Author Archives: Romain Dillet

Skello raises $47.3 million for its employee scheduling tool

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French startup Skello has raised a $47.3 million funding round (€40 million). The company has been working on a software-as-a-service tool that lets you manage the work schedule of your company. What makes it special is that Skello automatically takes into account local labor laws and collective agreements. Partech is leading today’s funding round. Existing […] Continue reading Skello raises $47.3 million for its employee scheduling tool→

Front introduces customer-centric features with deeper CRM integration

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Customer communication platform Front is holding an event today to introduce three new features. These new features focus on showing you more information about your customers right from Front’s user interface. If you’re not familiar with Front, the company started as a shared email inbox product so that you can interact with incoming emails as […] Continue reading Front introduces customer-centric features with deeper CRM integration→

Front introduces customer-centric features with deeper CRM integration

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Customer communication platform Front is holding an event today to introduce three new features. These new features focus on showing you more information about your customers right from Front’s user interface. If you’re not familiar with Front, the company started as a shared email inbox product so that you can interact with incoming emails as […] Continue reading Front introduces customer-centric features with deeper CRM integration→

Ledgy is an equity management tool for European startups

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Every startup founder faces the same issue — how do you manage your cap table and equity plans in a transparent and lightweight manner? If you’re based in the U.S., chances are you’re using an equity management solution like Carta. But if you’re not based in the U.S., you don’t have a ton of options. […] Continue reading Ledgy is an equity management tool for European startups→

GitHub previews new AI tool that makes coding suggestions

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GitHub has unveiled a new product that leverages artificial intelligence to help you write code more efficiently. Named GitHub Copilot, today’s new product can suggest lines of code and even sometimes entire functions. GitHub has partnered with OpenAI to develop this tool. It doesn’t replace developers, it’s just a tool that should improve productivity and […] Continue reading GitHub previews new AI tool that makes coding suggestions→

Mirakl raises $300 million for its marketplace platform

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French startup Mirakl has raised a $300 million funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation — the company is now a unicorn. Mirakl helps you launch and manage a marketplace on your e-commerce website. Many customers also rely on Mirakl-powered marketplaces for B2B transactions. Permira Advisers is leading the round, with existing investors 83North, Bain […] Continue reading Mirakl raises $300 million for its marketplace platform→

Teemyco creates virtual offices so that you can grab a room and talk with colleagues

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Meet Teemyco, a Stockholm-based startup that wants to reproduce office interactions in a virtual environment. The company wants to foster spontaneous interactions and casual collaboration with a room-based interface. Each employee moves from one room to another just like in a physical office. If you’re no longer working from an office, chances are you rely […] Continue reading Teemyco creates virtual offices so that you can grab a room and talk with colleagues→

WordPress.com launches new P2 to take on internal communication tools

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WordPress.com, a division of Automattic, is launching a new product called P2. And this time, it’s all about improving internal communications for private groups. As a remote company, Automattic has been using P2 internally for years to communicate asynchronously. It’s a place to share long-form posts, a repository to keep onboarding documents and other important […] Continue reading WordPress.com launches new P2 to take on internal communication tools→

Silverfin wants to modernize accounting software with its cloud service

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Meet Silverfin, a startup focused on accounting software. This isn’t about helping small startups handle accounting tasks themselves. Silverfin wants to build the cloud service for small and big accounting firms — Salesforce, but for accounting. The startup just raised a Series B funding round led by Hg — Index Ventures led the previous Series […] Continue reading Silverfin wants to modernize accounting software with its cloud service→

Watchful is a mobile product intelligence startup that surfaces unreleased features

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Meet Watchful, a Tel Aviv-based startup coming out of stealth that wants to help you learn more about what your competitors are doing when it comes to mobile app development. The company tries to identify features that are being tested before getting rolled out to everyone, giving you an advantage if you’re competing with those […] Continue reading Watchful is a mobile product intelligence startup that surfaces unreleased features→