Links 6/29: LeadiD, now Jornaya, raises $10 milion Series B led Edison Partners; Gartner on Qlik's products & prospects under private ownership

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LeadiD Closes $10 Million Series B Funding, Changes Name to Jornaya
(Jornaya website)
Round led by new investor Edison Partners.

Struggling Online Makeup Retailer Birchbox Cuts More Staff (Bloomberg)
First Round Capital was early backer, and one of its co-founders is now an FRC venture partner.
Birchbox was the model for the monthly subscription box concept, and I don't know what its difficult path to profitability means for the ones that followed.

McKesson Will Merge IT Unit With Blackstone-Owned Change Healthcare (Reuters via Fortune)

Informa Said to Hold Joint Bid Talks for Thomson Reuters IP Unit (Bloomberg)

Lightning strikes Outlook in latest Salesforce-Microsoft integration
Interesting in that it comes in wake of MSFT-LinkedIn announcement, which some speculate could make Microsoft a more formidable competitor to Salesforce's base business.

Bigger, Not Better — When Less is More for Venture-Backed Startups ( Jayson Tischler / Rittenhouse Ventures via
VC-list)

New Veeva system combines CTMS and eTMF in the cloud (Outsourcing Pharma)

AT&T Completes Its Quickplay Buy (CED Magazine)

Moody’s: To Beat OTT, Nets Must Abandon Linear Model (Multichannel News)

Qlik Sense 3, the Brexit, and More (Cindi Howson / Gartner Blog)

Qlik Privatization Reflects More Competitive BI and Analytics Market ( Cindi Howson | Rita L. Sallam / Gartner)