Category Archives: CEO

Glassdoor acquires Fishbowl, a semi-anonymous social network and job board, to square up to LinkedIn

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While LinkedIn doubles down on creators to bring a more human, less manicured element to its networking platform for professionals, a company that has built a reputation for publishing primarily the more messy and human impressions of work life has made an acquisition that might help it compete better with LinkedIn. Glassdoor, the platform that […] Continue reading Glassdoor acquires Fishbowl, a semi-anonymous social network and job board, to square up to LinkedIn→

Sendoso nabs $100M as its corporate gifting platform passes 20,000 customers

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Corporate gift services have come into their own during the Covid-19 pandemic by standing in as a proxy for other kinds of relationship building activities — office meetings, lunches, and hosting at events — that have traditionally been part and parcel of how people do business, but were no longer feasible during lockdowns, social distancing […] Continue reading Sendoso nabs $100M as its corporate gifting platform passes 20,000 customers→

Nuula raises $120M to build out a financial services ‘superapp’ aimed at SMBs

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A Canadian startup called Nuula that is aiming to build a superapp to provide a range of financial services to small and medium businesses has closed $120 million of funding, money that it will use to fuel the launch of its app and first product, a line of credit for its users. The money is […] Continue reading Nuula raises $120M to build out a financial services ‘superapp’ aimed at SMBs→

Real-time database platform SingleStore raises $80M more, now at a $940M valuation

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Organizations are swimming in data these days, and so solutions to help manage and use that data in more efficient ways will continue to see a lot of attention and business. In the latest development, SingleStore — which provides a platform to enterprises to help them integrate, monitor and query their data as a single […] Continue reading Real-time database platform SingleStore raises $80M more, now at a $940M valuation→

Seqera Labs grabs $5.5M to help sequence Covid-19 variants and other complex data problems

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Bringing order and understanding to unstructured information located across disparate silos has been one of more significant breakthroughs of the big data era, and today a European startup that has built a platform to help with this challenge specifically in the area of life sciences — and has, notably, been used by labs to sequence […] Continue reading Seqera Labs grabs $5.5M to help sequence Covid-19 variants and other complex data problems→

Spain’s Factorial raises $80M at a $530M valuation on the back of strong traction for its ‘Workday for SMBs’

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Factorial, a startup out of Barcelona that has built a platform that lets SMBs run human resources functions with the same kind of tools that typically are used by much bigger companies, is today announcing some funding to bulk up its own position: the company has raised $80 million, funding that it will be using […] Continue reading Spain’s Factorial raises $80M at a $530M valuation on the back of strong traction for its ‘Workday for SMBs’→

UIPath CEO Daniel Dines is coming to TC Sessions: SaaS to talk RPA and automation

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UIPath came seemingly out of nowhere in the last several years, going public last year in a successful IPO during which it raised over $527 million. It raised $2 billion in private money prior to that with its final private valuation coming in at an amazing $35 billion. UIPath CEO Daniel Dines will be joining […] Continue reading UIPath CEO Daniel Dines is coming to TC Sessions: SaaS to talk RPA and automation→

Simpplr raises $32M for its intranet platform

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Simpplr, a modern platform for building intranet sites (or ’employee communications and enablement platforms,’ as the company calls it), today announced that it has raised a $32 million Series C round led by Tola Capital. Norwest Ventures, which led the company’s Series B round last year, as well as Salesforce Ventures and George Still Ventures […] Continue reading Simpplr raises $32M for its intranet platform→

What are the most common cybersecurity challenges SMEs face today?

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered to be the backbone of Europe’s economy. 25 million SMEs are active in the EU, and employ more than 100 million workers. ENISA identified the cybersecurity challenges SMEs face today and iss… Continue reading What are the most common cybersecurity challenges SMEs face today?→

Only 7% of security leaders are reporting to the CEO

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While 60% of organizations have experienced a cyberattack in the last two years and spend approximately $38 million on security activities, only 7% of security leaders are reporting to the CEO, a LogRhythm report reveals. Yet, 42% of respondents say th… Continue reading Only 7% of security leaders are reporting to the CEO→