Seed Button, a New York-based customer acquisition and engagement startup, has raised a $2.25 million seed round led by Atlas Ventures. DCM, Greycroft Partners, MESA+ and VaynerRSE all participated, as did a…
Weapons tech company TrackingPoint raises $29m – Investment Round Up
Series B Cloud-based data management company Krux has raised $35 million in Series B funding, led by SAP Ventures. Time Warner Investments, Visionnaire Ventures and Temasek also participated, as did existing investors…
Red Herring Announces Finalist for 2014 Top 100 North America
The Red Herring editorial team is pleased to announce the 2014 Finalist list for the upcoming Red Herring Top 100 North America event. This set of companies represents the short list for…
Paraplegic to kick off World Cup with groundbreaking robotics
The first kick of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil will be performed by a paraplegic teenager, thanks to a robotic exoskeleton that translates brainwaves to actions. The revolutionary device was…
Optio Labs raises $10 million – Investment Round Up
Series A Tips and tutorials app Trusper has gained $6.17 million in a Series A investment led by DCM. Charles Schwab and other backers contributed to the round. The Los Altos Hills-based…
Comcast agrees $45.2bn Time Warner Cable acquisition – but will it go through?
Comcast, the largest Internet service provider in the U.S., has agreed to buy media rival Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion, pending regulatory approval. Consumer groups have already voiced strong objections to…
Nutanix shows IPO can wait with $101m funding round
When converged infrastructure company Nutanix raised a $33 million in Series C funding last year, analysts thought an IPO might follow. Instead, the company recently acquired upwards of $100 million in a…
Pure Storage Raises $150M in Largest Private Round in Storage’s History
Pure Storage, the enterprise solid state storage entrepreneur, has raised an impressive $150 million. The company claims it’s the largest single private round in the history of storage. It is also the…
Krehbiel Family Leaves 75-year-old Molex to Koch Industries at $7.2 Billion
Last Monday, Wichita-based Koch Industries acquired Molex, the 75-year-old connector company and Apple parts supplier. Both companies look to close the deal by the end of this year, which depends on both…
Skyera’s Latest Gen Boosts Data Capacity by 10X for ½ the Price
Last year, Skyera released skyHawk, a product that blew the lid of flash storage which, at a price tag of $3 per a gigabyte, essentially made flash pricing comparable to traditional storage…