M&A, Strategies, Alliances Ayla Networks has secured $39m in Series C financing for its IoT application platform, targeted at OEMs looking to rollout global deployments. Ingenu and Semtech have joined the IoT M2M Council (IMC), and will sit on the board with the likes of Sigfox, Intel, Orbcomm, Intelsat, AT&T, and Verizon. Lyft might be looking for a buyer, after hiring Qatalyst Partners, a firm renowned for finding potential new owners for tech companies. Automakers are likely targets. Red Hat and Eurotech have announced the launch of a new Eclipse Foundation project to manage edge-devices – called Eclipse Kapua. Foxconn and Actility have partnered to launch ThingPark China, a joint initiative that will push LoRa products to the Chinese market…