Catalant’s funding tops $73M with a fresh $41M Series D
Catalant Technologies, a Boston-based company that connects major organizations with a network of experts for on-demand business needs, raised a $41 million Series D this week. This round will help the company continue growing its stable of on-demand experts who work with clients on a variety of business needs including research, strategy, marketing, finance, sales, operations and product initiatives. The Series D round was co-led by Highland Capital Partners and General Catalyst. [Built In Boston]
CloudHealth Technologies lands a $46M Series D
CloudHealth Technologies total funding tops $86 million in capital with a fresh $46 million Series D, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a backer of Google and Amazon. CloudHealth’s software analyzes data about a company's cloud usage, helping optimize computing infrastructure. The company, which expects to have 250 employees worldwide by the end of 2017, is looking to fill roles in engineering and sales. [Boston Business Journal]
VMware joins growing Downtown Crossing tech hub
VMware is the latest company to join the expanding tech hub at Lafayette City Center, located in the heart of Downtown Crossing. The software company, which provides cloud and virtualization services, will occupy a 37,948-square-foot office space. VMware will have approximately 200 employees coming over to LCC from their former Cambridge location. [Press Release]
Drift launches Playbooks, a new way to get more sales meetings
Boston-based Drift is introducing Playbooks, pre-packaged campaigns that are designed to help companies achieve their specific marketing and sales goals. How does it work? When a visitor comes to a company’s website, intelligent sales assistant LeadBot will capture that visitor’s contact information and qualify the lead based on the questions that matter to your business, like industry. If the visitor is a good fit, LeadBot will then pass that lead onto a sales reps based on the routing rules you set, like territory. [Press Release]
EnerNOC gets acquired for over $300M
Boston’s EnerNOC announced that it will be acquired for over $300 million by an Italian multinational energy company. The Boston-based provider of energy intelligence software said it reached the deal with an American subsidiary of Enel Group, one of Italy's largest companies. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017 pending customary conditions. [BostInno]
