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Salsa dips into $10M to fire up payroll features for software companies
Salsa says it can shorten the amount of time it takes for businesses to create a payroll feature to about a month, and without the engineering complexity.
Greycroft closes on over $1 billion across new funds
Greycroft, the self-styled “seed-to-growth” venture capital firm, today announced the closing of over $1 billion in capital commitments across new funds. The firm’s two flagship vehicles
Bobsled raises $17M Series A to make cross-cloud data sharing easier
Bobsled, a startup that is building a cross-cloud data sharing platform, today announced that it has raised a $17 million Series A funding round co-led by Greycroft and Madrona Venture Group. This rou
9count, maker of Wink and new dating app Summer, scores additional funding
Alex Hofmann once served as Musical.ly’s president, overseeing the North and South American markets for the TikTok precursor, then leaving shortly after the app exited to Chinese tech giant Byte
The anti-Adam Neumann
According to earlier reports this week, Adam Neumann, the famed, controversial co-founder of WeWork, is in the process of creating a vast network of residential real estate properties that — we&
For businesses seeking low-code fintech infrastructure options, there’s a Quiltt for that
Company founders pivoted when customers wanted their fintech data engine over their budgeting app.
Narmi lands $35M to layer services on top of existing banking infrastructure
The banking industry isn’t always welcoming to startups, depending on the market’s outlook. As inflation rises and companies brace for the worst, once-promising neobanks are being forced t
Branch snags $147M at a $1.05B valuation, showing that thorny insurtech market not impervious to growth
Branch, a startup offering bundled home and auto insurance, has raised $147 million in Series C funding at a postmoney valuation of $1.05 billion. Weatherford Capital, a family-owned private investmen
Clozd nabs $52M to help sales teams analyze wins and losses
In sales, a win/loss analysis is the process of determining why deals are ultimately won or lost. That’s relatively self-explanatory, but more specifically, a win/loss review aims to contrast a
Ex-Chime engineers raise $4M for B2B payments infrastructure startup Streamlined
While working as the head of treasury at Braintree, Boris de Souza once discovered a $90 million payment that went “missing” for over two weeks because of poor payments infrastructure. “
Prezent.ai secures $20M to gamify deck presentations
When it comes to presentation creation, PowerPoint and Keynote remain the de facto tools by incumbent advantage. PowerPoint has more than 1 billion installs and 500 million users alone, thanks to Micr
Papaya Global to buy Azimo for $150M-$200M to expand its payroll payments to more markets
Six months after raising $250 million, Papaya Global is making a key acquisition to expand its cloud-based HR and payroll platform globally on the heels of major surge in remote working. The Isra
Tiger Global and Greycroft back Nigerian investment app Bamboo in $15M round
To buy a share in Amazon, you’d have to fork out almost $3,000. It’s a luxury very few can afford and despite the prospects of the trillion-dollar company or returns from its share price, it’ll
ianacare picks up $12.1M to fundamentally change the family caregiver experience
There are more than 54 million family caregivers in the United States. Working family caregivers spend an average of 25 hours a week caring for their loved ones on top of their full-time jobs, and u
Refinery Ventures’ second fund aimed at getting startups to Series A
Refinery focuses on “early scale” companies, a term the firm uses to describe companies that secured a seed, but need that “oomph” to get it to Series A.
Instant grocery delivery startup JOKR bags another huge round to enter unicorn status
The company touts itself as “one of the fastest companies to reach unicorn status in history.”
New capital gives Mosaic Foods additional runway for plant-based frozen meals
Mosaic Foods is removing the "taste" excuse from trying plant-based foods by providing delicious frozen meals that come ready to eat.
Make no bones about it, Fuzzy expands reach into pet care market with capital infusion
Pet item sales topped $100 billion in 2020, driven by the 48 million dogs and cats that were adopted over the past three years.
Expel raises $140.3M Series E for its managed threat detection and response platform
Cybersecurity platform Expel, which specializes in threat detection and response, today announced that it has raised a $140.3 million Series E funding round co-led by Alphabet’s independent growth f
Racket launches an app for 99-second micro podcasts
If it seems like everyone is listening to the same podcasts, that’s probably not a coincidence. Audio-based entertainment and social media is more popular than ever right now, but the medium is stil