Edtech startup Linux Academy and Cloud Assessments announced the close of $6.8 million in Series A financing led by Arthur Ventures. Linux Academy’s cloud-computing education platform tests students in live server environments. Through self-paced courses, hands-on labs, six cloud servers, personal access to expert instructors, and
Fintech startup Oarex completed $10 million in financing led by Arena Investors, a global investment firm based in New York City. OAREX is a leading non-bank financing institution providing financing solutions for digital media companies such as publishers, app developers, and supply-side platforms. Borrowers can secure
GTreasury announced the completion of $42 million in financing from Mainsail Partners. GTreasury’s management system focuses on illuminating a treasury’s liquidity by centralizing all incoming and outgoing banking activities and tracking all financial instrument activities, thereby granting GTreasury practitioners real-time insight and access into their global
Brand Networks, the software and services provider that brings intelligent automation to social advertising, announced it has appointed Dave Fall to the position of chief executive officer. Prior to joining Brand Networks, Fall served as the chief operating officer of Tapad, a cross-device marketing solution, where
Fintech startup Finn.ai closed $2.4 million in Series A financing led by Yaletown Venture Partners and Flying Fish Partners. Finn.ai is a full-featured conversational banking platform whose white-label chatbots are personal financial management assistants powered by AI that can reach users on any chat platform,
Askey Surveys is a Facebook Messenger bot that allows companies to send instant market research surveys to real people and start receiving responses in minutes. Users can target surveys on age, location, and gender, and receive user self-reported targeting information. Survey participants answer surveys directly
The Infogram app allows users to create data-driven reports and infographics. Its 2.0 product release provides users with new features to create interactive reports, dashboards, maps, and infographics with a simple drag-and-drop editor. Users can create multi-page interactive reports for project updates and marketing reports,
Software startup Trimian announced the close of $3 million in financing from a range of investors including Spark Capital, Greylock Partners, and GGV Capital. Trimian creates new tools for professionals on the go. Its first product, mia Contacts, is an Android and iPhone compatible app
Wibbitz announced it has raised $20 million in Series C financing led by BDMI, with participation from Associated Press, Lool Ventures, Horizons Ventures, The Weather Channel, TF1 and NantMobile. Wibbitz is a text-to-video technology platform that automatically creates premium, short-form videos using text content. Its platform
Vehicle technology supplier Delphi Automotive announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire nuTonomy, Inc. for an upfront purchase price of $400 million and earn-outs totaling approximately $50 million. nuTonomy is a leading developer of state-of-the-art software for self-driving vehicles. It was founded in 2013