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Tecton Hosts apply(recsys), a Data Engineering Event for Machine Learning Recommender Systems, on December 6

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

With tens of thousands registered attendees across our event series, were excited to be hosting apply(recsys) with another solid line-up of speakers.

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  • With tens of thousands registered attendees across our event series, were excited to be hosting apply(recsys) with another solid line-up of speakers.
  • The event will feature speakers from ByteDance, Cookpad, Coveo, eezylife, HeyJobs, MLOps Community, Slack and Tecton.
  • apply() is an event series for ML and data teams to discuss the practical data engineering challenges faced when building operational ML systems.
  • Tectons feature platform for ML enables data scientists to turn raw data into production-ready features, the predictive signals that feed ML models.

The Systematic Community Announces Bill Nye The Science Guy as Keynote Speaker and Additional Lineup for Systematic: The Conference

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Monday, October 31, 2022

Systematic , a professional community of over 5,000 Business Technology, IT, and RevOps professionals, unveiled the line-up of keynotes and speakers for its fourth annual Systematic: The Conference .

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  • Systematic , a professional community of over 5,000 Business Technology, IT, and RevOps professionals, unveiled the line-up of keynotes and speakers for its fourth annual Systematic: The Conference .
  • The conference will also feature an interview session with TV personality and science enthusiast, Bill Nye.
  • We look forward to seeing everyone in person at Systematic: The Conference to continue the conversation around Business Technology.
  • Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, will be closing out Systematic: The Conference with his Q&A address.

StarTree Lands $47 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Adoption of Real-Time, User-Facing Analytics

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Monday, August 29, 2022

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StarTree, Inc. today announced $47 million in Series B funding to accelerate product development, expand sales and marketing, and continue to drive fast adoption of its real-time analytics platform.

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  • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StarTree, Inc. today announced $47 million in Series B funding to accelerate product development, expand sales and marketing, and continue to drive fast adoption of its real-time analytics platform.
  • StarTree has experienced unprecedented momentum since launching in spring 2021, fueled by growing demand for real-time analytics to power both enterprise and user-facing analytics applications.
  • Over the past year, Apache Pinot downloads grew nearly 20X from 50,000 in 2020 to one million in 2021.
  • StarTree previously raised $24 million in Series A funding in May 2021 and $4 million in seed funding in November 2019.

Anjuna Sees Sharp Company Growth with Rising Market Demand for Confidential Computing Security Solutions

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anjuna Security Inc., the Confidential Computing software company, today announced that it is experiencing strong growth in 2022 with the rising market awareness and demand for securing cloud workloads, core applications, proprietary algorithms, and personal data in any environment. Anjuna makes it practical to simply lock down workloads during runtime on a server—the one point where it is currently exposed to insiders, third parties or would-be attackers. Confidential Computing could grow to become a $54 billion market by 2026, with a CAGR of 90%-95%, according to a report from Everest Group.

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  • Confidential Computing could grow to become a $54 billion market by 2026 , with a CAGR of 90%-95%, according to a report from Everest Group.
  • Companies across multiple industries have selected Anjuna to enable the use of Confidential Computing in the public cloud.
  • Software from Anjuna Security effortlessly enables enterprises to safely run even their most sensitive workloads in the public cloud.
  • Unlike complex perimeter security solutions easily breached by insiders and malicious code, Anjuna leverages the strongest hardware-based secure computing technologies available to make the public cloud the safest computing resource available anywhere.Anjuna is based inPalo Alto,California.

Arc Launches the Default Alive Coalition to Help Bootstrapped and Venture-backed Startups Extend Their Runway and Sustain Their Growth

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Monday, June 27, 2022

Arc, the full-service finance platform for software startups, today announced the launch of the Default Alive Coalition .

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  • Arc, the full-service finance platform for software startups, today announced the launch of the Default Alive Coalition .
  • Arc is leading the charge by offering members of the coalition a 15% discount on its debt-and-dilution free financing.
  • The thinking is simple: help startups weather a challenging macro environment with discounted rates on the key services they need to operationalize their success.
  • Thats why were excited to support the Default Alive Coalition, said Sarah Smith , Partner at Bain Capital Ventures.

Auxilius Raises $10 Million to Help Biopharma Manage $150 Billion in Clinical R&D Spend

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

The result is an evolving and growing shadow industry that emerging biopharma companies are ill-equipped to manage operationally.

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  • The result is an evolving and growing shadow industry that emerging biopharma companies are ill-equipped to manage operationally.
  • For clinical trial sponsors managing milestone to milestone, operational rigor and spend management are essential to extend the companys runway and help clinical teams achieve clinical outcomes.
  • Auxilius was purpose-built for companies like ours to manage clinical complexity, maintain alignment across clinical and financial stakeholders through change, and scale as our organization evolves.
  • This allows companies conducting clinical trials to take control over trial costs and clinical vendors, manage financial risk, and optimize spend in pursuit of trial targets.

Tecton Hosts Second Annual apply(conf), a Machine Learning Data Engineering Event, May 18-19

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Monday, May 16, 2022

apply(conf) is a practitioner-focused community event for data and ML teams to discuss the practical data engineering challenges faced when building ML for the real world.

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  • apply(conf) is a practitioner-focused community event for data and ML teams to discuss the practical data engineering challenges faced when building ML for the real world.
  • Everything is on the table from managing labeling pipelines to transforming features in real-time to serving at scale.
  • Tecton enables data scientists to turn raw data into production-ready features, the predictive signals that feed ML models.
  • Tecton is backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia and is headquartered in San Francisco with an office in New York.

California Adds 17 Israeli-Founded Unicorns, Now Home to 32 Total

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

NEW YORK, April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- California now hosts the global or U.S. headquarters for 32 Israeli-founded unicorns – privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more – according to the United States – Israel Business Alliance. Over the past 12 months, the Golden State added 17 unicorns, the vast majority of which are in Silicon Valley. The 32 total companies form an unprecedented cluster of Israeli-founded unicorns in a single state.

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  • Over the past 12 months, the Golden State added 17 unicorns, the vast majority of which are in Silicon Valley.
  • The 32 total companies form an unprecedented cluster of Israeli-founded unicorns in a single state.
  • The 32 total companies form an unprecedented cluster of Israeli-founded unicorns in a single state.
  • "When you clarify that those 32 companies are in California alone, the wonder quickly turns to disbelief."

Playbook Raises $18M Series A Led by Bain Capital Ventures

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Playbook, the first visual cloud storage platform built for creatives, today announced that it has closed $18 million in Series A funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Abstract Ventures, Maple VC, Hyphen Capital, Blank Ventures, and strategic angel investor Elad Gil. The funding comes at a time of unprecedented growth for Playbook, which now has more than 50,000 freelance designers and creative agency customers worldwide.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Playbook, the first visual cloud storage platform built for creatives, today announced that it has closed $18 million in Series A funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Abstract Ventures, Maple VC, Hyphen Capital, Blank Ventures, and strategic angel investor Elad Gil.
  • In my previous jobs, designers were quitting because file management was giving them so much anxiety," said Jessica Ko, co-founder and CEO of Playbook.
  • The company has raised a total of $22 million from leading venture capital firms such as Bain Capital Ventures, Founders Fund, Abstract, Maple, Hyphen, and Blank Ventures.
  • Bain Capital Ventures partners with disruptive founders to accelerate their ideas to market.

Fidel API Raises $65 Million Series B to Enable the Future of Programmable Money

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Fidel API, a global financial infrastructure platform, today announced it has raised $65 million in Series B funding.

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  • Fidel API, a global financial infrastructure platform, today announced it has raised $65 million in Series B funding.
  • Fidel APIs Series B financing will allow the company to continue to scale its workforce and product offerings.
  • This financing round will help us meet the ever increasing demand for developer tools that enable programmable money experiences.
  • Fidel API is a global financial infrastructure platform that enables developers to build programmable experiences connected with real-time payment events from a user's card.