Salesforce’s Marketing and Commerce Cloud is the company’s smallest division today, so to help beef it…
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ZipRecruiter picks up $156M, now at a $1B valuation, for its AI-based job-finding marketplace
Recruitment websites are some of the oldest and most established residents of the internet, but if…
Hopper raises $100M more for its AI-based travel app, now valued at $780M
Hopper — a mobile-only travel booking app cofounded by a former Expedia executive in Montreal, Canada that…
Security startup Tanium raises another $200M at a $6.5B valuation, less than 5 months after it raised $175M
Security continues to remain top of mind for organizations and consumers, as each day seems to…
Apple adds student ID cards into Apple Wallet to access buildings, buy food and more
The education market has long been one of the cornerstones of growth for Apple’s hardware business,…
Groupon finally settles IBM patent suit with a $57M payment
A patent suit between IBM and Groupon that has been underway for over two years has…
Online education unicorn Udacity has quietly laid off 5% of staff — at least 25 people — since August
Online education is a $160 billion+ industry today, but as it continues to mature, there are…
Lending platform Funding Circle raises £300M in London IPO, valuing it at £1.5B, as investor interest cools
Another fintech startup has made the leap into publicly-traded company: Funding Circle, the peer-to-peer lending platform…
Wimdu, Rocket Internet’s Airbnb clone, to shut down this year ‘ facing significant business challenges’
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But it doesn’t guarantee success, and today,…
Compass nabs $400M, valuing the real estate technology startup at $4.4B
Compass, the New York startup that has built a tech-first platform to take on the antiquated…