Bijan Stephen / The Verge:Spanish gamer David “TheGrefg” Martínez had 2M+ concurrent viewers on Twitch to watch him reveal Icon series Fortnite skin, breaking the previous record of 635K — Smashing all previous records — Spanish streamer and EU Heretics team owner David “TheGrefg” …
Mike Dano / Light Reading:AT&T, Verizon, Airbnb, and Comcast are among the companies halting donations to lawmakers who opposed certifying election results, such as Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley — A large and growing number of tech and telecom companies are freezing their political contributions to Washington lawmakers …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:House Democrats plan to investigate the role of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media in the Capitol riot as part of broad inquiry into disinformation — The congressional investigation reflects lingering political dissatisfaction with Silicon Valley and the way it handled President Trump
Ron Miller / TechCrunch:Cockroach Labs, which develops the cloud-native SQL database CockroachDB, raises $160M Series E at a $2B valuation led by Altimeter Capital — Cockroach Labs, makers of CockroachDB, have been on a fundraising roll for the last couple of years. Today the company announced a $160 million Series E on a fat $2…
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Alex Heath / The Information:Memo: following its Trump ban, Facebook has told employees to avoid wearing company-branded apparel in public as it might put staff at risk — Facebook on Monday told employees to avoid wearing or carrying company-branded clothing and other items in public following the company’s suspension …
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:Jellyfish, which develops software engineering management tools, raises $31.5M Series B led by Insight Partners — Jellyfish, a software engineering management platform that helps managers align engineering work with business objectives, has raised $31.5 million in a series B round of funding led by Insight Partners.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:Jedox, which develops financial modeling and analytics software, raises $100M+ led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to ~$150M — Organizations today — perhaps more than ever before — are relying on technology to help them figure out what the next weeks, months …
David Z. Morris / Fortune:Modern Treasury, which develops software to help integrate direct banking services with online services, raises $38M led by Altimeter Capital — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:AirSlate, which automates repetitive business processes, raises $40M, bringing its total raised to $80M — Workflow automation startup AirSlate today announced that it raised $40 million from backers including Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, General Catalyst, and HighSage Ventures.
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:JumpCloud, a cloud-native directory service for enterprises, raises $100M Series E led by BlackRock, bringing its total raised to $191M — JumpCloud, a cloud-native directory service for enterprises, has closed its BlackRock-led series E round of funding at $100 million following …