Nearly $260 million in funding for 17 Bay Area companies was announced at midweek, including seven deals that were disclosed at Intel Capital's annual global summit in Palm Springs. Click here to read about the Intel Capital fundings. Read below for details on the rest. • ThoughtSpot Inc., Palo Alto, $145 million: New investor Sapphire Ventures joined the Series D round of this provider of search and AI-driven analytics for the enterprise. It was joined by existing backers Lightspeed Venture...