Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share.
Cloud-monitoring startup Datadog lands $31M
Datadog, a company that helps monitor cloud applications, has raised $31 million in a Series C round. Datadog’s service gives developers and operations teams the capability to monitor performance metrics, as well as specific events, from a variety of cloud services, all in a single dashboard. It’s free for up to five hosts and costs $15 per host per month for up to 100 hosts, with enterprise pricing available for quantities above that.
Mobile platform Tune (formerly HasOffers) sings right notes, lands $27M
Mobile marketing platforms are hot. And in the latest indication of just how hot, Tune announced it has landed $27 million in funding. The company says that its platform, which helps marketers manage organic and paid channels on mobile devices, finds use from 60 percent of the top-grossing apps in Apple’s App Store.
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Deliveroo grabs $25M to bring its premium meal delivery service to more cities
London-based food delivery startup Deliveroo has raised $25 million to beef up its U.K. and global aspirations. The news comes just eight months after Deliveroo raised a £2.5 million($3.8 million) round, which Index Ventures led. Index Ventures is participating in this round too, but it’s being led by Accel Partners, with Hoxton Ventures and Hummingbird Ventures also chipping in.
D-Wave keeps dreaming of quantum computers everywhere, takes $23.1M more
D-Wave Systems, a company building what it calls quantum computers, is announcing that it has taken on around $23.1 million, or $29 million in Canadian dollars, in additional funding. Burnaby, British Columbia-based D-Wave claims its hardware is capable of quantum computing. In contrast to classical computers, which deal in bits, each of which carries a value of either zero or one, quantum systems work with quantum bits, or qubits, each of which can be 0 or 1 or both. The superposition of these qubits can provide for great numbers of computations to be performed simultaneously, making a quantum computer highly desirable for certain types of processes.
Rocket Internet-backed ridesharing platform Tripda raises $11M for U.S. push
Rocket Internet is fueling its latest startup with cash, but this time it’s for a push into the U.S. Tripda, a ridesharing platform that connects people looking for a ride with people who have room in their car for another, just raised $11 million, with the majority of the money coming from Rocket.
Alibaba invests $10M in struggling Ouya amid rumors the Chinese megacorp is making its own console
The Kickstarter-funded Android microconsole that was going to change the gaming world may still do so … in China. Alibaba, a gigantic Chinese Internet company, has invested $10 million in Android-console manufacturer Ouya, according to a Wall Street Journal report. This news comes less than a month after rumors surfaced that Alibaba is planning its own console or set-top box for its home game market, which soared to $18.5 billion in 2014. Now, it’s possible that Alibaba will integrate Ouya into that rumored system to provide the gaming backbone for that machine.
Volusion raises $55M to fuel its e-commerce shopping cart Mozu
E-commerce solution Volusion announced a $55 million raise today, led by Main Street Capital. In its lifetime, the company has processed more than $17 billion in transactions. Volusion’s shopping cart API competes with the likes of Prestacart and Shopify. Today’s funding will help the company prepare as it plans a future initial public offering.
Read more: Press release
FullContact raises $7M
FullContact, a company building contact management tools, announced it has raised $7 million in new funding. Foundry Group led the round, with additional participation from 500 Startups and Blue Note Ventures.
Read more: Press release
This list will be updated with breaking funding news all day. Check back for more.