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Skycatch and Komatsu Australia partner

Skycatch and Komatsu Australia partner to boost project efficiency in Job Sites Across Oceania

Komatsu Australia Corp. and Skycatch Inc. are partnering to boost the efficiency of construction, mining, and quarry sites across Oceania with the High Precision Package.

The High Precision Package is also known as Komatsu’s Everyday Drone Solution, a key component to the Smart Construction workflow. […]

Sysdig raises $70M

Sysdig raises $70M to enable enterprises to confidently run cloud-native workloads in production.

Sysdig, the secure DevOps leader, announced it raised $70 million in Series E funding led by Insight Partners with participation from previous investors, Bain Capital Ventures and Accel.

Glynn Capital also joined this round, along with Goldman Sachs, who joined after being a customer for two years. Sysdig’s total funding to date is $206 million. Sysdig will use the funds to extend market presence and leadership in enabling enterprises to confidently run cloud-native workloads in production. […]

Tooso.ai acquired by Coveo

Coveo Acquires Tooso to Expand Its AI-powered Digital Commerce Technology.

Acquisition enhances critical AI capabilities to transform shopping experiences and boost conversions.

Coveo, an AI-powered business solutions company, announced today the acquisition of Tooso, an AI-based digital commerce engines company, to accelerate and expand its capabilities for the digital commerce market. […]

Platzi Raises $6 Million

Platzi Raises $6 Million to Bring More Online Education to Latin America.

Before they founded a company together, Freddy Vega and Christian Van Der Henst were rivals.

They had two different companies that provided services to Flash programmers until the dual forces of the programming language’s declining popularity and a global recession killed that business in the early 2010s. The two men joined together to develop a new company focused on an underserved market in tech training: Latin America. […]

Samba TV Acquires Axwave

Samba TV Acquires Axwave, Becoming the Only Provider of Real-time TV Spot Analytics with Global Scale.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Samba TV, the leading provider of global TV data and audience analytics, today announced that it has acquired Axwave through a combination of cash and stock. Exact terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Samba TV announced in connection with its $30m Series B financing from Liberty Global, Disney and Warner Media and others that it would use a portion of its proceeds for international growth and strategic acquisitions.

Skycatch Lands $22M

The Daily Startup: Skycatch Lands $22M for Drone Development

In this morning’s Web roundup, Andreessen Horowitz hires new partner to focus on financial tech investments. Digital-health company Fit4D raises funding to expand beyond diabetes. And online lender Social Finance is valued […]

Sensoria raises $5M series A

Heapsylon, the Redmond-based maker of smart garments, today announced that it has raised a $5 million Series A round and changed its company name to Sensoria Inc. The fresh funds come from an Italy-based…

Map2App acquired by Bravofly

BravoFly Rumbo Group N.V., the Swiss multinational operating in the electronic tourism and recently listed on the Six Swiss Exchange, present in Italy with the brand Volaregratis, has acquired…

MTS invests in 2 YCombinator graduates

It’s that time again! Today was Demo Day 1 (of 2) for Y Combinator’s Winter 2015 class — when investors and reporters get their first in-person look at many of the startups that YC has been incubating…