Real time content delivery network Fastly has raised $75 million in Series D funding. Iconiq Capital led the round, with participation from Amplify Partners, August Capital, Battery Ventures, IDG Ventures and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. The company has now raised a total of $130 million. “Fastly is setting a new standard for global content delivery and consumption,” said David Hornik, general partner at August Capital. “We participated in this round because it’s clear that their team is committed to building products designed for the future of online experiences.”
VM-aware storage provider Tintri has closed a $125 million Series F investment round led by Silver Lake Kraftwerk, the company has announced. Existing investors such as Insight Venture Partners, Lightspeed Ventures, Menlo Ventures and NEA all participated in the round. “We are honored to be partnering with such an esteemed group of investors,” said Ken Klein, chairman and CEO for Tintri in a press release. “The storage industry is going through a dramatic transformation. Virtualization and cloud are forces for change — and conventional DAS, NAS and SAN storage is struggling to keep pace. That’s why our message of VM-aware storage (VAS) is winning in the marketplace. This funding fuels our mission — we’ll be growing our global footprint and raising visibility of the business benefits of storage built specifically for virtualized enterprises. Customers that move from traditional and outdated storage platforms to Tintri are consistently amazed by our performance and simplicity-they never look back.”
Behavioral analytics company Amplitude has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by Benchmark. Existing investors Quest Venture Partners, Data Collective, Merus Capital, Charlie Cheever, Dave Morin and several angel investors all participated in the round. The company counts the likes of Nokia, MapQuest and Yik Yak among its customers. “Amplitude is the rare company that combines deep technical expertise with business model ingenuity,” said Eric Vishria, General Partner at Benchmark. “In the last couple years, companies have had to get much more quantitative on their approach to mobile. Amplitude has built a platform that provides the in-depth analysis and flexibility modern enterprises need. And does so dramatically more cost-effectively than any solution on the market today.”
IQMS, which designs and develops ERP software for manufacturing, has raised $40 million from Technology Crossover Ventures and Banneker Partners. “IQMS is a strong business in a healthy marketplace, and our initial August 2014 investment in IQMS has developed into a successful partnership,” said Jake Reynolds, TCV general partner. “With its combination of ERP and MES in a single package, IQMS is reinventing the way people think about manufacturing software, and we are excited to deepen our investment in the company and the manufacturing industry.”