Rover.com, a national pet care network, secured $125 million in new capital led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., as well as a $30 million credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank, bringing Rover’s available cash to over $200 million. Other
Blackpoint, a cyber security company offering patented lateral spread detection and network visualization, secured a $6 million round of funding led by Adelphi Capital and Telcom Ventures with additional participation by Maryland Venture Fund. Blackpoint's cyber security platform, SNAP-Defense, offers customers the opportunity to reduce
ExecThread, Inc., a job-sharing network for executives and aggregator of unpublished executive-level job opportunities, announced two new leadership hires at the same time as it hit the 25,000 member mark. ExecThread has named Doug Stone its new head of data. He was most recently on
vTime, a UK-based virtual reality sociable network that allows users to meet, chat, broadcast, and share with people around the world, closed a $7.6 million Series A funding round led by Deepbridge Capital utilizing the Enterprise Investment Scheme, as well as Liverpool-based institutional loan and
San Jose-based startup 3TEN8 secured $2 million in seed financing, led by Social Capital. 500 Startups, Citrix Systems Ventures, and Alchemist Accelerator participated in the funding. The 3TEN8 AI platform is designed to predict network outages with 90% accuracy, and diagnose network degradations using proprietary
Tilson Technology Management acquired $1.5 million in Series D financing from Rand Capital. Tilson is an information technology professional services and network construction company that provides wireless site acquisition, construction, and maintenance for cellular, smart grid, and government entities. It specializes in fiber optic engineering, permitting,
Nextdoor, a free, private social network for neighborhoods, raised $75 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. By using Nextdoor's Web and mobile device platform, neighbors create private “neighborhood websites” where they ask questions, exchange local advice and recommendations, and organize virtual neighborhood watches to reduce
Security startup NeuVector announced the acquisition of $7 million in Series A financing, led by HWVP. NeuVector’s real-time, “layer 7” network container security solution is designed to secure containers at their most vulnerable point – during run-time. The company’s declarative security policy aims to ensure that
Extreme Networks, Inc. announced that it has finished its procurement of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.'s data center switching, routing, and analytics business. Brocade's portfolio provides Extreme with “an industry leading data center solution” used by enterprises and service providers, supports the company's growth strategy to
ForeScout Technologies raised $116 million in an upsized IPO by offering 5.3 million shares at $22, after originally planning to offer 4.8 million shares. ForeScout Technologies is listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol FSCT. ForeScout provides Global 2000 enterprises and government agencies with agentless