Beacon

Beacon Software, which acquires niche software businesses and transforms them with AI, raised a $250M Series B led by GC, Lightspeed, and D1 at a $1B valuation

- Beacon targets overlooked sectors with AI-driven automations  — Beacon's model emphasizes permanent ownership over rapid exits

Clearwater Analytics agrees to acquire Beacon, a capital markets developer platform, for $560M, and Bistro, Blackstone's portfolio visualization tool, for $125M

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Beacon, which helps users build custom trading and risk management apps, raises a $56M Series C led by Warburg Pincus

London-based freight forwarding and supply chain finance startup Beacon raises $50M Series B led by Northstar.vc, claims revenue has grown 12x in the last year

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London-based freight forwarding and supply chain finance startup Beacon raises $15M Series A from investors including 8VC and Jeff Bezos

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Uber adds live location sharing with drivers, expands its Beacon program to New York, San Francisco, and Chicago, and adds in-app Uber credit gifting

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Strava adds Beacon safety feature, letting premium users share a live workout with up to three contacts

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Strava adds Beacon safety feature, letting premium users share a live workout with up to three contacts

Your safety contact can see where you're working out  —  Strava, the maker of a popular cycling and running app that is one of the few holdouts in an era of health and fitness acquisitions …

Beacon marketer Swirl raises $18M from Twitter Ventures, Hearst Ventures, SoftBank Capital, and others

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