Venture capital

Liongard Raises $17 Million for MSP Software Expansion

Joe PanettieriMay 14, 2020

Liongard raises $17 million in Series B funding led by Updata Partners. What it means for managed services providers (MSPs), business & technology automation.

Content

Liongard CEO Joe Alapat: The ChannelE2E Interview

Joe PanettieriMay 14, 2020

Liongard CEO Joe Alapat describes how Series B funding round, led by Updata Partners, will benefit the Liongard Roar software platform for MSP automation.

Sales and marketing

Cloud Data Protection: Cohesity Raises $250M Series E Funding at $2.5B Valuation

Dan KobialkaApril 9, 2020

Data management & backup solutions provider Cohesity secures $250 million in a Series E funding round & raises its total valuation to $2.5 billion.

Networking

Cybersecurity Firm Mailprotector Raises $5 Million; Doubles Down on MSP Partners

Ty TrumbullMarch 5, 2020

Email security specialist Mailprotector raises $5 million from Ballast Point Ventures. CEO David Setzer vows continued MSP partner push. GetChanneled provided early partner framework.

Mergers and Acquisitions

SAP on AWS Cloud MSP Lemongrass Raises $10 Million

Ty TrumbullJanuary 15, 2020

Lemongrass Consulting, backed by former Virtustream CEO Rodney Rogers, raises $10M. Lemongrass offers MSP services for SAP cloud applications on Amazon AWS.

Content

Application Monitoring Firm Instana Makes Trio of Acquisitions

Ty TrumbullDecember 17, 2019

Application monitoring company Instana acquires BeeInstant, StackImpact & JINSPIRED’s Signify technology to boost software container monitoring.

Venture capital

Automation Anywhere Funding: Will MSPs Embrace RPA Bots for Service Desks?

Joe PanettieriNovember 22, 2019

Automation Anywhere Series B funding furthers Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software. Will MSPs embrace RPA software tools & help desk bots for ITSM?