Author Archives: Anthony Ha

Automattic acquires analytics company Parse.ly

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Automattic, the for-profit company tied to open source web publishing platform WordPress, is announcing that it has acquired analytics provider Parse.ly. Specifically, Parse.ly is now part of WPVIP, the organization within Automattic that offers enterprise hosting and support to publishers including TechCrunch. (We use Parse.ly, too.) WPVIP CEO Nick Gernert described this as the organization’s […] Continue reading Automattic acquires analytics company Parse.ly→

Daily Crunch: Microsoft rethinks corporate intranet

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Microsoft tries to improve corporate intranet, Google will offer new smartphone health measurements and 23andMe is going public via SPAC. This is your Daily Crunch for February 4, 2021. The big story: Microsoft rethinks corporate intranet Microsoft launched what it’s calling a new “employee experience platform,” designed to reinvent those corporate intranet sites that large […] Continue reading Daily Crunch: Microsoft rethinks corporate intranet→

HubSpot acquires media startup The Hustle

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Marketing software company HubSpot is acquiring The Hustle, the business and tech media startup behind the popular newsletter of the same name Axios broke the news of the deal and reported that it values the startup at around $27 million. HubSpot declined to comment on the deal price, and while tweeting about the acquisition, The […] Continue reading HubSpot acquires media startup The Hustle→

Weights & Biases raises $45M for its machine learning tools

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Weights & Biases, a startup building tools for machine learning practitioners, is announcing that it’s raised $45 million in Series B funding. The company was founded by Lukas Biewald, Chris Van Pelt and Shawn Lewis — Biewald and Van Pelt previously founded CrowdFlower/Figure Eight (acquired by Appen). Weights & Biases says it now has more […] Continue reading Weights & Biases raises $45M for its machine learning tools→

Following acquisition, Episerver rebrands as Optimizely

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After acquiring Optimizely last fall, content management company Episerver is adopting the Optimizely name for the entire organization. CEO Alex Atzberger told me that the company will be rolling out new branding in the next coming months, as well as renaming its entire product suite to reflect the Optimizely brand. “We believe it’s no longer […] Continue reading Following acquisition, Episerver rebrands as Optimizely→

Soci raises $80M for its localized marketing platform

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Soci, a startup focused on what it calls “localized marketing,” is announcing that it has raised $80 million in Series D funding. National and global companies like Ace Hardware, Anytime Fitness, The Hertz Corporation and Nekter Juice Bar use Soci (pronounced soh-shee) to coordinate individual stores as they promote themselves through search, social media, review […] Continue reading Soci raises $80M for its localized marketing platform→

‘Brandtech’ company You and Mr. Jones adds $60M to its Series B

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You & Mr. Jones announced today that it has added $60 million in new funding from Merian Chrysalis, bringing the Series B round announced in December to a total of $260 million. The round values the company at $1.36 billion, post-money. You & Mr. Jones takes its name from CEO David Jones, who founded the […] Continue reading ‘Brandtech’ company You and Mr. Jones adds $60M to its Series B→

CommonGround raises $19M to rethink online communication

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CommonGround, a startup developing technology for what its founders describe as “4D collaboration,” is announcing that it has raised $19 million in funding. This isn’t the first time Amir Bassan-Eskenazi and Ran Oz have launched a startup together — they also founded video networking company BigBand Networks, which won two technology-related Emmy Awards, went public […] Continue reading CommonGround raises $19M to rethink online communication→

IAC plans to spin off Vimeo as an independent company

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IAC announced today that it plans to turn Vimeo into an independent, publicly-traded company. Last month, IAC CEO Joey Levin wrote a letter to shareholders in which he said the holding company had “begun contemplating spinning Vimeo off to our shareholders.” It sounds like the company has moved beyond the contemplation phase, with plans that […] Continue reading IAC plans to spin off Vimeo as an independent company→

Parsec raises $25M from A16Z to power remote work and cloud gaming

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Parsec, a startup that’s built streaming technology for both work and play, is announcing that it has raised $25 million in Series B funding. This brings Parsec’s total funding to $33 million, according to Crunchbase. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with the firm’s general partner Martin Casado joining the board. Previous investors Lerer […] Continue reading Parsec raises $25M from A16Z to power remote work and cloud gaming→