Today’s Deals – Highland Europe Raises New €332M Fund To Fill The €10-30M Growth Gap

IMG_2236 Highland Europe, which pitches itself as a “growth-stage” technology investor, has raised a new €332 million (~$379m) tech fund. ‘Highland Europe Technology Growth II’ will target startups in the internet, mobile and software space and who are at the “venture and growth-stage” with investments between €10m and €30m. Read More

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Today’s Deals – Lookup, A Chat App That Connects Retailers And Customers In India, Raises $2.5M

lookup WhatsApp is huge in India. The Facebook-owned messaging service has probably passed 100 million monthly active users in the country — it crossed 70 million in November of last year — and is used by families, merchants, media and more. But WhatsApp isn’t a platform — it will probably never be one — and that leaves opportunities for services that want to offer… Read More

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Today’s Deals – Where Are They Now? Google Acquisition Edition

Google Search Before the whole Alphabet rejiggering, Google acquired tons of companies over the years. Roughly 184, according to Wikipedia. We thought we’d take a few minutes and pluck out a few names you might recognize, but weren’t all necessarily powerhouses on their own, and let you know what’s become of them! Read More

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Today’s Deals – Customer Service Startup Service Raises $3.1M Led By Founders Fund

pressshot_2 Khosla Ventures famously backed Gripe.io, a startup which allowed disappointed customers to complain loudly on social media about service providers that had failed them (restaurants, hotels, airlines etc). After this barrage of criticism, the brand owner was supposed give in to this assault and settle with compensation. Unsurprisingly it didn’t work and Gripe closed. A number of other… Read More

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Today’s Deals – Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Cybereason Raises $59M Series C Led By SoftBank

cybereason If you’ve been keeping up with the news, corporate security breaches are kind of a thing lately.
Thus, it’s no surprise that Cybereason, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in thwarting major corporate cyber attacks, has garnered some major interest from companies looking to protect their data from malicious hackers. Read More

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Today’s Deals – Drone Maker CyPhy Raises $22 Million To Chase Business Customers And Consumers

frederic lardinois helen greiner cyphy works 8 Robot maker iRobot has long had two major lines of businesses: its famous disc-shaped vacuum cleaning robot called the Roomba; and another robot that, well, disposes of bombs. Co-founder Helen Greiner says iRobot — now a publicly traded company currently valued at $940 million — “wouldn’t have been able to have struggle through” without both. Read More

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Today’s Deals – SteelBrick Snags $48 Million As Quote-To-Cash Stays Hot

Close up hands discussing contract sitting on table. SteelBrick, the quote-to-cash cloud service aimed primarily at small- and mid-market companies, announced a $48 million Series C round today. Quote-to-cash, as the name implies, is the part of the sales cycle that takes over once you have an interested customer. While CRM tools like Salesforce.com and Microsoft Dynamics provide a way to maintain the basic customer record, a… Read More

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Today’s Deals – Nucleus Raises $3.4M To Build A Smart Home Intercom

nucleus-lifestyle-kitchen Available for pre-order today, Nucleus is a connected home device that lets families have two-way audio and video conversations in the home, between homes, or with any mobile device. Here’s how it works: Homes using Nucleus will ideally purchase multiple units for different areas or rooms in the house. Once connected, Nucleus lets users communicate with other Nucleus’ by… Read More

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