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Battery Ventures Invests In Two Business Financial Operations Cos.
B2B Payments // April 25, 2021

Battery Ventures has invested $150 million in what it described in a press release as “two complementary, cloud-software platforms that manage billing and automate related financial functions including payments, revenue recognition and analytics for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies.” SaaSOptics, based in Atlanta, provides a platform B2B...

Pressure On Behavioral Health Creates Need For Tech Solution
Healthcare // February 18, 2021

Behavioral healthcare has been underserved during the pandemic. Although the Census Bureau has estimated that 42 percent of Americans reported pandemic-related depression symptoms during the month of December, the sector has had to become secondary to an unprecedented global healthcare crisis. “Physical distancing has consequences...

Ex-Uber, Otto Exec’s Autonomous Truck Startup Snags $40M
Investments // August 08, 2018

Kodiak Robotics, a self-driving vehicle startup, announced that it raised $40 million in Series A funding, led by global investment firm Battery Ventures. CRV, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tusk Ventures participated in the funding round as well. Battery Ventures General Partner Itzik Parnafes will join...

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Pressure On Behavioral Health Creates Need For Tech Solution

February 18, 2021
Behavioral healthcare has been underserved during the pandemic. Although the Census Bureau has estimated that 42 percent of Americans reported pandemic-related depression symptoms during the month of December, the sector has had to become secondary to an unprecedented global healthcare crisis. “Physical distancing has consequences that we need to talk about: isolation, loneliness, boredom, monotony, […]

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Ex-Uber, Otto Exec’s Autonomous Truck Startup Snags $40M

August 08, 2018
Kodiak Robotics, a self-driving vehicle startup, announced that it raised $40 million in Series A funding, led by global investment firm Battery Ventures. CRV, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tusk Ventures participated in the funding round as well. Battery Ventures General Partner Itzik Parnafes will join Kodiak’s board as part of the investment. “Autonomous driving is […]