MariaDB announced the close of $27 million in Series C financing led by Alibaba Group. Intel Capital, California Technology Ventures, SmartFin Capital, Open Ocean Capital, Tesi, and European Investment Bank also participated in the offering. MariaDB was created in 2009 by the individuals behind MySQL,
Bioz, Inc., developers of a comprehensive search engine for life science experimentation, announced Sarah Steele Chang as its new vice president of sales. Chang brings over a decade of sales experience at Yelp, advancing through the company to her most recent position as regional vice
Islands is an iPhone messaging product for college students that connects them with people, places, and communities they care about, such as the LGBTQ community, fraternities, sports teams, classrooms, and more. Similar to Slack, Islands is only live on select campuses, including University of Florida,
OutboundIQ offers a free email list of SaaS CEOs, including emails and direct phone numbers with quarterly updates, an email verifier, and curated sales directory. Its free suite of email verification tools is a combination of VoilaNorbert, Hunter.io, BriteVerify, and Company API. OutboundIQ was created
TokenBnk is an Ethereum-based decentralized application that automatically rewards users for holding Ether or ERC20 tokens. The makers liken it to owning an Ethereum-based savings account and earning interest rates. The rewards users receive automatically get exchanged to the same tokens they hold in their
Simple Token is a utility token enabling any company to create, launch, and manage their own branded digital token economy without the technical, legal, and regulatory risks involved with having an entire blockchain team. The OpenST protocol allows companies to stake Simple Tokens against their
Boostinsider is an AI-powered YouTube influencer search engine that allows marketers to search for relevant influencers for their product, as well as to view influencers’ featured posts, performance analysis, and progress graphs. Users can also learn about influencers' market price, channel performance, brand mentions, location,
Enterprise IT startup BigPanda announced the close of $23 million in Series B financing led by Greenfield Capital Partners, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Battery Ventures, and Mayfield Fund. BigPanda Inc. enables Enterprise IT to intelligently automate and scale service operations to meet the complex demands
Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, announced it has added Craig Conway and Sue Bostrom to its board of directors. Conway served as president and CEO of PeopleSoft, Inc., an enterprise application software company from 1999 to 2004. Prior to PeopleSoft, he served as
Picolo is an Android and iPhone drinking game app. As a group or one by one, players answer questions and follow instructions – such as, “Each person must read their last text message out loud to the room,” and “The next person you look in