Enterprise

Paychex: Survey Shows These Are The Most Important Issues For Business Owners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2020

Paychex, a leading provider of HR, payroll, benefits, and insurance solutions, surveyed 500 business owners with 500 employees or less to gain insights around issues that are more important.

Zinier: $90 Million Raised To Transform Field Service Workforces With AI-Driven Automation

By Annie Baker ● Feb 3, 2020

Zinier, a leader in intelligent field service automation, announced recently that it raised $90 million in Series C funding.

5WPR: Survey Shows Facebook Is The Most Used Social Media Platform Among Millennials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2020

In a survey, 5W Public Relations determined that Facebook is the most used social media platform in the nation across all age groups, including Millennials.

S3 Partners Hires Dean Fabrizio And John Clancy As Business Development Directors

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 3, 2020

S3 Partners, a marketing-leading financial technology and analytics firm, announced it hired Dean Fabrizio and John Clancy as Directors of Business Development.

With A $550 Million Investment Facility, Secfi Is Helping Clients Improve Financial Outcomes

By Annie Baker ● Feb 3, 2020

Pre-wealth management platform Secfi recently announced it secured a $550 million investment facility from Serengeti Asset Management. These are the details.

Obvious Ventures Sets Up $271.8 Million Third Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2020

Obvious Ventures announced recently that it is setting up its third fund at $271,828,182. These are the details about the new fund.

KMS Lighthouse Launches On Salesforce AppExchange

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2020

Next-generation knowledge management system KMS Lighthouse announced it has officially launched on Salesforce AppExchange.

PwC Global Chairman Bob Moritz: Importance Of Upskilling 1 Billion People

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2020

PwC Global Chairman Bob Mortiz recently explained how to upskill a billion people. Here is his take on the initiative.

Stephen Schwarzman On Succession And His View Of The Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2020

The Blackstone Group Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder Stephen A. Schwarzman recently expressed his viewpoints on success and on the markets.

Policygenius: $100 Million Funding And $60 Million In Annualized Revenues

By Noah Long ● Feb 2, 2020

Policygenius, a leading online marketplace for comparing and purchasing insurance, announced it raised $100 million in Series D.

HR Technology Company Justworks Closes $50 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Feb 2, 2020

Human resources technology company Justworks announced recently that it raised $50 million in Series E funding.

Narayan Menon Joins Vimeo As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2020

Vimeo recently announced it has appointed Narayan Menon as Chief Financial Officer.

Why Accenture Is Buying The Workday And Salesforce Practices From Sierra-Cedar

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2020

Accenture recently announced it signed an agreement to buy the Workday, Salesforce and U.S. MuleSoft practices from Sierra-Cedar.

Matt Segneri To Foster Entrepreneurship As New Executive Director Of Harvard I-Lab

By Noah Long ● Feb 2, 2020

Matt Segneri is going to become the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs (i-lab).

Jody Padar Joins Botkeeper As Vice President Of Strategy

By Annie Baker ● Feb 2, 2020

Botkeeper announced that New Vision CPA Group chief executive officer Jody Padar (known as The Radical CPA) is joining the company as Vice President of Strategy.

WeWork Names Sandeep Mathrani As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2020

Office-sharing giant WeWork announced it has named Sandeep Mathrani as the newly appointed CEO of the company.

Regalix Launches Enablement And Coaching Platform Nytro

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 1, 2020

Regalix announced the launch of its flagship platform called Nytro, which is a modern sales enablement solution that combines personalized content, assessments, coaching, etc.

Fidelity Starts Rolling Out Fractional Share Trading For Stocks And ETFs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2020

Fidelity Investments, the largest online brokerage firm with over 23 million retail brokerage accounts, announced the availability of real-time fractional shares trading of stocks and ETFs.

Forbes Names Jessica Sibley As Chief Revenue Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2020

Forbes recently announced that Jessica Sibley has been named as chief revenue officer of the media giant, effective immediately.

Facebook Hires Brian Irving From Eventbrite As Head Of AR/VR Product Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2020

Facebook has hired Eventbrite’s chief marketing officer Brian Irving as the global head of its marketing for augmented and virtual reality products.

Why Deloitte Is Buying Global IO

By Noah Long ● Feb 1, 2020

Deloitte Canada recently announced it is buying Global IO. This is why Deloitte is acquiring the company.

Mastercard Invests In AI-Powered Authentication Company Trust Stamp

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 1, 2020

AI-powered authentication services company Trust Stamp announced it has received a strategic investment from Mastercard.

Ray Dalio: How The Coronavirus Outbreak Is Affecting His Investment Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2020

Bridgewater Associates, L.P. Co-Chief Investment Officer & Co-Chairman Ray Dalio has explained how the coronavirus outbreak affects his investment strategy.

Platinum Equity Finalizes $2.7 Billion Acquisition Of Cision

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2020

Cision Ltd. announced it has been officially acquired by an affiliate of Platinum Equity in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.7 billion.

Syft Releases Version 4.2 Of Syft Synergy Platform

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 1, 2020

Syft, a leading national provider of healthcare inventory control and end-to-end supply chain cost management software and services, announced it released Syft Synergy 4.2.

Hulu CEO Randy Freer Stepping Down

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2020

Hulu CEO Randy Freer is stepping down from the role as the head of the video streaming giant. These are the details.

Evolve IP Rolls Out Unified Workspace

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 31, 2020

Evolve IP, a leading provider of Purpose-Built cloud solutions, announced it released the Evolve IP Unified Workspace. These are the details.

Jama Software Names Marc Osofsky As CEO

By Annie Baker ● Jan 31, 2020

Jama Software announced it appointed Marc Osofsky as the company's new Chief Executive Officer.

Report: Thoma Bravo Looking Into A $2 Billion Sale Of Compuware

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2020

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is reportedly looking into multiple options for Compuware, which would value the mainframe DevOps company at about $2 billion.

Arvind Krishna Succeeding Ginni Rometty As IBM CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2020

IBM SVP of Cloud and Cognitive Software Arvind Krishna has been named as the CEO of the company as he succeeds Ginni Rometty.