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Kespry Lands $33M Series C as Industrial Drone Business Use Cases Continue to Expand
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Kespry, the industrial drone startup, announced a fresh infusion of cash today in the form of a $33M Series C. It brings the total raised to over $61M across the three rounds.
With $36 Million In Financing, Scoop Wants To Make Carpooling Mainstream
Rob and Jon Sadow got their first taste of carpooling while growing up in Atlanta in the early 2000s. The two brothers would team up for their 25-minute drive to high-school, Rob at the wheel, and Jon, his junior by three years, typically riding shotgun.
Shift Raises $38M in Series C Funding
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Shift (shift.com), a San Francisco-based startup that combines technology and a team of car concierges to take the hassle and guesswork out of buying and selling pre-owned cars, today announced that it has raised a $38M Series C financing led by BMW iVentures, with participation from new major investors DCM Ventures and G2VP, as well as continued participation from DFJ, Highland Capital, and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. Christian Noske, a partner at BMW iVentures, has joined the Shift Board of Directors. Jason Krikorian from DCM and Brook Porter from G2VP have joined as Board Observers.
OSIsoft Announces SoftBank Investment
The transaction is part of SoftBank’s strategy to invest in companies laying the foundational infrastructure for the next stage of the Information Revolution. SoftBank believes OSIsoft embodies this strategy, having been a longtime leader in enabling large industries to harness the massive amounts of data generated by their operational technology assets.