StrongSalt Raises $3 Million in Seed Funding from Valley Capital Partners
Silicon Valley investors back former founding engineer of FireEye to launch new encryption platform-as-a-service, building a new privacy infrastructure for the Internet September 26, 2019 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–StrongSalt (https://www.strongsalt.com) announced today it has completed its seed round of financing, raising a total of $3 million from Valley Capital Partners. With three […]
Groundbreaking AI-based Software Automation Platform for Chip Development Secures $3M Investment from Valley Capital Partners
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Celera Incorporated announced today the closing of a $3M seed investment to develop and commercialize a revolutionary new AI-based software automation platform to accelerate the development of Analog/Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits (AMSIC) by 100X. The AMSIC segment is a $60B slice of the overall $500B IC industry. Historically its time and resource-intensive R&D workflow has been a $8.5B/year […]
Investing in Stellar Cyber
Here at Valley Capital we are beginning a series of posts that will offer a brief look into portfolio companies that get us excited and we believe are changing the world. For more of these posts, follow us on LinkedIn @ Valley Capital Partners, and to learn more visit us at www.valleycapital.vc. When we think […]
Valley Capital Managing Director’s Seed Investment Libra Credit Now Public via ICO
Uphold and Libra Credit Bring Crypto-Backed Credit to Consumers and Businesses Integration addresses growing customer demand for credit and liquidity of crypto assets July 12, 2018 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uphold, the global digital money platform that has powered more than $3.5 billion in transactions across 184 countries, and Libra Credit, the leading […]
PayPal to acquire fraud prevention company Simility for $120 million
(Reuters) – PayPal Holdings Inc PYPL.O has agreed to acquire fraud prevention technology company Simility for $120 million in cash, it said on Thursday. Palo Alto, California-based Simility sells machine-learning-based technology to help online merchants spot fraudsters and improve risk management. PayPal plans to make Simility’s services available to its merchants following the close of the transaction, […]
Fraud Prevention Startup Simility Raises $17.5 Mn Funding From Accel Partners, PayPal
Simility’s Existing Investors The Valley Fund and Trinity Ventures Also Took Part In This Funding Round. California and Hyderabad-based adaptive fraud prevention startup Simility have raised $17.5 Mn (INR 112.6 Cr) funding from Accel Partners in a Series B round. Existing investors The Valley Fund and Trinity Ventures also participated in this investment along with […]
Investing in Orca Bio
Here at Valley Capital we are beginning a series of posts that will offer a brief look into portfolio companies that get us excited and we believe are changing the world. For more of these posts, follow us on LinkedIn @ Valley Capital Partners, and to learn more visit us at www.valleycappartners.com. When we look […]
4 Reasons to Stand by Your Midwest Startup Location
Imagine that you’re producing a movie and are choosing locations. While you could simply go to established “movie cities,” they may not be the best fit for your vision and budget. The costs of talent and production and the competition from other movies make for a crowded, expensive and stifling environment. An analogous scenario could […]
Arista Networks IPO values company at about $2.75 billion
(Reuters) – Arista Networks Inc ANET.N shares have been priced at $43 each, the Wall Street Journal said, citing sources, valuing the network switch maker at about $2.75 billion. Arista’s IPO raised about $226 million, after its offering of 5.25 million shares was priced well above its expected price range of $36-$40. The company, which competes with […]
Infinera Corp. IPO raises $182 million, above range
NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) – Infinera Corp., which has built a new class of all-optical computer chips using light rather than electronics to transmit data, on Wednesday raised $182 million in an initial public offering that priced above a forecast range. The 14-million-share offering priced at $13 per share compared with a forecast range […]