Crunchbase Daily: Bitly, Slamtec, Gong.io, Zhenkunhang, ZeroFOX, Deep Instinct - July 13, 2017

?utm_source=cb_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170713&send_email={EMAIL} July 13, 2017 [Share on Twitter ]( [Share on Facebook ]( /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e014d4b5c545b5d4a036d5b5b1e4a565b1e7d4c4b505d565c5f4d5b1e7a5f5752471e564a4a4e0411115c574a105247110f555564714a78 Uber and Yandex combine ride-hailing businesses Uber and Yandex [announced]( that they are merging their ride-hailing and meal delivery businesses in Russia and five other countries. Under terms of the deal, [Uber]( will invest $225 million and take a 36.6 percent stake in a new, yet-to-be named venture with [Yandex](. Rover.com fetches $65M round [Rover.com]( the largest U.S. site for finding pet sitters and dog walkers, [has raised]( $65 million in a fresh funding round led by Spark Capital. Seattle-based Rover says it plans to use the funding for international expansion. 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Investors: [Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings]( (Lead), [Shenzhen Guozhong Venture Capital Management]( [China Equity]( [Gong.io]( [$20M]( / [Series A]( Gong develops conversation intelligence software for sales teams. The Palo Alto, CA-based company’s customers include Act-On, SalesLoft, Sisense, Greenhouse, and Zywave. Categories: Palo Alto · Sales · Artificial Intelligence · CRM · Software Founders: [Amit Bendov]( [Eilon Reshef]( Investors: [Shlomo Kramer]( (Lead), [Norwest Venture Partners - NVP]( (Lead), [NextWorld Capital]( [+ 1 more]( More Investments Company Amount / Round Lead Investor [Zhenkunhang]( $52M / Series B [Eastern Bell Venture Capital]( [ZeroFOX]( $40M / Series C [Silver Lake Waterman]( [Redline Capital]( [Deep Instinct]( $32M / Series B [Columbus Nova Technology Partners]( [Flashpoint]( $28M / Series C [Georgian Partners]( [Lightbend]( $15M / Round [IBM]( [Hutch]( $10M / Series B [Zillow]( [Applitools]( $8.0M / Series B [Sierra Ventures]( [Qloo]( $6.5M / Series B [AXA Strategic Ventures]( [Saucey]( $5.4M / Series A – [Starflow]( 20M SEK / Venture [Fredrik Wester]( [All Recent Funding Activity]( [ ] Recent Acquisitions [GCA Services Group]( Acquired by [ABM Industries]( for $1.2B More Acquisitions Company Acquired by Amount [Vynamic]( [UDG Healthcare]( [$32M]( [Female Funders]( [Highline BETA]( – [Halli Labs]( [Google]( – [All Recent Acquisition Activity]( [ ] Upcoming Tech Events [SYNC 2017: Unbounded]( July 14, 2017 9:30am in Mountain View Meet Execs of Udacity, Didi, OpenAI, Nvidia, VISA and IDG and Get your $499 drone for FREE More Events Start Date Event Location Jul 20, 2017 [East Bay, Berkeley VC and Angel Roundtable]( Berkeley Jul 11, 2017 [RISE Hong Kong 2017]( Hong Kong [More Upcoming Events]( Demo Days Start Date Event Location Jul 25, 2017 [AI and Machine Learning for Government Demo Day]( Washington Jul 19, 2017 [TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-off: London 2017]( London [More Upcoming Demo Days]( Accelerator Deadlines Date Accelerator Location Jul 23, 2017 [RocketSpace Logistics Tech Accelerator]( San Francisco Jul 30, 2017 [Rockstart Accelerator]( Amsterdam [More Upcoming Deadlines]( Don’t see your event? 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