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Monday, June 26, 2017 Choose Energy Acquired By Red Ventures Plano, Texas-based Choose Energy, a startup which lets consumers comparison shop for and select electric energy providers, has been acquired by advertising company Red Ventures, according to a report. The report, from Fortune, said the deal was worth less than $100M. Choose Energy was venture backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, BlueScape Resources, NGEN Partners, and angels. posted on Monday, June 26, 2017(Full story) SparkCognition Bumps Series B To $32.5M Austin-based machine learning startup SparkCognition has bumped its Series B funding to $32.5M, the company disclosed today, in a funding round led by Verizon Ventures. The funding also included Boeing HorizonX, as well as others SparkCognition develops machine learning software, including software for detecting malware in an enterprise, predictive software for industrial safety and failure detection, and security analysis. SparkCognition is led (More info...) posted on Monday, June 26, 2017 (More)(Full story) Trend Micro Launches $100M Venture Capital Investment Fund Dallas-based cybersecurity software developer Trend Micro announced this morning that it has launched its very own, $100M venture capital investment fund. Trend Micro said the new fund will focus on investing in startups in emerging technology areas like the Internet of Things (IoT). Trend Micro said that working with the investments will help the company uncover insights into emerging ecosystem opportunities, disruptive business models, market gap (More info...) posted on Monday, June 26, 2017(Full story) Aceable Expands Mobile Driver Ed's App To Pennsylvania Austin-based online driver education provider Aceable announced this morning that it has expanded the availability of its Driver's Ed platform in Pennsylvania. Aceable said that all driving students in the state of Pennsylvania can fulfill their 25-hour classroom requirement and written exam on its mobile app. Aceable says Pennsylvania adds to the three existing states where its app is accepted, which are California, Texas, and Florida. posted on Monday, June 26, 2017(Full story) |
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