Barbershop technology startup theCut sharpens its platform with new $4.5M round

The mobile app that provides information and reviews on barbers for potential customers while also managing appointments, mobile payments and pricing on the back end for barbers. Continue reading Barbershop technology startup theCut sharpens its platform with new $4.5M round

Customer experience startup Clootrack raises $4M, helps brands see through their customers’ eyes

Clootrack is a real-time customer experience analytics platform that helps brands understand why customers stay or churn Continue reading Customer experience startup Clootrack raises $4M, helps brands see through their customers’ eyes

Box, Zoom chief product officers discuss how the changing workplace drove their latest collaboration

Their newest collaboration is the Box app for Zoom, a new type of in-product integration that allows users to bring apps into a Zoom meeting to provide the full Box experience. Continue reading Box, Zoom chief product officers discuss how the changing workplace drove their latest collaboration

Pixalate tunes into $18.1M for fraud prevention in television, mobile advertising

Pixalate provides fraud protection, privacy and compliance analytics for connected television and mobile advertising. Continue reading Pixalate tunes into $18.1M for fraud prevention in television, mobile advertising

Goodcall picks up $4M, Yelp partnership to answer merchant inbound calls

Goodcall’s free cloud-based conversational platform leverages artificial intelligence to manage incoming business phone calls and boost customer service while assisting to other patrons. Continue reading Goodcall picks up $4M, Yelp partnership to answer merchant inbound calls

PayEm comes out of stealth with $27M and its answer to the expense report

The platform gives company finance teams a real-time look at what items employees are asking for funds to buy, and what is actually being spent. Continue reading PayEm comes out of stealth with $27M and its answer to the expense report

Extra Crunch roundup: Toast and Freshbook S-1s, pre-pitch tips, flexible funding lessons

The digital transformation currently sweeping society has likely reached your favorite local restaurant. Since 2013, Boston-based Toast has offered bars and eateries a software platform that lets them manage orders, payments and deliveries. Over the last year, its customers have processed more than $38 billion in gross payment volume, so Alex Wilhelm analyzed the company’s […] Continue reading Extra Crunch roundup: Toast and Freshbook S-1s, pre-pitch tips, flexible funding lessons

Octane banks $2M for flexible billing software

Octane, a metered SaaS billing system, helps vendors create a plan, monitor usage and charge in a similar way to Snowflake and AWS. Continue reading Octane banks $2M for flexible billing software

Sales experience platform Walnut raises $15M to improve product demonstrations

Walnut’s a no-code platform enables customers to create customized product demonstrations, integrate them into their sales and marketing processes and then generate insights from the demos. Continue reading Sales experience platform Walnut raises $15M to improve product demonstrations