Author Archives: Jordan Crook

UpKeep raises $36 million Series B to help facilities and maintenance teams go mobile

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UpKeep, a mobile-first platform for maintenance and operations collaboration, has today announced the close of a $36 million Series B financing round. The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Emergence Capital, Battery Ventures, Y Combinator, Mucker Capital and Fundersclub. UpKeep was founded by Ryan Chan. Chan worked at Trisep Corporation, […] Continue reading UpKeep raises $36 million Series B to help facilities and maintenance teams go mobile→

Docket, a platform for organizing meeting agendas and notes, wins Zoom’s Marketplace App competition

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In an episode of Extra Crunch Live last week, Roelof Botha expressed excitement not only about the shift to teleconference platforms like Zoom, but the apps and bots that may spring up on top of the Zoom ecosystem. Interestingly, Zoom just announced the results of its Marketplace App competition, with Docket taking first place. Docket […] Continue reading Docket, a platform for organizing meeting agendas and notes, wins Zoom’s Marketplace App competition→

Sequoia’s Roelof Botha is more optimistic about startups today than he was a year ago

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“I just think change unfairly favors the startup, the nimble small company,” says Roelof Botha. The Sequoia partner, whose portfolio includes Unity, 23andMe, Instagram, Instacart, Xoom and YouTube, says he’s hopeful about the opportunities this pandemic has created for companies across a variety of sectors, including healthcare, cloud computing, social and others. We spoke for […] Continue reading Sequoia’s Roelof Botha is more optimistic about startups today than he was a year ago→

Figma raises $50 million Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz

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Figma, the design platform that lets folks work collaboratively and in the cloud, has today announced the close of a $50 million Series D financing. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with partner Peter Levine and cofounding partner Marc Andreessen managing the deal for the firm. New angel investors, including Henry Ellenbogen from Durable […] Continue reading Figma raises $50 million Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz→

Material Bank, a logistics platform for sourcing architectural and design samples, raises $28M

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Material Bank, a logistics platform for the architectural and design industry, has announced the close of a $28 million Series B financing today, led by Bain Capital Ventures. Bain’s Merritt Hummer led the round on behalf of the firm and will join the board of directors at Material Bank, along with Jeff Sine, cofounder and […] Continue reading Material Bank, a logistics platform for sourcing architectural and design samples, raises $28M→

Atlassian cofounder and co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes is coming to Disrupt SF 2020

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Atlassian is about as ubiquitous to software engineers as Google is to the rest of us. The Sydney-based company, which launched in 2002, develops tools and services for enterprise collaboration and marched efficiently to a public offering in 2015. So it goes without saying that we’re thrilled to have Atlassian cofounder and co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes […] Continue reading Atlassian cofounder and co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes is coming to Disrupt SF 2020→

Human Capital is an engineering talent agency and a VC fund all in one

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Michael Ovitz didn’t invent the idea of a talent agency, but one might argue that he perfected it. He founded the CAA in 1975, and grew it into the world’s leading talent agency, serving as chairman for 20 years. Now, Ovitz is investing in a brand new type of talent agency called Human Capital. Human […] Continue reading Human Capital is an engineering talent agency and a VC fund all in one→

Pepper, a platform for restaurants and suppliers, pivots to deliver food to consumers

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Though the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on restaurants has been crystal clear, many forget the impact this disease has had on food chain suppliers. With restaurants closed, these suppliers — who still have access to tons upon tons of food — no longer have customers. Meanwhile, end consumers are dealing with their own stresses […] Continue reading Pepper, a platform for restaurants and suppliers, pivots to deliver food to consumers→

This startup got a meeting with Mark Suster by getting clever with Google ads

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Startups have done some wild things to get the attention of VCs. In fact, Instacart founder Apoorva Mehta sent YC partner (at the time) Garry Tan a six-pack of beer through the service after missing the deadline for Y Combinator by two months. Yesterday, the ingenuity of startups struck again. Tadabase.io, an enterprise startup that […] Continue reading This startup got a meeting with Mark Suster by getting clever with Google ads→

YC-backed Snapboard is a no-code platform for building internal tools

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No code tools are on the rise, and a YC-backed company called Snapboard is looking to join the fight. Snapboard, led by solo founder Calum Moore, started when Moore decided to build one product a week for a year as a personal challenge. In the second week, he realized just how many apps and services […] Continue reading YC-backed Snapboard is a no-code platform for building internal tools→