Public cloud security provider Sonrai Security today announced that it raised $20 million. According to a spokesperson, the fresh capital will be put toward accelerating R&D along with global sales and marketing for 47-employee Sonrai’s identity and data governance products. Roughly 83% of enterprise workloads have moved to the cloud as of 2020, according to […]
Dataloop raises $16 million for data annotation tools
AI data management and annotation startup Dataloop today announced that it raised $16 million in funding, a combination of an $11 million series A round and a previously undisclosed $5 million seed round. A spokesperson for the 35-person company says the proceeds will enable Dataloop to increase its recruitment efforts and grow its presence in […]
Donut Lab raises $1.6 million for Kids vs Zombies mobile game
Game studio Donut Lab has raised $1.6 million to finish making its Kids vs Zombies multiplayer shooter mobile game. The game is an example of taking something potentially violent and serious and transforming it with cartoon art so that it’s suitable for young folks to play. It’s the same kind of Looney Tunes strategy that […]
Exer Labs raises $2 million and launches computer vision app for Peloton-style coached workouts
Exer Labs has raised $2 million in funding and it has unveiled its AI and computer vision Exer Studio app for the Mac that captures your movements for coaching advice and Peloton-style leaderboards for workouts. The Denver-based fitness startup captures your movements with your laptop’s camera and evaluates your form. It can share your results […]
Thirdverse raises $8.5 million to expand its VR business
VR developer Thirdverse has completed a Series A funding round worth $8.5 million. Thirdverse worked on the multiplayer sword-fighting VR game Swords of Gargantua, which came out in 2019. JAFCO lead the investment round, with Presence Capital, Sisu Ventures, and Incubate Fund also investing. The studio’s next game, Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, is coming out […]
Seismic raises $92 million to automate sales processes
Seismic, a startup developing a sales enablement and market orchestration platform, today raised $92 million at a valuation of $1.6 billion. (That’s up from a $1 billion valuation in December 2018.) A company spokesperson tells VentureBeat that the capital will be put toward international growth, mergers and acquisitions, and product R&D. Sales enablement is a […]
Stewie2k raises eyebrows with controversial tweet – Daily Esports
Jake “Stewie2k” Yip caused a whirlwind of discourse with a single tweet after an ESL Pro League match. September 22 brought an exciting battle between North American Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) giants Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses (EG). EG bested their opponents 2-0 after facing off on Mirage and Inferno. COVID-19 put competitive CS:GO in […]
Aurora Labs raises $23 million to automatically detect bugs in car codebases
Connected car analytics startup Aurora Labs today raised $23 million, bringing its total raised to $34 million. Notably, the capital comes after Porsche expanded its investment in Aurora to $2.5 million, which gave the automaker a “low single-digit” percentage stake in the startup. Modern high-end cars feature codebases exceeding 100 million lines, and it’s not […]
Unity Raises $1.3B in Initial Public Offering, Surpasses Epic Games’ Valuation
Video game development platform and technology firm Unity Software completed its initial public offering Friday and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Unity game engine developer raised $1.3B USD in the offering. The company sold 25M shares, which represent roughly 9.49% of the company’s total outstanding shares after the offering, at a […]
Unity Technologies raises more than $1.3 billion in IPO at $13.6 billion valuation
Unity Technologies has raised more than $1.3 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) at a $13.6 billion valuation. Unity makes tools for developers to create games and other computer-generated entertainment. San Francisco-based Unity filed its S-1 statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a month ago, revealing its financials for the first time. Some […]