Alliance Member News
Alliance Members don’t just read the news ... they make the news. To check out our “Members News” from prior years, click the list below:
Akshay Bhargava Announced as Chief Product Officer at 1Password
February 04, 2021
1Password announced that Alliance member Akshay Bhargava has joined the company as Chief Product Officer and GM of Emerging Solutions. Bhargava will spearhead emerging products to cement 1Password at the forefront of the security space, delivering cutting-edge services and features that reflect the company's relentless focus on security and user experience.
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Cytek Biosciences Completes Series D Funding Round
November 05, 2020
Cytek Biosciences, a leading provider of cell analysis instrumentation and solutions, announced that it has closed a $120 million Series D funding round, co-led by RA Capital and Hillhouse Capital, with OrbiMed and LYFE Capital also participating. Alliance member Wenbin Jiang is the CEO of Cytek Biosciences.
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Covalent Metrology Acquires Riga Analytical Lab
September 01, 2020
Covalent Metrology, a leading provider of metrology and analytical services to advanced materials innovation companies, announced the acquisition of Riga Analytical Lab, an independent laboratory located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Covalent Metrology is led by Alliance member Craig Hunter.
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9 Alliance Members Make the INC 5000 Fastest Growing List
August 19, 2020
Nine companies, led by Alliance Members, were named to the 2020 INC 5000 list of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S.
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Jade Global on Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies for the 10th Year in a Row
August 19, 2020
For the 10th consecutive year, Jade Global was placed on the Inc. magazine’s prestigious Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest growing and most successful independent businesses. Jade Global ranked 3484 on Inc.’s 40th annual list. Alliance member Karan Yaramada is the CEO of Jade Global.
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Intercontinental Exchange to Acquire Ellie Mae for $11 Billion
August 06, 2020
Ellie Mae has announced that it entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by Intercontinental Exchange for approximately $11 billion. Alliance member Jonathan Corr is the President & CEO of Ellie Mae.
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huddl.ai Wants to Bring More Intelligence to Online Meetings
July 22, 2020
Alliance member Krishna Yarlagadda was featured in a Tech Crunch article describing his efforts to bring artificial intelligence to meeting technology.
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LiveRamp Acquires Acuity Data
July 17, 2020
LiveRamp has acquired the Paris-based retail marketing analytics startup Acuity Data. Alliance member Anneka Gupta is the President & Head of Products/Platforms.
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Quidnet Energy’s $10M Series B Paves Way For Commercial Expansion
June 23, 2020
Quidnet Energy announced that it closed on a $10 million Series B round of financing and a contract with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority for commercial demonstration of its Geomechanical Pumped Storage (GPS) technology. Alliance member Joe Zhou is the CEO of Quidnet.
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Contentful Secures $80M in Series E Funding
June 17, 2020
Contentful announced $80 million in Series E funding led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst, Salesforce Ventures and five other new and existing backers. This round brings Contentful’s total funding to $158 million to date. Contentful is led by Alliance member Steve Sloan.
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Pliant Therapeutics Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
June 05, 2020
Pliant Therapeutics (Nasdaq: PLRX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis, announced the closing of its initial public offering of 10,350,000 shares of common stock, which includes the exercise in full by the underwriters of their 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,350,000 shares of common stock, at a public offering price of $16.00 per share. Alliance member Bernard Coulie is the CEO of Pliant.
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John Cumbers of SynBioBeta Profiled in San Francisco Business Times
May 22, 2020
San Francisco Business Times reporter Alisha Green profiled Alliance member, John Cumbers and SynBioBeta.
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March 03, 2020
Targeting scar tissue that builds up and blocks the lungs and bile ducts, Pliant Therapeutics raised a $100 million round from giant Novartis AG and a band of crossover investors. Alliance member Bernard Coulie is the President & CEO of Pliant Therapeutics.
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Waymo Scores $2.25B in First Outside Funding
March 02, 2020
Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet Inc., has raised $2.25 billion in funding, mostly from outside investors. Alliance member Tekedra Mawakana is the Chief Operating Officer of Waymo.
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ALX Oncology Announces Closing of $105M Series C Financing
February 12, 2020
ALX Oncology, a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing therapies to block the CD47 checkpoint mechanism, announced the closing of a $105 million Series C equity financing. ALX Oncology is led by Alliance member Jaume Pons.
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Boeing-Kitty Hawk EVTOL JV Wisk Raises Curtain On Cora Plan
February 07, 2020
Wisk, a joint venture startup between Boeing and Kitty Hawk, and led by Alliance member Gary Gysin, has debuted the company's electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Cora vehicle at the Singapore Airshow.
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Intabio Closes $18 Million Round in Series B Funding
February 06, 2020
Intabio, a developer of instrumentation systems for biotherapeutic precision analysis and quality assessment throughout bioproduction, announced a Series B investment of $18 million. Alliance member Lena Wu is the CEO of Intabio.
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Skyline Enterprises Acquires Seattle Based Unimark Construction
February 04, 2020
Skyline Construction Enterprises announced the acquisition of Seattle-based Unimark Construction Group. Alliance member Jessica Carps is the COO of Skyline.
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Primary-Care Stock One Medical Is Up 44% on First Trading Day
January 31, 2020
Shares of health care provider One Medical were up 43.8% from their offering price in first-day trading. One Medical, which offers primary care facilities and telehealth services in multiple U.S. cities, began the week with a market cap around $3 billion. Alliance member Amir Rubin is the President & CEO of One Medical.
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Axiom Exergy Captures a Place in the 2020 Global Cleantech 100
January 16, 2020
Axiom Exergy, a technology company that uses artificial intelligence to transform the world's thermal systems into intelligent, flexible, and resilient assets, was named a 2020 Global Cleantech 100 company by Cleantech Group. Axiom is led by Alliance member Amrit Robbins.
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