Category: vista equity partners
Vista Equity Partners to invest $1.5B in Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio Platforms
Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners said on Friday it would invest $1.5 billion in Reliance Jio Platforms joining social conglomerate Facebook and private equity firm Silver Lake that have also made similar bets on the Indian telecom giant in recent weeks. The planned announcement, which would give U.S.-headquartered software-focused buyout…
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As COVID-19 pummels global economy, 8 new companies join the $100M ARR club
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. This morning we’re adding a number of companies to the $100 million ARR club, a collection of private companies that have reached material scale. Over time, this series has gone…
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SentinelOne raises $200M at a $1.1B valuation to expand its AI-based endpoint security platform
As cybercrime continues to evolve and expand, a startup that is building a business focused on endpoint security has raised a big round of funding. SentinelOne — which provides a machine learning-based solution for monitoring and securing laptops, phones, containerised applications and the many other devices and services connected to a…
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Portfolio bloat: what’s happening to thousands of startups going nowhere fast
Earlier this week, much was made of the e-commerce business Brandless deciding to shutter its doors. Industry observers found its fate particularly interesting, given that Brandless was only a few years old and had raised substantial funding, including $100 million from the SoftBank Vision Fund alone. Still, Brandless is far…
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