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With $30M Infusion, Certona Aims for Bigger Share of Digital Retail

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Sheik, who was previously the chief marketing officer and COO at San Diego’s WebSideStory, said the sector has exploded in recent years as Certona and its rivals have combined the capabilities of traditional Web analytics with predictive analytics software, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

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Turning the Camera on Chris Dixon

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Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. Chris runs a popular web interview series on TechCrunch so is used to being the guy asking the questions. If you like the quick summary notes, please check out Adam’s blog on tech, entrepreneurship & VC as a thank you.

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UiPath Snags $225M To Expand Robotic Workforce for Businesses

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New York-based UiPath is the latest such company to score a haul, announcing Tuesday it raised $225 million in a Series C funding round co-led by earlier investor CapitalG —the growth equity investment fund of Google parent company Alphabet—and Sequoia Capital, a new investor.

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Convoy Reloads With $185M For Its Freight Shipment Marketplace

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Convoy , an online marketplace that connects shippers with freight truck fleets and independent drivers, announced today it raised $185 million in a Series C fundraising round led by CapitalG, the growth equity investment fund of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. regions, CEO Dan Lewis says.

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Best Buy Acquires GTCR’s GreatCall for $800M, Eyeing Aging Boomers

Xconomy

Best Buy is paying $800 million in cash for GreatCall, a San Diego-based healthtech company which private equity firm GTCR bought early last year. The company also sells gadgets, such as mobile devices with large screens and big buttons, wearables that can work with those devices, and emergency alert products.

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Automation Anywhere Scores $250M To Globalize Bot Workforce

Xconomy

Automation Anywhere , which supplies customers with armies of software robots to take over manual tasks such as insurance claims processing, announced today it raised $250 million in a first funding round that set its post-money valuation at $1.8

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