Paid time off startup Sorbet reels in another $15M inside three months
U.S./Israeli startup Sorbet — which helps companies de-risk themselves against accrued paid time off (PTO) by employees — has raised another $15 million, in a round led By Dovi Frances' Group 11, not long after a $6 million seed round only last April.
Sorbet says it removes the burden of PT
Wise (formerly TransferWise) confirms direct listing on the LSE in early July, reportedly at a $6B-$7B valuation
Following Wise’s announcement earlier this month that it planned to go public by way of a direct listing on the LSE, today the company made the news formal with a regulatory filing. The London-based company — formerly known as TransferWise and primarily in the business of transferring m
Apple to drive China revenues with search ad launch
After launching five years ago in the United States, Apple’s search advertising service finally arrived in mainland China this week.
The feature, called Apple Search Ads, lets developers bid on an advertising slot based on users’ keyword search in the App Store, similar to how Google se
Adtech startup Tomi raises seed funding to make real estate ads perform as well as e-commerce
Industries like real estate, automotive and financial services have long and offline sales cycles and digital advertising tends not to perform well in these areas. The conversion rates are low and because the real-world assets are offline the temptation of advertisers is to buy leads and clicks, wh
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You can share tweets directly to Instagram Stories now
It’s a little thing, but one worth savoring.
If you’re tired of your Instagram feed mostly being a chaotic mashup of screencapped tweets and reshared TikToks, well, those things probably aren’t going away but one is about to look a lot better.
Twitter just added th
Bird launches shared e-bikes and opens its app to local shared operators
Bird has announced the launch of shared e-bikes to its fleet of e-scooters, which it says can be found in over 250 cities around the world. The shared micromobility provider is also launching a so-called 'Smart Bikeshare' platform that allows local shared bike and e-moped providers and tran
Nvidia’s Canvas AI painting tool instantly turns blobs into realistic landscapes
AI has been filling in the gaps for illustrators and photographers for years now — literally, it intelligently fills gaps with visual content. But the latest tools are aimed at letting an AI give artists a hand from the earliest, blank-canvas stages of a piece. Nvidia’s new Canvas tool lets
NFT marketplace startup Rarible closes $14.2 million Series A
You’ve likely seen the headlines surrounding the pretty major decline in NFT sales from the market’s recent peak, with some reports indicating as much as a 90 percent decline in recent weeks. And while plenty of crypto speculators are on the losing end of that rapid decline, others see
Practice agile, iterative change to refine products and build company culture
I firmly believe that principles as much as products drive a company's success. A startup may have a persuasive brand story and good public relations, but if it's internally inconsistent — if its employees and executives cannot identify its central values — sooner or later there
This QR code startup just raised $5 million co-led by Coatue and Seven Seven Six
Amazon revolutionized one-click shopping, and it has a nearly $2 trillion market cap to show for the effort.
Now, a 10-person startup founded by JD Maresco, who previously cofounded the public safety app Citizen, says it plans to make it a lot easier for retailers who sell directly to their custome
6 strategies for running more effective startup board meetings
For many companies in the United States, a board of directors is a fact of doing business. While sole proprietorships and LLCs are not obligated to have one, C and S corporations must. The board's goal is to ensure the best is done for the company and its shareholders. While many entrepreneurs
Want in on the next $100B in cybersecurity?
As a Battery Ventures associate in 1999, I used to spend my nights highlighting actual magazines called Red Herring, InfoWorld and The Industry Standard, plus my personal favorites StorageWorld and Mass High Tech (because the other VC associates rarely scanned these).
As a 23-year-old, I'd circ
Snackpass gobbles up $70M at a $400M+ valuation as its social food ordering platform crosses 500K users
While every food delivery company is trying to get an edge on its rivals with discount codes, faster service, and a turn into the realm of spooky with ghost kitchens and dark stores, a startup built on a lighter, social concept — letting people see what their friends are chomping on, making i