Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX has raised $1 billion in financing from two new investors, Google and Fidelity.


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Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX has raised $1 billion in financing from two new investors, Google and Fidelity.
Founded by former NASA scientists to launch image capturing satellites, Planet Labs has secured $25 million in debt financing from Western Technology Investment to bring total funding (debt and equity) to $160.1 million.
ClassPass, a fitness subscription service, has secured $40 million in Series B funding led by General Catalyst and Thrive Capital.
The similarities between Moovit and Waze are obvious: crowdsourced traffic information platforms originally founded in Israel.
Online education company lynda.com, has secured a $186 million investment led by TPG. Previous backers Accel Partners Spectrum Equity and Meritech also participated.
YouTube sports network Whistle Sports has secured $28 million in Series B financing led by Emil Capital Partners.
Although not yet seen regularly on the streets, Google Glass has several compelling enterprise applications. Augmedix and its backers, which include DCM and Emergence Capital, are betting that doctors will be one of the groups to adopt the technology.
After filing with the SEC back in March, online data storage company Box has updated its IPO registration documents and begun its roadshow.
Denver-based healthcare startup Welltock, a former Red Herring Top 100 winner, has closed a $37 million funding round, with Hearst Health Ventures and Catholic Health Initiatives joining the Series D.
Machine learning platform GraphLab has changed its name to Dato and announced a Series B round of funding worth $18.5 million.