Check out what's happening tomorrow at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021

It's officially TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 eve, and tomorrow is a big, busy day for everyone involved with or interested in building the next generation of SaaS startups. Top-line industry experts will cover vital SaaS topics — from fundraising and building to securing and scaling. You need a pas

Crossbeam lands $76M Series C as network effect fuels partner cloud growth

Crossbeam founder and CEO Bob Moore founded his startup to help companies building sales partnerships understand their overlapping accounts, using a process called account mapping. He knew that eventually the company would benefit from a network effect as customers attracted other partners to the n

Piiano raises $9M to help businesses protect their PII

Tel Aviv-based Piiano wants businesses to keep their customers’ data private. The company is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $9 million funding round led by YL Ventures, together with a group of angel investors that include Snyk founder Danny Grander, Armis co-founder Nadir Izrae

Cyabra gets $5.6M Series A to launch news disinformation detection analysis tools

Misinformation and disinformation content has continued to increase across social media channels, and its effects have impacted every type of organization, from the public to private organizations. A Tel Aviv, Israel-based startup called Cyabra has built a SaaS platform that measures authenticity a

SoftBank bets big on Pipefy, which just raised $75M for its ‘low-code’ workflow management tool

Pipefy, a “low-code” workflow management SaaS startup, announced today that it has raised $75 million in Series C funding. SoftBank Latin America Fund led the financing with a $50 million contribution, bringing Pipefy's total raised to $138.7 million since its 2015 inception. Steadfast Capi

Stripe backs India’s Clear in $75 million funding

Stripe has made its second investment in India, just days after disclosing the first. One of the world's most valuable startups has backed Bangalore-based SaaS fintech firm Clear, the two said Sunday evening. The 10-year-old Indian startup, formerly known as ClearTax, said it has raised $75 mil

Partner sessions are going all out at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021

technewss events always offer a compelling mix of main stage presentations and smaller breakout sessions that allow more time for lots of questions and deeper discussions. Expect nothing less at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 on October 27. We want to highlight these sessions we have on tap for you. Remem

We’ll be discussing why it’s automation’s moment at TC Sessions: SaaS on Oct. 27th

This year automation hit center stage when robotic process automation (RPA) vendor UiPath went public after raising $2 billion in private investment. Investors who had been a part of that were richly rewarded when it closed above its private valuation. At the same time, established companies like S

Red Hat continues to grow, but IBM’s struggles continue

IBM has been in the midst of a strategy shift with a focus on hybrid cloud and AI since Arvind Krishna was promoted to CEO in last year. Red Hat, the software company it purchased for $34 billion in 2018 has been at the center of it all. With the company reporting earnings yesterday, the financial

Network your way to opportunity at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021

TC Sessions: SaaS 2021 kicks off in just five days on October 27. Attendees from around the globe will be in the virtual room ready to connect with founders, investors, engineers and journalists. Are you ready to take advantage of every networking opportunity to build a stronger SaaS-based startup?

Yummy bags $18M as its expands delivery app across Latin America

"attachment_2178266" aria-describedby="" style="width: 1024px">Vicente Zavarce, founder of Yummy Three months after announcing a $4 million seed round, Venezuelan delivery super app Yummy is back with an $18 million Series A round that will accelerate the company's proposed expansion throughout

Toolio bags $8M in new funding to keep your retail shop fully stocked with the right products

Running out of inventory not only means you are missing out on sales of popular items, but you may also have to wait awhile to get those items back in stock. New York-based Toolio has built cloud-based merchandising and inventory planning software to enable retailers to optimize their merchandise p

Blume Ventures and AWI back Indian exporter SaaS startup SourceWiz

Small and medium-sized exporters in India struggle to communicate their designs with buyers. They can't list those designs publicly on their website or sell through popular business-to-business platforms such as Alibaba and IndiaMart, as doing so would risk giving away the proprietary property

Mission-driven ventures are growing fast during the pandemic

You've heard of SPACs, meme stocks and buy now, pay later, but have you heard of the LTSE, First Women’s Bank and Upsolve? Through the pandemic, a trove of attention has been paid to new market structures and activity that are deemed short term, risky or speculative. Whether they are and