Global trade watchers breathed a sigh of relief on January 15, 2020. After two years of threats, tariffs and tweets, there was finally a truce in the trade war between
Tag: Enterprise
UK’s ANNA raises $21M for its SMB-focused business account and tax app
Small and medium businesses and sole-traders account for the vast majority of businesses globally, 99.9% of all enterprises in the U.K. alone. And while the existence of millions of separate
LinkedIn adds polls and live video-based events in a focus on more virtual engagement
With a large part of the working world doing jobs from home when possible these days, the focus right now is on how best to recreate the atmosphere of an
Atlassian acquires Halp to bring Slack integration to the forefront
Atlassian announced today that it was acquiring Halp, an early-stage startup that enables companies to build integrated help desk ticketing and automated answers inside Slack. The companies did not disclose
MemSQL raises $50M in debt facility for its real-time database platform
As a number of startups get back into fundraising in earnest, one that is on a growth tear has closed a substantial debt round to hold on to more equity
Amazon releases Kendra to solve enterprise search with AI and machine learning
Enterprise search has always been a tough nut to crack. The Holy Grail has always been to operate like Google, but in-house. You enter a few keywords and you get
Zoom acquires Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise
Zoom announced this morning that it has acquired Keybase, a startup with encryption expertise. It did not reveal the purchase price. Keybase, which has been building encryption products for several
Sequoia’s Roelof Botha is more optimistic about startups today than he was a year ago
“I just think change unfairly favors the startup, the nimble small company,” says Roelof Botha. The Sequoia partner, whose portfolio includes Unity, 23andMe, Instagram, Instacart, Xoom and YouTube, says he’s
Daily Crunch: Zoom acquires security startup Keybase
Zoom acquires some encryption expertise, Uber makes a big investment in scooters and we review the new 13-inch Macbook Pro. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 7, 2020. 1. Zoom
As private investment cools, enterprise startups may try tapping corporate dollars
Founders hunting down capital in the middle of this pandemic may feel like they’re on a fool’s errand, but some investors are still offering financing, even if the terms might
Zoom consultant Alex Stamos weighs in on Keybase acquisition
When Zoom started having security issues in March, they turned to former Facebook and Yahoo! Security executive Alex Stamos, who signed on as a consultant to work directly with CEO
Microsoft and AWS exchange poisoned pen blog posts in latest Pentagon JEDI contract spat
Microsoft and Amazon are at it again as the fight for the Defense Department JEDI contract continues. In a recent series of increasingly acerbic pronouncements, the two companies continue their
VC’s largest funds make big bets on vertical B2B marketplaces
During the waning days of the first dot-com boom, some of the biggest names in venture capital invested in marketplaces and directories whose sole function was to consolidate information and
Health APIs usher in the patient revolution we have been waiting for
If you’ve ever been stuck using a health provider’s clunky online patient portal or had to make multiple calls to transfer medical records, you know how difficult it is to
Equinix just recorded its 69th straight positive quarter
There’s something to be said for consistency through good times and bad, and one company that has had a staggeringly consistent track record is international data center vendor, Equinix. It
