Enterprise
CommonGround raises $19M to rethink online communication
CommonGround, a startup developing technology for what its founders describe as “4D collaboration,” is announcing that it has raised $19 million in funding. This isn’t the first time
VMware files suit against former exec for moving to rival company
Earlier this month, when Nutanix announced it was hiring former VMware COO Rajiv Ramaswami as CEO, it looked like a good match. What’s more, it pulled a key player from a market rival. Well, it
AI chipmaker Graphcore raises $222M at a $2.77B valuation and puts an IPO in its sights
Applications based on artificial intelligence — whether they are systems running autonomous services, platforms being used in drug development or to predict the spread of a virus, traffic manage
Looking ahead after 2020’s epic M&A spree
When we examine any year in enterprise M&A, it’s tempting to highlight the biggest, gaudiest deals — and there were plenty of those in 2020. I’ve written about 34 acquisitions so
With a $50B run rate in reach, can anyone stop AWS?
AWS, Amazon’s flourishing cloud arm, has been growing at a rapid clip for more than a decade. An early public cloud infrastructure vendor, it has taken advantage of first-to-market status to become
IAC plans to spin off Vimeo as an independent company
IAC announced today that it plans to turn Vimeo into an independent, publicly traded company. Last month, IAC CEO Joey Levin wrote a letter to shareholders in which he said the holding company had 
IBM snags Nordcloud to add multi-cloud consulting expertise
IBM has been busy since it announced plans to spin out its legacy infrastructure management business in October, placing an all-in bet on the hybrid cloud. Today, it built on that bet by acquiring Hel
Thoma Bravo to acquire RealPage property management platform for $10.2B
The busy year in M&A continued this weekend when private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced it was acquiring RealPage for $10.2 billion. In RealPage, Thoma Bravo is getting a full-service property
OneTrust nabs $300M Series C on $5.1B valuation to expand privacy platform
OneTrust, the four-year-old privacy platform startup from the folks who brought you AirWatch (which was acquired by VMmare for $1.5 billion in 2014), announced a $300 million Series C on an impressiv
UiPath files confidential IPO paperwork with SEC
UiPath, the robotic process automation startup that has been growing like gangbusters, filed confidential paperwork with the SEC today ahead of a potential IPO. “UiPath, Inc. today announced tha
Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools
Businesses today feel, more than ever, the imperative to have flexible e-commerce strategies in place, able to connect with would-be customers wherever they might be. That market driver has now led to
2020’s top 10 enterprise M&A deals totaled a staggering $165B
While 2020 won’t be remembered fondly by many of us for much of anything, it was a blockbuster year for enterprise M&A with the top 10 deals totaling an astounding $165.2 billion. This is th
Perigee snares $1.5M seed to secure HVAC and other infrastructure
It’s been an eventful fall for Perigee CEO and founder Mollie Breen. The former NSA employee participated in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield in September, and she just closed her firs
Amazon asks judge to set aside Microsoft’s $10B DoD JEDI cloud contract win
It’s been more than two years since the Pentagon announced its $10 billion, decade-long JEDI cloud contract, which was supposed to provide a pathway to technological modernization for U.S. armed
Hightouch raises $2.1M to help businesses get more value from their data warehouses
Hightouch, a SaaS service that helps businesses sync their customer data across sales and marketing tools, is coming out of stealth and announcing a $2.1 million seed round. The round was led by Afore
BigID keeps rolling with $70M Series D on $1B valuation
BigID has been on the investment fast track, raising $94 million over three rounds that started in January 2018. Today, that investment train kept rolling as the company announced a $70 million Series
Zoomin raises $21M for a platform to make fragmented product content troves easier to use
Technical manuals and other product content may not be the first things that come to mind when you are thinking of software. But if you’ve ever found yourself in a pickle or just need some help
Vista’s $3.5B purchase of Pluralsight signals a maturing edtech market
On Monday, Pluralsight, a Utah-based startup that sells software development courses to enterprises, announced that it has been acquired by Vista for $3.5 billion. The deal, yet to close, is one of th
AWS introduces new Chaos Engineering as a Service offering
When large companies like Netflix or Amazon want to test the resilience of their systems, they use chaos engineering tools designed to help them simulate worst-case scenarios and find potential issues
Twitter taps AWS for its latest foray into the public cloud
Twitter has a lot going on, and it’s not always easy to manage that kind of scale on your own. Today, Amazon announced that Twitter has signed a multi-year agreement with AWS to run its real-tim