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Weaveworks Raises $15M

By TechTaffy Desk

Weaveworks, makers of Weave networking and monitoring for containers and microservices, have secured $15 million in Series B funding. The investment was led by new investor GV (formerly Google Ventures), with participation from existing investor Accel.Weave enables cross-platform microservices, and the company says it is increasing its investment in open source, developer experience, and commercial cloud services.

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