BGV 2021: Year in Review
2021 marked groundbreaking highlights for the BGV portfolio, and for our firm. We couldn’t be prouder of our entrepreneurs, our investors and our team members, and we’re grateful to be able to welcome a few new members to that roster. Looking forward to an exciting year ahead!
Virtana, which helps companies to manage multiple cloud environments, raises $73M
To view the original article, please click here. Hybrid cloud, which refers to a mix of computing, storage, and services across on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud infrastructure, is seeing increased uptake as companies find value in combining local data operations with the flexibility of cloud technologies. Eighty-two percent of enterprises are now taking a […]
A Data Driven Approach to ESG: Bringing AI to the CPG Industry
In 2020, Coca-Cola sold 29-billion-unit cases worldwide. In the North American market alone, Coca-Cola was able to sell 3.34-billion-unit cases of sparking soft drinks. This means, just in the US market, 76.17 billion pieces of aluminum cans or plastic bottles filled with Coa-Cola’s “Soda Sparkling drinks” were sold in the US. (One unit case has […]
TechCrunch: BGV closes fourth fund with $110M aimed at immigrant enterprise AI, cross-border startups
For original article in TechCrunch click here: https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/30/bgv-closes-fourth-fund-with-110m-aimed-at-immigrant-enterprise-ai-cross-border-startups/ Silicon Valley-based venture capital (VC) firm Benhamou Global Ventures, known as BGV, closed its fourth fund with $110 million to support global enterprise companies. The new fund is 60% larger than its third fund and will be invested similarly, in seed and Series A startups focused on what […]
EverestLabs Adds Tracking Technology
To view the original article, please click here. MRF robotics firm says it can offer detailed EPR information to brand owners. Fremont, California-based EverestLabs has now made available RecycleOS, which it calls “the first artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled recovery-to-reuse operating system that helps material recovery facilities (MRFs) recover more recyclable objects and enables consumer packaged goods […]
Empowering Materials Recovery Facilities With Technologies Used by Google, Apple and Walmart
To view the original article, please click here. JD Ambati and Don Gambelin Without actionable intelligence provided by Google, Walmart has no idea how well their products are selling on their website. Likewise, Walmart has its own data that guides Google about making adjustments to advertising spend and strategies based on sales. What does that have […]
Alex Thurber, Virtana, featured in CRN’s 30 Notable IT Executive Moves: March 2021
To view the full list, please click here. Alex Thurber Virtana, a provider of observability platform for cloud workloads, made two appointments: Alex Thurber as senior vice president of customer success and channel strategy, and Jonathan Cyr as vice president of product management. Thurber was most recently chief revenue officer at secure access software provider […]
Industry clouds could be the next big thing
To view the original post, please click here. Despite predictions of a cloud shift accelerated by the pandemic and Gartner projecting a $651 billion public cloud market in 2024, organizations have barely scratched the surface of public cloud adoption. So it might seem odd at this stage to ask, “What’s the next big thing in public clouds?” […]