Crunchbase Daily: Lyft, NetEase Cloud Music, Tegile Systems, takealot.com, Plume Design, Synack - April 12, 2017

?utm_source=cb_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170412&send_email={EMAIL} April 12, 2017 [Share on Twitter ]( [Share on Facebook ]( /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4fbb7b1a6aea1a7b0f997a1a1e4b0aca1e487b6b1aaa7aca6a5b7a1e480a5ada8bde4acb0b0b4feebeba6adb0eaa8bdebf5afaf9e8bb082 Startup investment picks up in Q1 Funding for U.S. startups ticked up in the first quarter of this year, with investment holding up at historically high levels across all stages, according to a preliminary analysis of Crunchbase data. However, funding totals are still below the highs set several quarters ago, a [Crunchbase News analysis found](. Lyft raises $600M at $7.5B valuation [Lyft]( announced that it [has closed]( on $600 million in new capital at a $7.5 billion post-money valuation. Backers include existing stakeholders Rakuten and Janus Capital along with new investors AllianceBernstein, Baillie Gifford, KKR, and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Qualtrics secures $180M for business analytics Business analytics provider [Qualtrics]( has raised $180 million in a new funding round led by Insight Venture Partners and Accel, with participation from Sequoia Capital. The new round values the 15-year-old, Provo, Utah-based company at $2.5 billion, up from around $1 billion in late 2014. [ ] Recent Activity on Crunchbase [622]( [Funding Rounds Added]( [255]( [Acquisitions Recorded]( [$1.6B]( [Fundings Captured]( [16,466](?utm_source=cb_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170412&utm_content=recent_activity&utm_term=entities&send_email={EMAIL}) [Entities Updated](?utm_source=cb_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170412&utm_content=recent_activity&utm_term=entities&send_email={EMAIL}) [ ] [Advertise on Crunchbase]( MuleSoft is hiring across the globe Join a passionate team of bright, driven people who are taking on challenging work to solve the biggest problem in IT. Learn about careers at MuleSoft [ ] Featured Searches and Lists Name Type Entries [2017 Q1 U.S. based acquisitions (venture backed)]( Companies 227 [2017 Q1 U.S. venture funding]( Companies 869 [SaaS companies that raised $1-10M in last year]( Companies 470 [More Featured Searches and Lists]( [ ] Recent Investments [Lyft]( [$600M]( / [Series G]( Lyft is a peer-to-peer transportation platform. The San Francisco-based company has raised $2.6B in total funding to date. Categories: San Francisco · Transportation · Ride Sharing · Mobile Apps · Peer to Peer Founders: [John Zimmer]( [Logan Green]( [Rajat Suri]( Investors: [AllianceBernstein]( [Baillie Gifford]( [KKR & Co. (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.)]( [NetEase Cloud Music]( [750M CNY]( / [Series A]( NetEase is an online music platform in China. The round puts the company’s valuation at ¥8B. Investors: [Shanghai Media Group]( (Lead), [Creative Industry Private Equity Fund]( [CICC Jiatai Fund]( [+ 1 more]( [Tegile Systems]( [$33M]( / [Series E]( Tegile provides hybrid and flash storage arrays for enterprise applications. The Newark, Calif.-based company reportedly has a 110% YoY increase in revenue. Categories: Newark · Hardware · Flash Storage · Data Storage · Virtualization Founders: [Rohit Kshetrapal]( [Rajesh Nair]( Investors: [Western Digital Technologies]( (Lead), [Meritech Capital Partners]( [Capricorn Investment Group]( More Investments Company Amount / Round Lead Investor [takealot.com]( 960M ZAR / Venture [Naspers]( [Plume Design Inc.]( $28M / Series A [Comcast]( [Synack]( $21M / Series C [Microsoft Ventures]( [ORBITAL SYSTEMS]( 15M GBP / Series B – [FretLink]( $6.4M / Series A – [Cleanly]( $5.0M / Series A [AddVenture]( [Beamery]( $5.0M / Series A [Index Ventures]( [Fleet Space Technologies]( 5.0M AUD / Series A [Blackbird Ventures]( [All Recent Funding Activity]( [ ] Recent Acquisitions [Indie Hackers]( Acquired by [Stripe]( More Acquisitions Company Acquired by Amount [CreativeBug]( [Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores]( – [All Recent Acquisition Activity]( [ ] Upcoming Tech Events [DockerCon 2017]( April 17-20, 2017 in Austin DockerCon 2017 is a multi-day Docker-centric conference organized by Docker, Inc. 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