Moesif secures $12M to provide user behavior insights on API usage

As more companies provide more API-first services, Moesif has developed a way for those companies to learn how their customers are utilizing them. Continue reading Moesif secures $12M to provide user behavior insights on API usage

Scratchpad snags $13M Series A to simplify Salesforce data entry

Scratchpad is an early stage startup that wants to make it easier for sales people to get information into Salesforce by placing a notation layer on top of it. Today, it announced a $13 million Series A led by Craft Ventures with participation from Accel. The company has now raised a total of $16.6 million […] Continue reading Scratchpad snags $13M Series A to simplify Salesforce data entry

Emergence’s Jason Green still sees plenty of opportunities for enterprise SaaS startups

Jason Green, co-founder and partner at Emergence, has made some solid enterprise SaaS bets over the years, long before it was fashionable to do so. He invested early in companies like Box, ServiceMax, Yammer, SteelBrick and SuccessFactors. Just those companies alone would be a pretty good track record, but his firm also invested in Salesforce, […] Continue reading Emergence’s Jason Green still sees plenty of opportunities for enterprise SaaS startups

Zenefits launches new tools for employee compliance and looks to simplify pricing

zenefits documents app Zenefits today said it would be introducing new pricing tiers in an effort to simplify them, as well as add new tools for HR managers to ensure that employees are getting their documents in and they are compliant with regulations. The new tools — and pricing — are another way that Zenefits is trying to differentiate itself as an all-in-one platform for managing employee records… Read More Continue reading Zenefits launches new tools for employee compliance and looks to simplify pricing

Zenefits makes licensing compliance app available for free in the Salesforce App Exchange

disrupt_sf16_david_sacks-3705 Zenefits announced this week, it was making a licensing compliance app it created in-house to ensure its sales people are properly licensed to sell insurance in a given state, available for free to anyone to download from the Salesforce App Exchange. Last winter Zenefits was sailing along providing HR services in the cloud for small and medium businesses when a bombshell hit. Buzzfeed… Read More Continue reading Zenefits makes licensing compliance app available for free in the Salesforce App Exchange

CEO David Sacks on moving on from Zenefits’ troubled past

disrupt_sf16_david_sacks-3714 Zenefits at one point was one of the fastest growing software companies in the world, rocketing to a $4.5 billion valuation in 18 months. It was on track to generate tens of millions of dollars in annual recurring revenue. Then, everything went south, regulators started investing the company, and its CEO Parker Conrad was was fired from the company earlier this year. In short, it’s been… Read More Continue reading CEO David Sacks on moving on from Zenefits’ troubled past

Zenefits gets a small fine in resolving regulatory concerns in Tennessee

 Zenefits has been under fire for skirting regulation, resulting in the ouster of its previous CEO Parker Conrad and a heavy-duty overhaul underway of the company. The results of that effort are now seemingly starting to emerge, starting first wit… Continue reading Zenefits gets a small fine in resolving regulatory concerns in Tennessee

Zenefits halves its previous valuation to $2B to head off investor lawsuits

Fireside Chat With Yammer Founder and CEO, David Sacks Zenefits is executing a change in its current ownership structure that will increase the overall ownership of the company for late-stage investors; it’s a move that revalues the company’s Series C round at $2 billion and looks to placate investor concerns over the company’s regulatory investigations. As part of accepting the new ownership changes, the investors… Read More Continue reading Zenefits halves its previous valuation to $2B to head off investor lawsuits