MENLO PARK, Calif., April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Mainspring Energy Inc. announced today that it has secured $258 Million in a Series F financing round to expand the company’s linear generator power business and operations as it grows in both manufacturing and customer sales. The company also has added two Board members with deep energy and tech industry operating experience – Tom Linebarger, former Chairman and CEO of global power solutions leader Cummins, and Bethany Mayer, former CEO of public technology company Ixia and former Board member of energy infrastructure giant Sempra.

Global investment and transformation company General Catalyst led the raise, joined by Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, DCVC, Temasek, Marunouchi Innovation Partners, M&G Investments, Pictet Group, and Mainspring’s earlier investors including Lightrock and LGT Bank, Khosla Ventures, and Gates Frontier, among others.

Mainspring Linear Generators deliver significant advantages in cost, reliability, and flexibility, including the ability to dynamically switch among fuels. The products are also fully dispatchable, and their low emissions make them easily sited and permitted anywhere. They are scalable from a single unit to a grid-level array, delivering from 250 kW to 100+ MW of power in any increment needed. The product is easily manufacturable and can scale to meet growing power needs.

This combination of flexibility benefits gives customers unmatched optionality in power deployment and has led to the products’ rapid adoption in segments as diverse as data centers, EV charging microgrids, commercial buildings, residential developments, cold storage facilities, hospitals, and wastewater treatment plants.

“I am excited to join the Mainspring Board of Directors at this critical time for energy,” said Linebarger. “The demand for innovative solutions to meet power needs has never been higher, and Mainspring brings a unique and winning solution to the market.”

“Mainspring’s linear generator technology has the potential to accelerate the future of low-carbon energy and support a more resilient electric grid – two important goals for Amazon as we work to become net-zero carbon across our operations by 2040,” said Thomas Selby, corporate development manager with Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund. “We are excited to collaborate with the talented team at Mainspring as they work to scale their business to meet growing energy demands for new and existing customers.”

The two new Mainspring Board members bring valuable operational knowledge and expertise in the power generation and hardware industries. Linebarger, who will be joining the Board on behalf of General Catalyst, is the former Chairman and CEO of global power leader Cummins Inc.  Previously he served as SVP at GE Capital, Chair of the U.S.-China Business Council, and in other corporate leadership roles. Mayer is an experienced public company executive, CEO, and board member with roles at leading corporations including Sempra, Box, HP, Cisco, Apple, and various startups.

“Mainspring is fortunate to have the support of many of the top energy investors in the world, with a strong international perspective, as we prepare for our next phase of growth,” said Mainspring CEO and Founder Shannon Miller.  “This round, along with the growth of our Board, strengthens our capacity to deliver more power – faster and at scale – around the world. It also positions us to advance U.S. leadership in innovative power technology and bolster national energy security.”

About Mainspring

Mainspring Energy began commercial shipments of its innovative linear generator products in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in field operations and advanced development for leading Fortune 500 companies and utilities. With this latest round of financing, Mainspring has secured more than $800 million in financing to advance its goals in delivering innovative power generation to meet growing global demand. Learn more at mainspringenergy.com.

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Industry leaders including Google Cloud, Salesforce, and TIBCO embed CData connectors to power their product’s connectivity

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — CData Software, a leading provider of data connectivity solutions, today announced significant momentum in its embedded connectivity business over the past year. With increased demand for software providers to offer connectivity to a growing variety of data sources, CData has seen an influx of interest from software companies of all sizes looking to embed connectivity into their platforms. This momentum is fueled by the increasing need for AI-ready data and the pressure on software providers to deliver immediate, self-service access to the data sources their users care about most.

Building on the success of its Embedded Connectors, CData has introduced CData Embedded Cloud, a cloud-based data connectivity service designed for small- to midsize software companies. With CData Embedded Cloud, software providers can quickly expand their data connectivity offerings without the complexity of developing and maintaining their own connectors.

“Software providers aren’t just asking for connectivity—they’re being evaluated on it, and this has accelerated demand for our embedded connectivity solutions,” said Amit Sharma, Founder and CEO, CData. “As AI moves from experimentation to execution, product teams need immediate, scalable access to data across their users’ most critical systems. That’s where CData shines. Our continued investment in API-rich, reliable connectivity has fueled strong momentum and positioned us as the go-to embedded solution for modern software companies.”

Introducing CData Embedded Cloud: A Cloud-Based Data Connectivity Service 

Through this service, software providers can offer customers immediate, self-service access to 160+ of CData’s pre-built connectors, spanning SaaS applications, databases, and cloud data sources—all from within their own platforms. API changes, security updates, credential management, and performance optimizations are managed by CData behind the scenes, offering a seamless experience for software providers and their customers.

“In less than two weeks, with only one developer, we had 160+ CData connectors up and running. CData Embedded Cloud just works,” said Sami Hero, CEO of Ellie.ai.

Expansion of the CData Embedded Portfolio

In addition to launching CData Embedded Cloud, CData continues to expand and enhance its 300+ connectors, further solidifying its leadership in data connectivity.

Over the past year, CData has expanded its connector portfolio with several high-impact additions, including Okta and PingOne connectors for identity and access analytics, and a Salesforce Data Cloud connector to support real-time customer data unification. These new drivers, alongside ongoing enhancements to existing connectors—such as expanded API coverage, performance tuning, and deeper functionality—reflect CData’s continued investment in delivering the most reliable, scalable connectivity for modern integration demands.

Strategic Growth and Industry Adoption

CData Embedded has achieved strong market penetration, with embedded connectors powering:

four of the 10 largest BI and analytics companiesthree of the 10 largest data integration and warehousing companies

The company has added a number of new customers across enterprise and growth-stage segments including category leaders such as Google Cloud Platform, VISMA, Infragistics, and Celigo, as well as emerging innovators such as Ellie.ai, Stellar One, and Bluecopa.

Investment in Customer Success

To support its growing customer base, CData has tripled its investment in account management, customer success, and support for the Embedded business. This includes the appointment of a new Field CTO, Rahul Pahuja, who brings over 20 years of experience in management and technology consulting. In his role, Rahul will collaborate with embedded customers to understand their technical needs and develop tailored solutions that align with their architectural goals and roadmaps. Prior to joining CData, Rahul was vice president, client engagement at Argano and before that, director, global MuleSoft business at Slalom.

With continued investment and innovation, CData remains at the forefront of the data connectivity space, empowering software providers to deliver seamless data access. The company’s momentum is reinforced by the $350 million strategic investment from Warburg Pincus and its positioning in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration.

For more information about CData Embedded, visit www.cdata.com.

About CData Software

CData Software is a leading provider of data access and connectivity solutions. Our self-service data products and connectivity solutions provide universal access to live data from hundreds of popular on-premises and cloud applications. Millions of users worldwide rely on CData to enable advanced analytics, boost cloud adoption, and create a more connected business. Consumable by any user, accessible within any application, and built for all enterprises, CData is redefining data-driven business. Learn more at www.cdata.com or reach a representative via email at info@cdata.com.

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Cube takes top-place ranking in inaugural year evaluated in the Dresner report

SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cube, provider of the leading universal semantic layer platform, announced its #1 ranking in the 2025 Dresner Advisory Wisdom of Crowds® Semantic Layer Market Study. Dresner defines semantic layers as “providing an application-independent view of data objects that are critical to the operation of the business. These views are readily accessible from a variety of applications and tools, making them available when and where needed for both operational and analytical use cases.”

Cube’s first-place ranking in the 2025 Semantic Layer Report was based on confirmed functionality and weighted by collective end-user feedback and the analyst’s observations. The assessment includes scores for data integration and access control, modeling and transformation, and performance and optimization. Cube scored particularly high in data modeling and transformation and data integration and access control.

“Semantic layer is seeing increased activity as a use case for organizations trying to modernize their data architecture and achieve the long-time goal of easily accessible and integrated data in a more robust and flexible manner,” said Howard Dresner, founder and chief research officer at Dresner Advisory Services. “We congratulate Cube on their premier placement in our inaugural Semantic Layer study.”

“Known as the ‘father of business intelligence’ for coining the term in 1989, Howard Dresner has long emphasized the importance of democratizing data access and enabling self-service analytics,” said Artyom Keydunov, CEO and Co-Founder of Cube. “This study recognizes Cube’s universal semantic layer as a critical step toward achieving more governed, scalable, trusted, and accessible BI and AI ecosystems. This is Cube’s first appearance at #1 in the report, but it won’t be the last.”

For a complimentary copy of the Dresner Advisory Services’ 2025 Semantic Layer Report, visit here.

About Dresner Advisory Services
Dresner Advisory Services was formed by Howard Dresner, an independent analyst, author, lecturer, and business adviser. Dresner Advisory Services, LLC focuses on creating and sharing thought leadership for data, analytics, AI, performance management, and related areas.

About Cube
Cube brings consistency, context, and trust to the next generation of data experiences. Cube Cloud is a leading, AI-powered universal semantic layer platform, helping companies of any size manage and deliver trusted data with a single source of truth. Any data source can be unified, governed, optimized, and integrated with any data application: AI, BI, spreadsheets, and embedded analytics.

Cube is installed on 90,000 servers and used by over 5 million users. Customers include 20% of the Fortune 1000. Based in San Francisco, Cube is backed by Decibel, Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures, 645 Ventures, Databricks Ventures, and Betaworks. To learn more, visit cube.dev. 

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