Collaborate Disseminate
One big theme in tech right now is the rise of services to help us keep working through lockdowns, office closures, and other Covid-19 restrictions. The “future of work” — cloud services, communications, productivity apps — has become “the way we work now.” And companies that have identified ways to help with this are seeing […] Continue reading How Atlanta’s Calendly turned a scheduling nightmare into a $3B startup
University education is getting more expensive, and at the moment it feels a bit like a petrie dish for infections, but the long-term trends continue to show a dramatic growth in the number of people worldwide getting degrees beyond high school, with one big reason for this being that a college degree generally provides better […] Continue reading UK’s WhiteHat rebrands as Multiverse, raises $44M to build tech apprenticeships in the US
With the last year changing how (and where) many of us work, organizations have started to rethink how well they manage their employees, and what tools they use to do that. Today, one of the startups that is building technology to address this challenge is announcing a major round of funding that underscores its traction […] Continue reading Personio raises $125M on a $1.7B valuation for an HR platform targeting SMEs
Small enterprises remain one of the most underserved segments of the business market, but the growth of cloud-based services — easier to buy, easier to provision — has helped that change in recent years. Today, one of the more promising startups out of Europe building software to help SMEs run online businesses is announcing some […] Continue reading Germany’s Xentral nabs $20M led by Sequoia to help online-facing SMBs run back offices better
It’s estimated that there were some 50 billion connected devices globally in 2020, and while that really says a lot about how far we’ve come in tech, for many it also speaks to a big issue: security vulnerabilities, with the devices themselves, plus all the components and services running on them, all potential targets for […] Continue reading Vdoo raises $25M more to develop its AI-based security for IoT and connected devices
As ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft continue to find their feet in a new landscape for transportation services — where unessential travel is being actively discouraged in many markets, and people remain concerned about catching the coronavirus in restricted, shared spaces — a smaller player that has carved out a place for itself targeting […] Continue reading Gett raises $115M more for its on-demand ride-hailing platform for business users
The ongoing push for social distancing to slow the spread of Covid-19 has meant that more people than ever before are using internet-based services to get things done. And that is having a direct impact on digital customer service, which is seeing unprecedented traffic and demands when things are not running smoothly. Today, one of […] Continue reading Glia raises $78M for its integrated, hands-on, AI-based customer service platform
The Covid-19 pandemic and specifically need for social distancing to slow the spread of the virus have continued to keep many of us away from the office. Now, increasingly, many organizations and people believe that it could usher in a more permanent shift to remote, distributed and virtual work. Today, a startup that has built […] Continue reading Atlanta’s SalesLoft raises $100M for its digital sales platform, now valued at $1.1B
Applications based on artificial intelligence — whether they are systems running autonomous services, platforms being used in drug development or to predict the spread of a virus, traffic management for 5G networks, or something else altogether — require an unprecedented amount of computing power to run. And today, one of the big names in the […] Continue reading AI chipmaker Graphcore raises $222M at a $2.77B valuation and puts an IPO in its sights
Businesses today feel, more than ever before, the imperative to have flexible e-commerce strategies in place, able to connect with would-be customers wherever they might be. That market driver has now led to a significant growth round for a startup that is helping the larger of these businesses, including those targeting the B2B market, build […] Continue reading Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools