Cloud-based inventory and sales management developer TradeGecko has announced that it is now integrated with online accounting system Xero. The Singapore-based company says that the partnership will allow its clientele of small- and medium-sized businesses to monitor financial transactions in real time. → Read More
Stitch Labs is making it easier for vendors to keep track of their finances by integrating with cloud accounting software provider Xero. By doing so, clients will be able to seamlessly pull in sales data from their Stitch accounts and have it automatically appear in Xero. → Read More
Sage Software, facing competition from a host of cloud providers, has sold off $100 million of its “non-CRM,” assets to focus on its core ERP and accounting practices. → Read More
The “paperless office” has been a fantasy of office managers since the advent of the personal computer. While you are probably printing less today than you did ten years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the average office worker still uses about 10,000 sheets of paper per year (the numbers for the UK are similar, too). To make a new push for a really paperless office… → Read More
Bill.com is opening the data behind the business with a new application platform powered by open APIs for third party developers. The new platform allows developers to integrate native apps with Bill.com’s software so finance professionals can access more information from individual customer transactions in real-time. → Read More
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, along with existing investors, has invested $49 million in Xero, the online accounting software for small businesses. It is Thiel’s third investment in Xero. Earlier this year, Thiel and existing investors put $16.6 million into the company. Thiel invested $3 million in New Zealand-founded Xero in 2010. → Read More
PayPal founder and early Facebook investor and board member Peter Thiel has invested NZ$4 million (that’s about $3 million USD) in online accounting software company Xero to support its expansion into the US market.
Thiel, who manages a hedge fund called Clarium Capital, will also join Xero’s US Advisory Board. → Read More
There’s no shortage of bookkeeping software applications for self-employed people and small businesses on the market today, but that’s not stopping startups and venture capitalists from trying to get a piece of that action with fresh products.
GoBootstrap was one of the startups taking a swing at catering to small-business owners with a dead simple, web-based tool that allowed them to manage… → Read More
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