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AcuityMD Secures $45M in Series B Funding to Expand its Commercial Intelligence Platform to Medical Technology Manufacturers

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Martedì, Giugno 4, 2024

AcuityMD today announced $45 million in new funding to expand its commercial intelligence platform and advance the company’s mission of accelerating adoption of cutting-edge medical technology (MedTech).

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  • AcuityMD today announced $45 million in new funding to expand its commercial intelligence platform and advance the company’s mission of accelerating adoption of cutting-edge medical technology (MedTech).
  • To date, AcuityMD has raised more than $83 million and achieved a significant 10x increase in annual recurring revenue since its 2022 Series A raise.
  • “AcuityMD has built an industry-specific platform that alleviates common pain points to help bring new treatments to patients faster.
  • In other news today, AcuityMD announced that its platform is being leveraged by six of the top 10 global MedTech companies, including BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company).

Datadog's State of Cloud Costs 2024 Report Finds Spending on GPU Instances Growing 40% as Organizations Experiment with AI

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Giovedì, Giugno 13, 2024

NEW YORK, June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced its new report, the State of Cloud Costs 2024. The report found organizations that use graphics processing unit (GPU) instances have increased their average spending on those instances by 40% in the last year. This growth in spend on GPU instances comes as more companies are experimenting with AI and large language models (LLMs). GPUs' capacity for parallel processing makes them critical for training LLMs and executing other AI workloads, where they can be more than 200% faster than CPUs.

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  • NEW YORK, June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Datadog , Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced its new report, the State of Cloud Costs 2024 .
  • The report found organizations that use graphics processing unit (GPU) instances have increased their average spending on those instances by 40% in the last year.
  • This growth in spend on GPU instances comes as more companies are experimenting with AI and large language models (LLMs).
  • In addition to more companies spending compute on AI projects, the report found that containers were a common theme of wasted spend among organizations.

97212 Ventures Announces $20M Fund Providing Israeli Tech Founders Insider Access to the NYC Tech Ecosystem

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Venerdì, Maggio 10, 2024

NEW YORK, May 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- 97212 Ventures, a NY next-generation VC and day-one partner for Israeli founders, today announced the closing of a 20-million dollar fund aimed at investing in new Israeli pre-seed and seed startups, providing them instant access to a pool of rich New York resources to grow their businesses including key senior advisors, early customers and channel partners, paving the way to US product-market fit and early growth.

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  • New York has established itself as a hub for Israeli tech, with 30 Israeli unicorns and 450 startups headquartered in the city.
  • "This new fund serves as a complete plug-in for Israeli entrepreneurs looking to build global startups by giving them capital, guidance and instant access to the entire NYC tech ecosystem including senior advisors, design partners, potential partners, and customer introductions."
  • 97212 Ventures is a first-time fund dedicated to providing capital for Israeli startups to establish a presence in New York City and requires founders to move there within 18 months.
  • Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who made his name as a hugely successful tech founder, is a key advisor to the company.

Atlan’s Control Plane to Power Data & AI Governance Attracts $105M, Elevating Valuation to $750M

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Mercoledì, Maggio 8, 2024

“Atlan is addressing this by building the control plane for the data and AI stack, integrating trust and context into the digital fabric.”

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  • “Atlan is addressing this by building the control plane for the data and AI stack, integrating trust and context into the digital fabric.”
    In today's AI-forward, data-driven landscape, robust data governance is crucial.
  • At the same time, data privacy, data lineage, and data quality are key obstacles hindering generative AI implementations, according to studies from IBM and AWS .
  • Atlan addresses this challenge with its next-generation platform for data and AI governance.
  • “It’s increasingly viewed as the essential data control plane for major business initiatives like AI readiness and data democratization.

1Password Launches Dedicated MSP Solution in Beta

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Lunedì, Maggio 6, 2024

1Password , provider of the most-used enterprise password manager, today announced the launch of 1Password® Enterprise Password Manager - Partner Edition in beta.

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  • 1Password , provider of the most-used enterprise password manager, today announced the launch of 1Password® Enterprise Password Manager - Partner Edition in beta.
  • This managed service provider (MSP) solution includes advanced administration features that help MSPs manage their customers.
  • On the heels of its global partner program launch earlier this year, 1Password’s solution helps MSPs proactively protect their clients by improving their security posture.
  • As part of the global partner program, MSPs also receive dedicated partner support, 1Password Business licenses for internal use, and a strong partner compensation model.

Datadog to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

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Martedì, Maggio 7, 2024

NEW YORK, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced that management will present at the following investor conferences.

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  • NEW YORK, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced that management will present at the following investor conferences.
  • The Needham Technology Conference.
  • The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time.
  • The presentation will be webcast live, and a replay will be available for a limited time under the "Events and Presentations" section of the Company's investor relations website at https://investors.datadoghq.com/ .

StepSecurity Secures $3 Million Seed Funding to Protect CI/CD Pipelines

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Mercoledì, Maggio 1, 2024

Founded two years ago by cybersecurity leaders Varun Sharma and Ashish Kurmi, StepSecurity has rapidly gained traction within both the open-source community and enterprise sectors.

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  • Founded two years ago by cybersecurity leaders Varun Sharma and Ashish Kurmi, StepSecurity has rapidly gained traction within both the open-source community and enterprise sectors.
  • Over 3,000 open-source projects, including those from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Google, Microsoft, Datadog, Kubernetes, Node, and Ruby, use StepSecurity to harden their CI/CD pipelines.
  • StepSecurity also recently detected a CI/CD supply chain attack in a Google open-source project.
  • However, CI/CD, the crucial link between these two environments, remains unprotected," said Varun Sharma, CEO of StepSecurity.

Introducing Solodev Digital: A Cloud Platform for Managing Identity, Martech, Digital Advertising, and Payment Processing

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Giovedì, Aprile 18, 2024

Solodev Digital also enables users and brands to build a stack of supported martech, digital advertising, and payment processing apps – and connect everything through one universal login.

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  • Solodev Digital also enables users and brands to build a stack of supported martech, digital advertising, and payment processing apps – and connect everything through one universal login.
  • This deters marketing teams from fluidly scaling and managing their martech, adtech, and payment tools while maintaining securely distributed user access.
  • Work with Solodev’s team of digital commerce experts and deploy the right solutions to power your payment processing.
  • “In an era of growing data privacy and security requirements, Solodev Digital is simplifying ID,” said Shawn Moore , CTO at Solodev.

Accelerating the Future of Trust for the Enterprise: Vanta Supercharges Trust Centers with Questionnaire Automation and Vanta AI

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Mercoledì, Maggio 1, 2024

Vanta , the leading trust management platform, announced today the addition of Vanta AI and Questionnaire Automation in Trust Centers , enabling enterprises to proactively and reactively demonstrate their security and compliance, automatically.

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  • Vanta , the leading trust management platform, announced today the addition of Vanta AI and Questionnaire Automation in Trust Centers , enabling enterprises to proactively and reactively demonstrate their security and compliance, automatically.
  • “Vanta Trust Centers are an enterprise's first line of defense to demonstrate their commitment to security over time — not just at a point-in-time,” said Jeremy Epling, Chief Product Officer, Vanta.
  • “Leading organizations and innovators like ZoomInfo rely on Trust Centers to proactively demonstrate their security and compliance posture to prospects and customers.
  • Available today in beta, Vanta AI-powered Trust Centers provide buyers with not only the documentation they’re looking for, but answers they need.

SafeBase Raises $33M in Series B to Accelerate Vision for Friction-Free Security Reviews

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Martedì, Aprile 30, 2024

SafeBase , the leading Trust Center Platform for friction-free security reviews, today announced it has raised $33 million in a Series B funding round.

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  • SafeBase , the leading Trust Center Platform for friction-free security reviews, today announced it has raised $33 million in a Series B funding round.
  • Historically, these security reviews have been plagued by friction-filled processes that delay sales cycles and damage the trust between buyers and vendors.
  • Built with transparency at its core, the SafeBase Trust Center Platform delivers a centralized and automated approach to trust management.
  • To learn more about SafeBase and their Series B investment, visit safebase.io .