SambaNova raises $676M to mass-produce AI training and inference chips

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. SambaNova Systems, a startup developing chips for AI workloads, today announced it has raised $676 million, valuing the company at more than $5 billion post-money. SambaNova says it plans to expand its customer base — particularly in the datacenter market […]

Blue Dot raises $32M for AI that helps companies comply with tax codes

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for free or grab a discounted VIP pass today. Tax compliance platform Blue Dot (previously VatBox) today announced it has raised $32 million, bringing its total raised to over $96 million. The firm says it will put the funds toward product R&D and expanding the size of […]

Lowkey raises $7M to capture your gameplay moments

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Lowkey has raised $7 million in funding for its platform to capture your gameplay moments. It has created video editing tools that let gamers post short snippets on social media. Casual friend groups to the top esports teams in the […]

Rivery raises $16M to help enterprises manage and transform data

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Rivery, a data management platform geared toward enterprises, today closed a $16 million series A round, bringing its total raised to date to over $22 million. The company says the funds will be put toward expanding the size of its […]

Industry Ventures Raises Oversubscribed $850 Million Secondary Fund

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 24, 2021– Industry Ventures, a leading investment firm focused on venture capital, announced today the final closing of Industry Ventures Secondary IX (“the Fund” or “Secondary IX”) at its $850 million hard cap. Consistent with the strategy of prior funds, Secondary IX will seek exposure to leading later-stage companies through flexible investment […]

1v1Me Raises a $2M Pre-Seed Financing Round, Launches Gaming Wagering App

Tech startup 1v1Me announced that it has raised a $2M USD pre-seed financing round to launch its online gaming wagering platform. Investors that participated in the investment include On Deck, AngelList Access Fund, Sterling.VC, Lightshed Ventures, BettorCapital, Erik Torenberg, Turner Novak, Niv Dror, Ali Hamed, Cody and Cole Hock, Anthony Pompliano, Hannah “NoisyButters” Bryan, Justin Waldron, Austin Rief, Trevor McFedries, Julie Young, Ian Borthwick, Albert Cheng, and Stephen […]

Ibex raises $38M for AI that diagnoses diseases

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Ibex Medical Analytics, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based startup developing a product suite for clinical decision-making and pathology laboratory workflows, today announced that it raised $38 million in funding. The global big data analytics market for health care was valued at $16.87 billion […]

Yugabyte raises $48M for open source SQL database alternative

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Yugabyte, provider of an open source SQL database based on a document database architecture, today announced it has garnered an additional $48 million funding. The funding will be employed to advance the development and adoption of a database that is […]

ETL company Airbyte raises $5.2M to integrate open source data

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Airbyte today announced it has raised $5.2 million in seed funding as part of an effort to make open source tools for managing and integrating data more accessible. The company, which offers an open source extract transform and load (ETL) […]