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As schools stay closed and summer camp seems more like a germscape than an escape, students are staying at home for the foreseeable future and have shifted learning to their living rooms. Now, Norwegian educational gaming company Kahoot — the popular platform with 1.3 billion active users and over 100 million games (most created by …
June 11, 2020 | by RaheelSteve Sloane Contributor Share on Twitter Steve Sloane is a partner at Menlo Ventures where he invests in inflection-stage companies. More posts by this contributor The shift to collaborative robots means the rise of robotics as a service In both the private and public markets, valuations for B2B software companies continue to climb. The average …
June 11, 2020 | by RaheelAs companies struggle to find ways to control costs in today’s economy, understanding what you are spending on SaaS tools is paramount. That’s precisely what early-stage startup Quolum is attempting to do, and today it announced a $2.75 million seed round. Surge (a division of Sequoia Capital India) and Nexus Venture Partners led the round, …
June 11, 2020 | by RaheelNo business is immune to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve seen Airbnb — a company particularly susceptible to this black swan event — go through an insane design sprint. Even enterprise collaboration tools have felt it, with Box readjusting its product road map to focus on how the tool worked for remote employees. …
June 11, 2020 | by RaheelAs Uber and Lyft reached their public-market nadir in mid-March, you would have been forgiven for thinking they were heading under. If the markets are somewhat efficient, why else would America’s top two ride-hailing companies shed two-thirds and three-quarters of their value, respectively, in just over a month? As we know now, both companies quickly …
June 11, 2020 | by RaheelEnterprise automation startup JIFFY.ai announced today it has raised $18 million in Series A funding for product development and expansion into new markets around the world. The round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Rebright Partners and W250 Venture Fund. A roster of executives from tech companies also invested, including AssetMarket chief …
June 11, 2020 | by RaheelOnline abuse in its many forms on social media is in the spotlight these days as it has never been before: Not only can strong and hateful words be directly harmful to individuals, but their use fans the flames around hate groups and other extremists, fomenting even stronger (and often tragic) responses offline, too. Today, …
June 11, 2020 | by RaheelIt’s no surprise that the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the digital health space, and so it’s also no surprise that a lot of the startups in this area are currently getting funded. Conversa Health, a Portland, Oregon-based startup that provides a virtual care and communication platform for personalized healthcare, is among these startups. The company …
June 11, 2020 | by RaheelSpace is a relatively niche area of tech investing in the best of times, but COVID-19 has redrawn the landscape. What do investors who are active in this sector think about what’s changed, what hasn’t and what’s coming in the future? We caught up with nine top investors in the space market to collect their …
June 11, 2020 | by RaheelAPIs provide a way to build connections to a set of disparate applications and data sources, and can help simplify a lot of the complex integration issues companies face. Postman has built an enterprise API platform and today it got rewarded with a $150 million Series C investment on a whopping $2 billion valuation — …
June 11, 2020 | by Raheel