F5 acquires cloud security startup Threat Stack for $68 million Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Carly Page - September 20, 20210 Applications networking company F5 has announced it’s acquiring Threat Stack, a Boston-based cloud security and compliance startup, for $68 million. The deal, which comes months after F5 bought multi-cloud management startup Volterra for $500 million, sees the 25-year-old company looking to bolster its cloud security portfolio as applications become a growing
FloBiz raises $31 million to scale its neobank for small businesses in India Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 20, 20210 FloBiz, an Indian startup that is building a neobank for small- and medium-sized businesses in the South Asian market, said on Monday it has raised $31 million in a new financing round as it works to broaden its product offerings. Sequoia Capital India and Think Investments co-led the 18-month-old startup’s Series
Tales Of Arise Continues To Soar, Surpasses One Million Copies Sold Gaming Tech and Gaming Blog by Jason Guisao - September 19, 20210 If you haven’t played Tales of Arise and have a fondness for JRPGs, then you need to secure a copy as soon as possible. Besides, over one million other people have already done so. More than that, Tales of Arise is the fastest game in the
Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 election, internal report shows Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Karen Hao - September 18, 20210 In the run-up to the 2020 election, the most highly contested in US history, Facebook’s most popular pages for Christian and Black American content were being run by Eastern European troll farms. These pages were part of a larger network that collectively reached nearly half of all Americans, according to
Longtime VC, and happy Miami transplant, David Blumberg has a new $225 million fund Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Connie Loizos - September 18, 20210 Blumberg Capital, founded in 1991 by investor David Blumberg, has just closed its fifth early-stage venture fund with $225 million, a vehicle that Blumberg says was oversubscribed — he planned to raise $200 million — and that has already been used to invest in 16 startups around the world (the
Avalanche raises $230 million from private sale of AVAX tokens Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Romain Dillet - September 16, 20210 Avalanche, a relatively new blockchain with a focus on speed and low transactions costs, has completed a $230 million private sale of AVAX tokens to some well known crypto funds. Polychain and Three Arrows Capital are leading the investment. The Avalanche Foundation completed the private sale back in June 2021 and
Asian merchant commerce platform Pine Labs raises $100 million Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 16, 20210 Pine Labs said on Thursday it has raised an additional $100 million, just weeks after securing $600 million in a financing round, as the Asian merchant commerce platform begins to explore the public markets. The U.S.-based investment management company Invesco Developing Markets Fund made the $100 million investment, the startup said
Volta Trucks raises €37 million to bring electric delivery trucks to the streets of London and Paris Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Aria Alamalhodaei - September 16, 20210 Trucking tends to be associated with highways, but it’s not uncommon to find large delivery vehicles trundling down the tightly packed streets of the world’s most populated cities. According to EV startup Volta Trucks, that’s far from ideal: in London, large commercial vehicles cause around 26% of pedestrian fatalities and
Skello raises $47.3 million for its employee scheduling tool Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Romain Dillet - September 16, 20210 French startup Skello has raised a $47.3 million funding round (€40 million). The company has been working on a software-as-a-service tool that lets you manage the work schedule of your company. What makes it special is that Skello automatically takes into account local labor laws and collective agreements. Partech is leading
Swedish caller-identification service Truecaller seeks to raise over $100 million in IPO Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - September 15, 20210 Truecaller, which operates an eponymous caller-identification service, said on Wednesday it is looking to raise $116 million in an initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm. The 12-year-old Stockholm-headquartered firm, which counts India as its biggest market by users, is aiming for a valuation of about $3 billion in the IPO, according