Hot Start-ups

Nutanix has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Nutanix is seeking to...

Oracle has acquired StackEngine, a start-up specializing in container operations management.  Financial terms were not disclosed. StackEngine, which is based in Austin, offers software to manage and automate Docker applications,...

 Pivotal, has acquired CloudCredo, a privately-held software developer based in London, along with CloudCredo subsidiary, stayUp, a log analysis technology company for Cloud Foundry. CloudCredo has a highly-regarded team of...

Weaveworks, a start-up with offices in San Francisco and London, announced the 1.4 release of its networking and monitoring software for Docker deployments. Weave Net 1.4 is a Docker networking...

Facebook is taking its Internet.org Innovation Challenge to Africa the aim of recognizing developers and entrepreneurs who are using the Internet to improve the standard of education and economic health...

Cloudyn, a start-up based in Israel, raised $11 million in Series B funding for its hybrid, multi-cloud monitoring and optimization solutions. Cloudyn's SaaS solution delivers insights into usage, performance and...

CellMining, a start-up based in Israel, raised $5 million in Series A funding for its Self-Organizing Networks (SON) and subscriber network experience solutions. CellMining's Behavior-Based SON solution analyzes the subscriber...

CloudEndure, a start-up based in Israel, announced $7 million in new funding for its cloud live-migration and disaster recovery solutions. CloudEndure’s Cloud Workload Mobility technology creates an exact copy of...

LookingGlass Cyber Solutions announced its acquisition of Cyveillance, a provider of open-source threat intelligence (OSINT), along with a $50 million round of Series C financing. Founded in 1997, Cyveillance delivers...

Pluribus Networks introduced its Virtualization-Centric Fabric (VCF), its SDN architectural approach based on proven approaches to networking, clustering, management and resiliency. Pluribus VCF, which is available now as part of...

Vapor IO, a start-up based in Austin, Texas, announced a Series A funding round for its intelligent, hyper modular data center solution.  The funding was led by Goldman Sachs, with...

Cellwize, a start-up headquartered in Singapore,  raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round for its Self-Organizing Network (SON) solutions. The funding round was led by Carmel Ventures and...

Cisco, Intel and Deutsche Telekom presented the results from Challenge Up!, the European acceleration and incubation programme for start-ups, which aims to bring promising Internet of Things services and solutions...