SolidFire, a rapidly growing startup selling data center storage infrastructure containing fast flash to store and serve up data, said today it has brought on $82 million in new capital.
The startup can now spend much more on sales and marketing as it competes with storage giants like EMC and other growing all-flash storage companies like Pure Storage.
We used CB Insights data to identify today’s well-capitalized stealth tech companies and found 13 which have each raised over $15M. Not surprisingly, of the 13 companies, 9 had founding teams that previously were founders or CEOs of startups which had already exited or had some level of success.
Como cada inicio de mes, repasamos las inversiones más importantes que se han cerrado en el sector de las startups tecnológicas en España durante el mes anterior, en este caso el de septiembre.
Descripción: Startup que se dedica a la creación de mapas interactivos a partir de grandes volúmenes de datos. Los fondos captados irán dirigidos a impulsar el desarrollo de su software libre en la nube.
Facebook, Adobe, Evernote, Home Depot, Target and even the Federal Reserve Bank have all fallen prey to cyberattacks. As the attacks have gotten more frequent, smarter and larger in scope, investor interest in the cybersecurity market, at both the consumer and the corporate level, has also intensified. 2013 saw a record level of investment funding and deals to the space with $1.71 billion invested in 240 deals to emerging cybersecurity companies.
In today’s connected world, with phones ringing and buzzing and emails constantly flowing in, unplugging and getting back into nature for a few days each year should be a required activity. Turns out, however, that finding a campsite based on any specific search criteria is a horrible process.
That’s where Hipcamp comes in. The company has just raised a $2 million seed round led by O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Slow Ventures, with participation from Sam Shank, Gregg Brockway, AngelList’s Syndicate Fund and Maiden Lane Ventures.
I often say that moving to Detroit was the best decision I made last decade, but there is one thing I left behind that I constantly pine for: My garden.
There’s a beautiful, well-tended community garden in my neighborhood, but good luck getting a spot in it—nobody ever gives theirs up. Apartment rules prevent me from digging up my building’s communal spaces and replacing the grass with plots of flowers and vegetables. Some days, the itch to get my hands in the dirt is so strong that I contemplate doing some guerilla gardening in one of the vacant lots near my apartment building, but the soil remediation required is too extensive. I’m usually forced to bike down to Eastern Market and stare longingly at the mounds of fresh, locally grown produce.
Well, here’s a reassuring thought: Your car can get hacked.
This is nothing new, but as cars get more connected to the Internet, the threats are becoming more and more prevalent. Argus, an Israeli company that provides an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) that prevents a car’s main components from being hacked, could help fight this, and the company announced today that it has raised $4 million in new funding.
