Why Sapphire’s Jai Das thinks the Salesforce-Slack deal could succeed
Who says that chats about enterprise software have to be boring? They don’t, we learned during our conversation earlier this week with Sapphire’s Jai Das, a pleasant time that touched on a host of topics including startup sectors, his investing group’s capital base and, of course,
Mike Cagney is right now testing the boundaries of the US banking system
Founder Mike Cagney is always pushing the envelope, and investors love him for it. Not long after sexual harassment allegations prompted him to leave SoFi, the personal finance company that he co-founded in 2011, he raised $50 million for a new lending startup called Figure that has since raised at
Daily Crunch: Slack and Salesforce execs explain their big acquisition
We learn more about Slack’s future, Revolut adds new payment features and DoorDash pushes its IPO range upward. This is your Daily Crunch for December 4, 2020.
The big story: Slack and Salesforce execs explain their big acquisition
After Salesforce announced this week that it&
Gift Guide: 9+ caffeinated gift ideas for your favorite coffee lovers
Welcome to technewss’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’re here to help! We’ll be rolling out gift guides from now through the end of December. You can find our other guides right here.
The pandemic has meant we leave our homes far less often, and that means
Review: Wireless headsets from Logitech, Audio-Technica, SteelSeries, HyperX and more
With the amount of time you’re spending at home these days, you deserve a better headset. A wireless one that works with your computer and maybe your console as well, with a mic for calls and great sound for games and movies. Fortunately there are a lot to choose from, and I’ve tested o
3 ways the pandemic is transforming tech spending
Ever since the pandemic hit the U.S. in full force last March, the B2B tech community keeps asking the same questions: Are businesses spending more on technology? What's the money getting spent on? Is the sales cycle faster? What trends will likely carry into 2021?
Recently we decided to join f
Zephr raises $8M to help news publishers grow subscription revenue
Zephr has raised $8 million in a new funding round led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (owned by media giant Bertelsmann).
The London-headquarted startup’s customers already include publishers like McClatchy, News Corp Australia, Dennis Publishing and PEI Media. CEO James Henderson t
Revel pulls electric mopeds after failing to make a dent in Austin’s car culture
Shared electric moped startup Revel said Friday that it will shut down its service in Austin later this month.
The startup’s CEO and co-founder Frank Reig didn’t place the entire blame on the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused ridership to fall across shared micromobility services as w
PrimaHealth Credit offers a buy-now, pay-later lending service for elective procedures
The Newport Beach, California-based healthcare lending service PrimaHealth Credit is now pitching point-of-sale lending services for elective medical procedures.
Taking the kinds of financial lending services that have been popularized by companies like Klarna and Affirm, PrimaHealth Credit is brin
Why Slack and Salesforce execs think they’re better together
When Salesforce bought Slack earlier this week for $27.7 billion, it was in some ways the end of a startup fairytale. Slack was the living embodiment of the Silicon Valley startup success fantasy. It started as a pivot from a game company, of all things. It raised $1.4 billion, went from zero to a
Revolut lets businesses accept online payments
Fintech startup Revolut is launching its own acquiring solution. With this move, the company is competing directly with Stripe, Adyen, Braintree or Checkout.com. This is an in-house product and not just a fresh coat of paint on an existing solution.
As a reminder, Revolut already offers business ac
Enter new markets and embrace a distributed workforce to grow during a pandemic
Many companies will not see the uncertainty of a global pandemic as the perfect moment to go international, but for others (particularly in healthcare, online communications, and workplace mobility) the market is stronger than ever and companies are having to respond quickly internationally to both
Grab-Singtel and Ant Group win digital bank licenses in Singapore
Singapore on Friday granted four firms, including Ant Group and Grab, licenses to run digital banks in the Southeast Asian country, in a move that would allow the tech giants to expand their financial services offerings.
The nation's central bank, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), said it
SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time
The world’s food supply must double by the year 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population, according to a report from the United Nations. And as pressure mounts to find new crop land to support the growth, the world’s eyes are increasingly turning to the African continent as the