Author Archives: Jordan Crook

Undock raises $1.6M to help solve your group scheduling nightmares

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Over the past decade, many startups have tried (and many have failed) to rethink the way we schedule our meetings and calls. But we seem to be in a calendrical renaissance, with incumbents like Google and Outlook getting smarter and smarter and newcomers like Calendly growing significantly. Undock, an Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator-backed startup, is looking […] Continue reading Undock raises $1.6M to help solve your group scheduling nightmares→

mmhmm videochat software is now available to all for Mac

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mmhmm, the presentation software developed by Evernote founder Phil Libin, is today coming out of beta. The mmhmm app is now officially available for Mac. The software allows folks to spice up their video calls with the ability to add different backgrounds, play videos, add images, and use filters, among other cool effects. The app […] Continue reading mmhmm videochat software is now available to all for Mac→

Boostrapped Clearfind wants to cut your software spend, for a small fee

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Software is eating the world, and that grub can be costly. As the market for enterprise tools and software continues to balloon, organizations are spending more and more on that software across an increasingly complicated and rapidly evolving landscape. That’s where Clearfind comes in. Clearfind was founded (and bootstrapped) by James Layfield and Jocelyn Simon. […] Continue reading Boostrapped Clearfind wants to cut your software spend, for a small fee→

Stampli, an invoice management software startup, launches a payments product

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Stampli, a collaborative invoice management software company, introduced a payments product today called Stampli Direct Pay. The startup launched back in 2015 with a mission to simplify invoice management through collaboration (and a dash of AI). Interestingly, Stampli said it was uninterested at the time in providing a payments product alongside its collaborative suite, focusing […] Continue reading Stampli, an invoice management software startup, launches a payments product→

Eden intros SaaS tools in a bid to become a more comprehensive office management platform

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Eden, the office management platform founded by Joe du Bey, is today announcing the launch of several new enterprise software features. The company, which offers a marketplace for office managers to procure services like office cleaning, repairs, etc., is looking to offer a more comprehensive platform. The software features include a COVID team safety tool […] Continue reading Eden intros SaaS tools in a bid to become a more comprehensive office management platform→

Figma CEO Dylan Field discusses fundraising, hiring and marketing in stealth mode

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You’d be hard pressed to hang out with a designer and not hear the name Figma . The company behind the largely browser-based design tool has made a huge splash in the past few years, building a massive war chest with more than $130 million from investors like A16Z, Sequoia, Greylock, Kleiner Perkins and Index. […] Continue reading Figma CEO Dylan Field discusses fundraising, hiring and marketing in stealth mode→

Crisp, the platform for demand forecasting the food supply chain, gets $12 million in funding

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Crisp, a demand forecasting platform for the food industry, has today announced the close of a $12 million Series A funding round led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Spring Capital and Swell Capital. Crisp launched out of beta in January of this year with a product that aimed to give food suppliers and distributors […] Continue reading Crisp, the platform for demand forecasting the food supply chain, gets $12 million in funding→

Macro just raised $4.3M to make your never-ending Zoom calls more useful

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In this pandemic world, in-person meetings are a thing of the past. Most meetings these days are done via video conference, and no company has capitalized on the shift quite like Zoom. Macro, a new FirstMark-backed company, is looking to capitalize on the capitalization. To Capitalism! Sorry. Let’s get back on track. Macro is a […] Continue reading Macro just raised $4.3M to make your never-ending Zoom calls more useful→

Nayya, bringing transparency to choosing and managing healthcare plans, raises $2.7 million

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Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator -backed Nayya is on a mission to simplify choosing and managing employee benefits through machine learning and data transparency. The company has raised $2.7 million in seed funding led by Social Leverage with participation from Guardian Strategic Ventures, Cameron Ventures, Soma Capital, as well as other strategic angels. The process of choosing […] Continue reading Nayya, bringing transparency to choosing and managing healthcare plans, raises $2.7 million→

Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan will speak at Disrupt 2020

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The coronavirus pandemic has bruised and battered many technology startups, but it has also boosted a small few. One such company is Zoom, which has shouldered the task of keeping us connected to one another in the midst of remote work and social distancing. So, of course, we’re absolutely thrilled to have the chance to […] Continue reading Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan will speak at Disrupt 2020→