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Shopify CEO Rejects Short Seller Criticism, Calls Citron a Troll

Shopify Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tobi Lutke called a short seller that targeted his company a “troll,” in his first public response since being targeted by Andrew Left’s Citron Research last week. Continue reading

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GitLab Raises $20M in Series C Funding to Build Complete DevOps Solution

GitLab has raised $20 million in Series C funding and added WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg to its board of directors, according to a Monday announcement. Continue reading

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Shopify Tumbles as Citron Calls Company ‘Get-Rich-Quick Scheme’

Shopify Inc. tumbled as much as 10 percent, the most in 11 months, after short-seller Citron Research issued a stinging rebuke of the Canadian e-commerce company, calling it a “get-rich-quick scheme.” Continue reading

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Heptio Raises $25M to Drive Enterprise Kubernetes Growth

Enterprise Kubernetes company Heptio announced Wednesday it has raised $25 million in Series B funding. Continue reading

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Cloud and Web Hosting Industry Trends in Private Equity Investment

As the web hosting and cloud computing markets mature, the mix of companies achieving success in raising venture capital has changed. The industry has attracted well over a billion dollars in investment so far in 2017. However, most successful funding rounds have been focused on software rather than infrastructure. With… Continue reading

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