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Zingtree turns complex customer service processes into clear action plans
Customer service is making and breaking companies over the past two years as shopping moved online and consumers wanted more out of the traditional service companies were offering. Zingtree provides i
Avoma puts new capital to use making meetings work smarter
Avoma aims to set it apart from competitors by bringing meeting management, AI assistant and conversation intelligence into one tool.
Bridgit secures $24M CAD in funding to provide construction companies with ‘workforce intelligence’
Bridgit, a “workforce intelligence” technology company that is focused on the construction industry, announced today that it has raised CAD$24 million, or about US$19.4 million, in Series B fundin
Interactio, a remote interpretation platform, grabs $30M after seeing 12x growth during COVID-19
Interactio, a remote interpretation platform whose customers include massive institutions like the United Nations, European Commission and Parliament along with corporates like BMW, JP Morgan and Micr
Populus AI plots expansion with $5M in new funding
The wave of shared electric scooters that swept through cities several years ago helped Populus AI get its start. Now, surging demand for delivery — and the pressure it places on curb space — is h
Storm Ventures promotes Pascale Diaine and Frederik Groce to partners
Storm Ventures, a venture firm that focuses on early-stage B2B enterprise startups, announced this week that it has promoted Pascale Diaine and Frederik Groce to partners at the firm. The two new part
InEvent raises $2M for its virtual conference platform
InEvent, a startup powering virtual and hybrid events, is announcing that it has raised $2 million in seed funding from Storm Ventures. That’s just a tiny fraction of the $125 million that onlin
Krisp snags $5M A round as demand grows for its voice-isolating algorithm
Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech, which silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls, arrived just in time. The company got out in front of the global shift to virtual presence,
Nvidia acquires data storage and management platform SwiftStack
Nvidia today announced that it has acquired SwiftStack, a software-centric data storage and management platform that supports public cloud, on-premises and edge deployments. The company’s recent
Storm Ventures just closed its sixth fund with $130 million
Storm Ventures, a now 19-year-old, Sand Hill Road venture firm in Menlo Park, Ca., has closed on $130.4 million, shows a new SEC filing. The outfit began its fundraising late last year, according to a
Honeycomb.io raises $11.4M to help developers observe and debug their apps
As companies continue to expand the number of cloud-based tools and apps that are used to run their businesses, DevOps continues to grow as a field of IT to help developers meet those demands. In one
SexTech, Kobalt, sales efficiency, philanthropy and ethics, Brexit, and startup growth tactics
Tech startups want to destigmatize sex Sex, despite being one of the most fundamental human experiences, is still one of those businesses that some advertisers reject, banks are hesitant to financiall
Calculating sales efficiency in a startup: The magic number that will help you scale
Sales efficiency is the best way to understand the economics of a business. It answers whether a business can ever scale. The harsh truth is, if it can't scale, investors won’t be interested...
Workato raises $25M for its integration platform
Workato, a startup that offers an integration and automation platform for businesses that competes with the likes of MuleSoft, SnapLogic and Microsoft’s Logic Apps, today announced that it has
81% of VC firms don’t have a single black investor — BLCK VC wants to change that
There's a new group focused on supporting black investors.
Meet Alchemist Accelerator’s latest demo day cohort
An IoT-enabled lab for cannabis farmers, a system for catching drones mid-flight and the Internet of Cows are a few of the 17 startups exhibiting today at Alchemist Accelerator’s 18th demo day.
Storm Ventures brings on two new partners at enterprise-focused firm
In a town full of venture capital firms, Storm Ventures has made its mark with a singular focus on the enterprise. This week, the company announced it has taken on two freshly minted partners, Arun Pe
AirPR raises $5M to bring more data to PR
AirPR is announcing that it has raised $5 million in Series B funding. The company started out as a marketplace that matched up startups with public relations professionals, but is focus has since shi
Logikcull raises $10M to let lawyers analyze documents at the speed of a thousand interns
As entertaining and interesting as made-for-TV lawsuits (like the O.J trial) are, they always leave out one key element. The hundreds of hours of research that goes on behind the scenes to prepare fo
CareSkore gets $4.3M to bring machine learning to preventive care
Among other things, CareSkore wants to use machine learning to anticipate mortality. However, the newly endowed platform is more than just a Facebook poll that tells you how you’ll meet your