin with phishing emails designed to trick users into giving hackers their credentials. They don’t even have to work to find a vulnerability, they can just waltz in the front door. Elevate Security, a San Francisco startup, wants to change that by helping employees understand phishing attacks better Read more about Elevate Security announces $8M Series A to alter employee security behavior[…]

PerimeterX secures $43M to protect web apps from bot attacks

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Ron Miller

We know by now that modern website attacks are typically automated, as armies of bots knock on doors until they inevitably find vulnerabilities and take advantage. PerimeterX, a San Francisco startup wants to protect sites from these automated assaults. Today, it announced a $43 million Series C. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners Read more about PerimeterX secures $43M to protect web apps from bot attacks[…]

Chicago RPA startup Catalytic hauls in $30M Series B

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Ron Miller

Robotics Process Automation (RPA) is as hot as any enterprise technology at the moment, as companies look for ways to marry their legacy systems with a more modern flavor of automation. Catalytic, a startup from the midwest is putting its own flavor on RPA, aiming at more unstructured data. Today it was rewarded with a Read more about Chicago RPA startup Catalytic hauls in $30M Series B[…]