05-05-16

Ford and Microsoft invest $253M in Pivotal

•Pivotal describes itself as a company that allows big corporations to develop software more leanly like a startup. •Pivotal is only three years old, but this funding round values the firm at $2.8 billion.

By David Holmes1 minute Read

•Pivotal describes itself as a company that allows big corporations to develop software more leanly like a startup.

•Pivotal is only three years old, but this funding round values the firm at $2.8 billion.

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