Twilio delves more deeply into marketing with new tool built on $3.2B Segment acquisition
When Twilio bought Segment last year for a hefty $3.2 billion, you knew it was going to put it to work. Today at the company’s Signal customer conference, it announced a new omni-channel marketing tool, called Twilio Engage, built on top of Segment.
Segment CEO Peter Reinhardt says the new to
Countable brings in $12M for virtual brand communities
Enterprise engagement company Countable raised $12 million in Series A funding so that brands can more easily engage with customers, even in a way that shows a brand's values and stance on issues.
Existing investor Canaan Partners led the round and was joined by Ulysses Management and Global Ca
Stampli, the invoice management platform, launches a digital card
Stampli, a SaaS company that streamlines corporate invoice management, has announced the launch of Stampli Card.
The idea here is that some corporations sign on with vendors who only accept, or prefer to accept, credit card payments. This can lead to something Stampli refers to as “shadow spe
Embrace grabs a new funding round amid unveiling of new mobile data intelligence software
Many companies collect data from all of their users, but they don't know what is good or bad data until it is collected and analyzed. Now in this increasingly mobile-first world, we use our phones for everything from apps to ordering to food to connecting with our cars.
Though these same compan
How startups are turning data into software gold
Storing great pools of data is an increasingly figured-out challenge. Between public clouds, and data lakes more specifically, you can stick oceans of corporate data in any number of places. But leveraging that data into something useful is another challenge altogether.
The analogy that data is thi
Electric, the IT platform for SMBs, raises $90 million Series D
Electric, makers of IT infrastructure software for SMBs, has been on a tear lately.
The company announced the close of a $90 million Series D financing round today. GGV, an existing investor, led the round, with participation from other existing investors Bessemer, Primary Venture Partners, Greensp
Figma continues expansion beyond design with updates to FigJam whiteboard tool
In April of this year, collaborative design powerhouse Figma launched a whiteboarding tool called FigJam. A separate tool and brand from Figma, FigJam allows users to brainstorm and iterate together in an infinite whiteboard experience, complete with voice service to chat it out in the very same to
Valence raises $7M to secure the business application mesh
Valence, a Tel Aviv-based security startup that aims to help businesses better protect what Valence calls the “business application mesh,” today announced that it has raised a $7 million seed round, led by YL Ventures. Stonemill Ventures, the St. Louis Cyber Interest Group (STLCIG) and
Caffeinated, Coatue, Gradient back RevOps to build modern sales stack for startups
Building internal sales agreement software, often known as quote-to-cash, is an expensive and time-consuming process that RevOps wants to take off the plate of fast-growing startups.
Today, RevOps announced an oversubscribed $5 million follow-on seed round led by Caffeinated Capital, Coatue Managem
Zoba wants to help micromobility companies get more rides, increase profitability
Micromobility companies that aim to turn a profit have to juggle running a tight ship, adhering to constantly shifting local regulations and getting as many riders on vehicles as possible. Boston-based Zoba, a micromobility fleet optimization startup, has developed a platform to help with that.
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SaaS’ future will be open sourced
Over the course of the last decade or so, open source changed dramatically. What was once mostly a philosophical discussion about cathedrals, bazaars and the evils of Microsoft — which in turn lead to the people building compilers and the likes of the Linux kernel — became the de facto
TripleBlind secures $24M for a new approach to enterprise-level, privacy-preserving data sharing
Organizations that have made the leap into using big data to drive their business are increasingly looking for better, more efficient ways to share data with others without compromising privacy and data protection laws, and that is ushering in a rush of technologists building a number of new approa
Scribe launches knowledge-capturing software that gets employees on the same page
Employees come and go, often taking their knowledge with them. There are also times when just a handful of employees know how to do something and don't have time to provide a mass tutorial. That's where Scribe comes in. Its software records movement and clicks and converts them into a step-
OfficeRnD, a SaaS for managing hybrid workplaces, grabs $10M
The decentralized reality of office work after the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive plenty of startup activity. To wit: OfficeRnD, which makes workplace management software that’s increasingly geared toward helping businesses provide a “hybrid office” model — meaning the