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Muck Rack, the journalist database, raises $180M in its first outside funding
For any journalist who has ever googled their name, or for anyone else who has ever googled a journalist’s name, there is a good chance that one of the top…
Cymulate snaps up $70M to help cybersecurity teams stress test their networks with attack simulations
The cost of cybercrime has been growing at an alarming rate of 15% per year, projected to reach $10.5 trillion by 2025. To cope with the challenges that this poses,…
Speechmatics raises $62M for its inclusive approach to speech-to-text AI
Last week I wrote about an AI startup that’s building technology that can alter, in real time, the accent of someone’s speech. But what if the AI goal instead is…
HackerRank, a platform for recruiters to test coders and coders to hone skills, raises $60M at ~$500M valuation
The job market for coders remains very tight on both sides of the table: There remains a major skills and talent shortage when it comes to finding people for specialized,…
NoRedInk raises $50 million Series B to help students become better writers
“In order to become a better writer, read your written words out loud.” That’s one of the first, and best, writing tips I ever received. I always found the advice…
This morning, let’s talk about ActiveCampaign, Recorded Future, and ON24.
Chicago’s ActiveCampaign raises $100M for an all-in-one marketing and sales automation platform
Marketing and sales automation — tools that leverage the advances and data of our digital age to better identify and then interact with customers — is big business, with the…
Duda nabs $25M to take on WordPress with a web development platform aimed at agencies
WordPress last week secured its position as a top dog in the world of web development when its parent company Automattic announced a $300 million raise at a $3 billion…
Fundera, the online credit marketplace that helps small business secure loans started by GroupMe cofounder Jared Hecht, has today announced the close of a $11.5 million Series B funding round…
