Author Archives: Ingrid Lunden

Airwallex raises $200M at a $4B valuation to double down on business banking

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Business, now more than ever before, is going digital, and today a startup that’s building a vertically integrated solution to meet business banking needs is announcing a big round of funding to tap into the opportunity. Airwallex — which provides business banking services both directly to businesses themselves, as well as via a set of […] Continue reading Airwallex raises $200M at a $4B valuation to double down on business banking→

Tyk raises $35M for its open-source, open-ended approach to enterprise API management

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APIs are the grease turning the gears and wheels for many organizations’ IT systems today, but as APIs grow in number and use, tracking how they work (or don’t work) together can become complex and potentially critical if something goes awry. Now, a startup that has built an innovative way to help with this is […] Continue reading Tyk raises $35M for its open-source, open-ended approach to enterprise API management→

The Org nabs $20M led by Tiger Global to expand its platform based on public organizational charts

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LinkedIn normalized the idea of making people’s resume’s visible to anyone who wanted to look at them, and today a startup that’s hoping to do the same for companies and how they are organized and run is announcing some funding. The Org, which wants to build a global, publicly-viewable database of company organizational charts — […] Continue reading The Org nabs $20M led by Tiger Global to expand its platform based on public organizational charts→

Matillion raises $150M at a $1.5B valuation for its low-code approach to integrating disparate data sources

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Businesses and the tech companies that serve them are run on data. At best, it can be used to help with decision-making, to understand how well or badly an organization is doing, and to build new systems to run the next generation of services. At its most challenging, though, data can represent a real headache: […] Continue reading Matillion raises $150M at a $1.5B valuation for its low-code approach to integrating disparate data sources→

Glassdoor acquires Fishbowl, a semi-anonymous social network and job board, to square up to LinkedIn

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While LinkedIn doubles down on creators to bring a more human, less manicured element to its networking platform for professionals, a company that has built a reputation for publishing primarily the more messy and human impressions of work life has made an acquisition that might help it compete better with LinkedIn. Glassdoor, the platform that […] Continue reading Glassdoor acquires Fishbowl, a semi-anonymous social network and job board, to square up to LinkedIn→

LinkedIn is launching its own $25M fund and incubator for creators

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When LinkedIn first launched Stories format, and later expanded its tools for creators earlier this year, one noticeable detail was that the Microsoft-owned network for professionals hadn’t built any kind of obvious monetization into the program — noticeable, given that creators earn a living on other platforms like Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, and those apps had […] Continue reading LinkedIn is launching its own $25M fund and incubator for creators→

Sendoso nabs $100M as its corporate gifting platform passes 20,000 customers

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Corporate gift services have come into their own during the Covid-19 pandemic by standing in as a proxy for other kinds of relationship building activities — office meetings, lunches, and hosting at events — that have traditionally been part and parcel of how people do business, but were no longer feasible during lockdowns, social distancing […] Continue reading Sendoso nabs $100M as its corporate gifting platform passes 20,000 customers→

LinkedIn doubles down on development with new learning hub, free courses and new search fields for hybrid working

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The wider world of employment has seen a huge shift in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Looking for a job, finding someone to fill a role, or simply developing professionally are just not the same as they used to be for many of us. So it’s no surprise to see companies that have built […] Continue reading LinkedIn doubles down on development with new learning hub, free courses and new search fields for hybrid working→

Nuula raises $120M to build out a financial services ‘superapp’ aimed at SMBs

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A Canadian startup called Nuula that is aiming to build a superapp to provide a range of financial services to small and medium businesses has closed $120 million of funding, money that it will use to fuel the launch of its app and first product, a line of credit for its users. The money is […] Continue reading Nuula raises $120M to build out a financial services ‘superapp’ aimed at SMBs→

Real-time database platform SingleStore raises $80M more, now at a $940M valuation

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Organizations are swimming in data these days, and so solutions to help manage and use that data in more efficient ways will continue to see a lot of attention and business. In the latest development, SingleStore — which provides a platform to enterprises to help them integrate, monitor and query their data as a single […] Continue reading Real-time database platform SingleStore raises $80M more, now at a $940M valuation→