Material Security raises $40M to expand business operations and R&D

Material Security has secured $40M in Series B funding led by Silicon Valley solo capitalist Elad Gil, the angel investor behind Airbnb, Coinbase, Stripe and Square. Andreessen Horowitz, as well as several individual tech industry leaders and investors… Continue reading Material Security raises $40M to expand business operations and R&D

OneTrust acquires Convercent to bring ethics and compliance technology into a single platform

OneTrust announced it has completed the acquisition of ethics and compliance leader Convercent. The Convercent technology, 150 employees, 750 customers, and global CONVERGE community will become core to the ethics and compliance offering. The acquisiti… Continue reading OneTrust acquires Convercent to bring ethics and compliance technology into a single platform

OneTrust acquires Convercent to bring ethics and compliance capabilities into the OneTrust platform

OneTrust announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Convercent. The acquisition will build on OneTrust’s longstanding investments in creating the technology fabric of trust within an organization, bringing together privacy, security, data go… Continue reading OneTrust acquires Convercent to bring ethics and compliance capabilities into the OneTrust platform

Have a wacky idea for a home? Airbnb wants to hear about it

If your idea for the perfect vacation is to spend a week in a potato or a shoe – or for that matter a flying saucer – then you may be a good fit for a new competition by Airbnb. The online marketplace is spending US$1 million to fund the wildest new ho… Continue reading Have a wacky idea for a home? Airbnb wants to hear about it

Design may be the next entrepreneurial gold rush

With the shift in the way designers fit into organizations and the way design fits into business overall, the design ecosystem is following the same path blazed by enterprise SaaS companies in recent years. Continue reading Design may be the next entrepreneurial gold rush

Work Life Ventures raises $5M for debut enterprise SaaS seed fund

Brianne Kimmel on her debut fund: “I want to be mindful that I am a female GP and I feel honored to have that title.” Continue reading Work Life Ventures raises $5M for debut enterprise SaaS seed fund

APIs are the next big SaaS wave

While the software revolution started out slowly, over the past few years it’s exploded and the fastest-growing segment to-date has been the shift towards software as a service or SaaS… Continue reading APIs are the next big SaaS wave