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Onset Financial Saw $42 Million In New Fundings Last Month

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 4, 2020

Onset Financial, one of the nation’s top independent equipment leasing companies, hit a record with $42 million in new fundings in January 2020 alone.

Asana Is Preparing To Go Public Through A Direct Listing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2020

It has been confirmed that project management company Asana has filed to go public through a direct listing.

Why Worldline Is Buying Ingenico For $8.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2020

Worldline SA recently announced it is buying Ingenico Group SA in a 7.8 billion euro ($8.6 billion) deal. These are the details about the deal.

Video Conferencing Company Solaborate Raises $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2020

Solaborate announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding from EPOS and Demant Group. These are the details about the funding.

Utopia Global Launches Intelligent Data Capture And Control

By Noah Long ● Feb 4, 2020

Utopia Global, a global data solutions company known for its end-to-end data quality, data migration, and data governance software solutions, announced the launch of Intelligent Data Capture and Control (IDCC).

JPMorgan Securities Hires $550 Million Team From Morgan Stanley

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 4, 2020

JPMorgan Securities has hired a team of 3 advisors managing over $550 million in combined client assets from Morgan Stanley.

Why HPE Is Buying Scytale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2020

HPE recently announced it is buying service authentication company Scytale. These are the details about the deal you should know about.

EY Appoints Steve Krouskos And Marie-Laure Delarue To EY Global Executive

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2020

EY announced it named Steve Krouskos and Marie-Laure Delarue on its EY Global Executive (GE), which is company’s most senior management body.

Why Cognizant Is Buying Code Zero

By Noah Long ● Feb 3, 2020

Cognizant recently announced it acquired Code Zero Consulting, a provider of consulting and implementation services for CPQ and billing solutions.

PwC And Alteryx Establish Strategic Relationship To Accelerate Digital Transformation

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 3, 2020

Alteryx has announced a five-year strategic relationship with PwC U.S., which includes the designation of the firm as a "Global Elite Partner."

Verbit To Grow AI-Based Transcription Platform With New Funding Round

By Annie Baker ● Feb 3, 2020

Verbit recently announced it raised $31 million in a Series B round of funding led by Stripes.

Insurify: $23 Million Funding And Gene Shkolnik Joins As CTO

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 3, 2020

Insurify, an AI-powered insurance comparison platform that makes it easier for people to save hundreds-to-thousands of dollars per year on car insurance, announced it raised $23 million in funding.

Dropbox Founder & CEO Drew Houston Joins Facebook Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2020

Facebook announced that Dropbox founder & CEO Drew Houston has been appointed to its board of directors, effective immediately.

TransparentBusiness Raises Second Round Through Initial Private Offering

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 3, 2020

TransparentBusiness announced it successfully completed its second round of financing bringing the total amount raised to more than $6 million.

Why Accenture Is Buying Mudano

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2020

Accenture announced it is buying Mudano — which is a strategic data consultancy to U.K. financial services firms. These are the details about the deal.

Relativity Unveils New Pricing Model

By Noah Long ● Feb 3, 2020

Leading legaltech company Relativity has announced its plans for pricing this year to make things easier for customers to take advantage of RelativityOne.

eSSENTIAL Accessibility To Expand Software Platform With New Funding Round

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 3, 2020

Accessibility-as-a-Service company eSSENTIAL Accessibility recently announced it closed $16 million in funding led by Lead Edge Capital.

Alphabet: Revenue For YouTube Is $15 Billion And Google Cloud Is $10 Billion Per Year

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2020

Today Alphabet announced its quarterly earnings, which included the numbers for YouTube (for the first time) and Google Cloud.

Kirsten Benefiel Appointed As CEO Of HSS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2020

The HSS board of directors announced it appointed Kirsten Benefiel as chief executive officer of the company, effective immediately.

Beam Dental Partners With Employee Navigator For Simplifying Enrolling Groups

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 3, 2020

Emerging dental benefits leader Beam Dental announced that it partnered with Employee Navigator, which is an all-in-one benefits, HR, and compliance software provider for brokers and carriers.

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.

FlashParking To Scale Cloud-Based Parking System With $60 Million In Recent Funding

By Noah Long ● Feb 3, 2020

Parking technology leader FlashParking announced it has raised $60 million in strategic investment from the Growth Fund of L Catterton.

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.

Direct-To-Patient Clinical Research Company Lightship Raises $20 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 3, 2020

Lightship, a premier provider of enterprise-level direct-to-patient clinical research solutions, announced it raised $20 million in Series B funding.

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.