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- TidalScale snaps up $24 mln Series B
Campbell, California-based TidalScale, a provider of software-defined servers, has raised $24 million in Series B funding. The investors included Bain Capital Ventures, Hummer Winblad, Sapphire Ventures and Infosys.
- Dragonfly to invest in cryptocurrencies with $100 mln maiden fund
San Francisco-based Dragonfly Capital Partners announced this morning its launch of a $100 million fund to invest in cryptocurrency deals. The firm is led by Managing Partners Alexander Pack, who previously headed network investing at Bain Capital Ventures, and Bo Feng, who previously was a founding partner of Ceyuan Ventures.The firm said it already has a portfolio of 20 companies, including Basis, Spacemesh and Oasis Labs. The fund's investors include Salil Deshpande of Bain Capital Ventures, Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon of Andreessen Horowitz, Cyan Banister of Founders Fund, Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital, Neil Shen of Sequoia China, and others.
Private equity’s impending disruptionThe operating model for sponsors has held steady for 30 years, but data science advances are set to change all that, say Ian Picache and Sajjad Jaffer of Two Six Capital.
Asia: the new home of the club dealYum China’s rejection of a $17.6bn takeover bid from a Hillhouse Capital-led consortium sheds light on Asia’s changing deal landscape.
The lessons PE learned from the financial crisisTen years on from the financial earthquake, a study vindicates the private equity approach during the downturn. But a new threat looms.
- Insight Venture Partners leads Series D round for Sysdig
Sysdig Inc, a cloud-native intelligence company, has raised $68.5 million in Series D funding. Insight Venture Partners led the round with participation from return backers Bain Capital Ventures and Accel.
- Menlo Ventures leads Series C round for ShipBob
Chicago-based ShipBob, a technology company that streamlines fulfillment by bringing next-day and two-day shipping options to ecommerce businesses, has raised $40 million in Series C funding. Menlo Ventures led the round with participation from return backers Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Hyde Park Angels and Y Combinator.