Funding stories - Page 13
Aussie edge data centre provider receives $20m in funding
Wed, 20th May 2020
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Leading Edge Data Centers secures USD $20 million funding from Washington H. Soul Pattinson to expand its regional data centre network across Australia.
VAST Data's latest funding round has the company valued at $1.2B
Mon, 20th Apr 2020
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storage
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flash storage
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funding
According to the company, the new funds will be used to drive global expansion and accelerate the company’s next phase of growth.
Cohesity announces $250 million funding, doubles valuation to US$2.5 billion
Fri, 17th Apr 2020
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cisco
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hpe
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softbank
Cohesity has raised $250m in Series E funding, increasing its valuation to $2.5bn, more than double from its Series D round two years ago.
Aus-based Myriota raises $28M, sets sights on global expansion
Fri, 10th Apr 2020
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iot
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cleantech
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sustainability
Myriota has raised A$28 million in series B funding, with a view to grow its satellite network and extend support for billions of devices.
Start-up advances online marketing, boosted by $5M in funding
Tue, 7th Apr 2020
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martech
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online marketing
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seo
Australian start-up Longtail UX has raised $5m in a funding round led by Investec to support growth and international expansion.
Start-up raises 1M, looks to save enterprises from technical debt
Mon, 6th Apr 2020
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saas
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devops
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apm
Quality Clouds secures GBP £1M in seed funding to tackle technical debt for enterprises using low or no code SaaS platforms like ServiceNow and Salesforce.
New investor partnership to unlock $6bn for NZ business
Thu, 2nd Apr 2020
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partner programmes
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grant thornton international
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investment
New partnership between Neu Capital and Grant Thornton set to unlock USD $6 billion in funding for New Zealand's medium and small businesses.
Singapore security firm Right-Hand scores $1.4m seed funding
Wed, 18th Mar 2020
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cybersecurity
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investment
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funding
Singapore's Right-Hand has secured SGD$1.4 million in seed funding to enhance its SaaS cybersecurity platform, focusing on mitigating human-error risks.
Organisational disruption and funding shortfalls key challenges for government CIOs
Mon, 10th Feb 2020
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disruption
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funding
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capital raising
Government CIOs have struggled with organisational disruptions and funding gaps over the past four years, a Gartner survey reveals.
Soul Machines raises $40m, steps closer to global aspirations
Wed, 15th Jan 2020
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crm
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martech
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healthtech
Soul Machines raises $40m to advance human-machine collaboration. Investment led by Temasek and includes Salesforce Ventures.
Motorola promises $10m in funding to charities around the world
Fri, 27th Dec 2019
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smartphones
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motorola
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charity
According to a statement, the grants will benefit more than two million students, first responders, teachers, veterans and community members in 32 countries.
Aussie company Advanced Navigation raises $20m to extend robotics research
Wed, 27th Nov 2019
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robots
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funding
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capital raising
Advanced Navigation raises USD $20m to enhance robotics R&D, with significant support from Main Sequence Ventures and US firms, aiming for global expansion.
XTransfer raises $15m funding to expand global network
Mon, 14th Oct 2019
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fintech
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funding
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capital raising
The company provides service solutions such as cross-border and local collection, payment, foreign exchange, lending, and other treasury management services.
PacketFabric receives $75m investment to expand beyond US
Tue, 3rd Sep 2019
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multi-cloud
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healthtech
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ethernet
Digital Alpha Advisors, LLC will invest the $75 million into PacketFabric, which will help PacketFabric rapidly scale in the United States and internationally.
CrowdStrike establishes early-stage investment fund with Accel
Wed, 28th Aug 2019
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paas
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iaas
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ai security
In partnership with Accel, CrowdStrike will co-invest in security startups that are building applications on the CrowdStrike Falcon platform.
Fluent Commerce scores $33m in funding round
Fri, 9th Aug 2019
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martech
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commerce systems
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open source
Fluent Commerce, the Sydney-headquartered order management provider, has raised $33 million in series B funding, led by US growth equity firm Arrowroot Capital.
KiwiNet secures funding from MBIE for research commercialisation of deep tech
Mon, 8th Jul 2019
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kiwinet
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technology funding
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funding
KiwiNet secures GBP £2.18 million yearly from MBIE to commercialise deep tech, with an enhanced PreSeed investment of GBP £4.97 million to propel NZ research.
Databricks accelerates APJ expansion following $250 million funding round
Tue, 18th Jun 2019
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healthtech
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technology funding
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funding
Databricks, now valued at USD $2.75 billion, opens offices in Sydney, Tokyo, and Bangalore after securing USD $250 million to drive AI adoption in APJ.
Data centre disruptor up $110m in funding
Fri, 24th May 2019
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healthtech
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funding
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capital raising
Guardicore plans to use funding to fuel company growth and disrupt the firewall and data centre security space.
Pliops raises US$30m to ‘transform’ data centre infrastructure
Mon, 18th Feb 2019
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public cloud
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cloud services
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intel
With backing including the likes of Intel and SoftBank Ventures Asia, the company intends to expand its operations in the US, China, and Israel.