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European VC firm 83North (formerly Greylock IL), which since 2008 has focused on backing startups in Europe and Israel, has closed its fourth fund — taking $250M in a raise that it says was both oversubscribed and its largest to date, and bringing its total capital under management to $800M. Read More Continue reading 83North closes $250M fourth fund focused on European, Israeli startups
Lystable, a startup that makes a workflow management platform aimed at businesses needing to manage lots of freelancers, has topped up its Series A again — this time with an additional $10 million, which founder and CEO Peter Johnston says will be use to fund a change of business model with a payments focus. Read More Continue reading Lystable takes $10M top-up to tackle freelancer payments
What’s a six year old startup doing entering Y Combinator? Plotting a new growth trajectory after a pivot. Pilot may be a veteran in Silicon Valley startup terms but it reckons the freelance contractor marketplace model it switched to around a year and a half ago is ideally positioned to serve a future of work that’s increasingly fragmented and distributed. Read More Continue reading YC-backed Pilot is building a contractor platform geared for the future of work
Microsoft has offered concessions to EC competition regulators in the hopes of smoothing the way for its planned acquisition of LinkedIn. It announced the $26.2 billion deal this June. Read More Continue reading Microsoft offers concessions to EU regulators eyeing its $26.2BN LinkedIn bid
Microsoft has offered concessions to EC competition regulators in the hopes of smoothing the way for its planned acquisition of LinkedIn. It announced the $26.2 billion deal this June. Read More Continue reading Microsoft offers concessions to EU regulators eyeing its $26.2BN LinkedIn bid
UK businesses that buy enterprise software or cloud services from Microsoft are facing a price hike from January 1. Read More Continue reading Microsoft to hike UK enterprise prices after Brexit pounds sterling
SafetyCulture, the maker of a b2b inspection checklist app called iAuditor, has pulled in a $23 million Series B funding led by Index Ventures. Also participating Blackbird Ventures and Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar, who led its Series A ro… Continue reading SafetyCulture’s mobile safety management SaaS pulls in $23M Series B, led by Index
Microsoft has picked up another productivity app — announcing the acquisition of AI-powered scheduling tool Genee. In a blog post today the software giant said it will be plugging Genee into its cloud productivity suite, Office 365. Read More Continue reading Microsoft buys AI scheduling tool Genee to make Office 365 smarter
Ahoy there gig economy… Lystable, which makes a software tool focused on helping businesses manage freelancers, has closed an $11 million Series A round led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures and Goldcrest Capital. Spring Partners also participated in the round. Read More Continue reading Lystable gets $11M Series A to push its gig economy SaaS in the US
Barcelona based TravelPerk, a business travel booking platform founded last year by a team of ex-Booking.com employees, has closed a $7 million Series A round of financing led by Spark Capital. Read More Continue reading TravelPerk gets $7M Series A to take the pain out of booking business travel