Software testing, software quality, test automation news for financing and acquisition of load testing, unit testing, functional testing and DevOps tools.
spriteCloud, an Amsterdam based software testing and cybersecurity services provider, has announced the launch of a Software Testing Subscription service. The new subscription model allows clients to create a custom testing service bundle that meets their specific software testing needs. Called a Test Stack, this modular service package consists of a flexible blend of functional testing, test automation, performance & load testing, and cybersecurity testing which are purchased on a recurring monthly basis. This new subscription service gives customers the best mix of software testing services for their teams at the best possible price. The result is higher quality software and a better customer experience through more consistent software testing.
Qualitest software testing and quality assurance company has acquired AI and machine learning company AlgoTrace for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition marks the first step of Qualitest’s growth strategy following an investment from Bridgepoint earlier this year.
ProdPerfect, a provider of autonomous end-to-end (E2E) web application testing solution, has announced a $13 million Series A round led by Anthos Capital with the participation of Fika Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, and Acrew Capital.
Autify software testing record and playback platform vendor announced a $2.5 million seed round led by Global Brain, SalesForce Ventures and Archetype Ventures, raising total capital to over $3 million. The funding will be used in part to support the company’s global and U.S.expansion.
GitLab DevOps solution vendor has completed a $268 million Series E round of fundraising that pushed the company’s valuation to $2.75 billion. This latest funding round was led by existing investors Goldman Sachs and ICONIQ, but also included participation from nine new-to-GitLab investors.
SmartBear has announced the acquisition of Bitbar, a provider of mobile app test automation platform and device cloud. No financial terms were disclosed. Crunchbase puts Bitbar’s value at about $3 million. In the past months, SmartBear already acquired Cucumber Ltd, Hiptest and Zephyr.
The RisingSTAR Award, supported by EuroSTAR Conferences, James Lyndsay and Bart Knaack, was created to stimulate innovation and encourage new ideas in the software testing industry. The RisingSTAR brings together many of the most influential testing minds as a supporting group to help develop winning ideas for the overall benefit of the industry.
