Enterprise

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.

Amazon: 150 Million Prime Users, $87.4 Billion Q4 2019 Net Sales, $280.5 Billion Full Year Net Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2020

Amazon recently announced its earnings for the quarter and revealed that it now has 150 million Prime members. Here are some of the other metrics that you should know.

Jay Dettling Hired As CEO Of Ansira

By Annie Baker ● Jan 31, 2020

Ansira Partners recently announced that Jay Dettling is joining the company as Chief Executive Officer, effective February 3. These are the details.

Revel IT Partners With Level D&I Solutions To Ensure Fair Access For Diverse Candidates

By Annie Baker ● Jan 31, 2020

Revel IT announced it partnered with Level D&I Solutions to ensure recruiting practices allot fair access and opportunities for diverse candidates.

Microsoft Sets Up $40 Million AI For Health Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2020

Microsoft recently announced it has set up a new $40 million five-year program called AI for Health as part of its AI for Good initiative.

Mobile Messaging Company Attentive Closes $70 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 31, 2020

Personalized mobile messaging SaaS platform Attentive announced it raised $70 million in Series C funding.

Salesforce Hires Doug Camplejohn As Head Of Sales Cloud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 31, 2020

Salesforce has hired Doug Camplejohn as the head of its Sales Cloud platform. Camplejohn is joining Salesforce from LinkedIn.

UPS Partnering With Waymo And Reveals Plans To Buy 10,000 Electric Vans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2020

UPS announced a partnership with Waymo and a plan to buy 10,000 electric delivery vans from UK-based Arrival.

Hyperledger Announces General Availability Of Hyperledger Fabric 2.0

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2020

Hyperledger, an open-source collaborative effort advancing cross-industry blockchain technologies, announced the availability of Hyperledger Fabric 2.0.

Digital Health Company Wheel Raises $13.9 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 30, 2020

Wheel, a digital health company building the infrastructure required for virtual care to realize its full potential, announced it raised $13.9 million.

Smart City Company Miovision Secures CAD$120 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Jan 30, 2020

Miovision, a company using computer vision, AI, and advanced modeling to help cities modernize, announced it raised $120 CAD million.