When Kelly Ahuja became president and CEO of SD-WAN firm Versa Networks in 2016, he had worked in the networking industry for 27 years, having started his career at Telesat Canada in…
Hybrid and IoT Need Failures Solved Quick: FixStream Knows How
Throughout his professional career Sameer Padhye has learned to deal with problems quickly. Before diving into the tech world he was a commercial airline pilot. It barely needs explaining why issues need…
2015 in Tech: The Year’s Biggest Winners and Losers
In another big year for technology news, there were, as always, plenty of winners and losers. Here Red Herring checks out some of those who felt on top of the world, and…
Five highlights from Google’s developer conference
Google unleashed several new products, platforms and innovations at its I/O 2015 developer conference today. Here are five highlights.
Purple WiFi looks to take social hotpsot service global
Purple WiFi, a social-led hotspot service, is expanding fast. Last month the Manchester, U.K.-based firm secured a $5 million funding round led by Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of retail giant TESCO.…
Microsoft profit falls despite cloud, Surface success
Price cuts to two of Microsoft’s core lines of business, Windows and Xbox, contributed to shrinking profits in the last three months of 2014, according to the company’s most recent earnings. The results…
Kabam raises $120m in funding from Alibaba – Investment Round Up
Seed funding Resy, a restaurant reservations app, has raised a $2 million seed round led by Vayner/RSE and Lerer Ventures. Panarea Capital, A-Grade Holdings, Slow Ventures and Ken Austin also participated. The…
Secret secures $25m Series B – Investment Round Up
Series B Anonymous sharing app Secret has raised $25 million in Series B funding. Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Gary Tan and Alexis Ohanian, SV Angel, Fuel Capital and Ceyuan Ventures all participated…
IPO Watch: Box, TubeMogul, Yodlee
Keep an Eye On Anticipation for the Box IPO will continue to mount, after it was announced this week that the company has instead raised $150 million from private investors TPG and Coatue…
MapR Technologies secures $110m in mix of equity and debt financing — Investment Round-Up
Seed A data platform for venture investing, Mattermark, has secured $2 million in seed funding from returning investor Andreessen Horowitz, among others. Launched in 2013, Mattermark aggregates data from Twitter, LinkedIn, SEC…