Interviewed, a company that provides simulations for job candidates, has closed a $2 million seed round with participation from YC, SV Angel, Red Swan Ventures, and Jason Calacanis, among others. The company also announced that after six months it have given almost 100,000 job assessments, with that number growing from 240 assessments the first month […]
Posted on September 30th, 2015 by admin
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Much like the evolution of systems design, IT-enabled process change ebbs and flows over time. We see this in history as each technology revolution brings with it a refactoring of business operations. We’re about to see another “flow” of transformation thanks to resurgent interest in artificial intelligence and the emergence of the AI-powered business application. […]
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Today at its BoxWorks event, Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie sat down with Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss enterprise technology and collaboration. Although he leads a company that has been in heavy competition with Google and its Android OS for years now, Cook was surprisingly positive on Apple’s relationship with one of is former nemeses, Microsoft […]
Posted on September 29th, 2015 by admin
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You wait ages for the next gen of pro-privacy smartphones to come along and then a couple of contenders start making noise at once… Today Silent Circle’s Blackphone 2 has gone on sale — with an RRP of $799 (excluding taxes) — a few days after BlackBerry CEO John Chen finally confirmed the various leaks […]
Posted on September 29th, 2015 by admin
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Acquia, the eight-year-old service provider that helps businesses tailor their websites to internet browsers and mobile application users, has raised $55 million in a late stage round of financing. The move comes as the battle to manage the customer experience continues to heat up. Giants likeSalesforce is looking to own the customer experience as it […]
Posted on September 28th, 2015 by admin
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Ross Mayfield said that at his new startup Pingpad, “We’re trying to build the next great productivity app.” Mayfield previously worked as director of business development at LinkedIn and co-founded collaboration company Socialtext. He created Pingpad with his wife Leila Al-Shamari — in fact, they said the idea first came to them when they were […]
Posted on September 26th, 2015 by admin
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CrunchBase, the database of startups, other tech companies and the people who work in them that was originally developed alongside TechCrunch, is spinning out from AOL/Verizon. Emergence Capital is leading an investment in the newly-independent company, while AOL/Verizon — owner of TechCrunch — will retain a stake in the business. The independent company will be led by Jager… Read […]
Posted on September 26th, 2015 by admin
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One thing was clear at Dreamforce last week, Salesforce’s enormous customer conference — something that has become apparent to anyone paying attention. It’s becoming a data-driven world. We are awash in data, but the problem is figuring out what we are supposed to do with it. Salesforce wants to be the center of your data-driven customer […]
Posted on September 25th, 2015 by admin
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Just this morning, CloudFlare announced a $110 million round led by Fidelity Investments, and on stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt, Michelle Zatlyn, CloudFlare’s head of customer experience, told TechCrunch’s Frederic Lardinois the company definitely won’t be IPOing this year — but she hinted that it’s out there on the horizon. When a big round is led by… Read More Tweet This […]
Posted on September 25th, 2015 by admin
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Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr hopes that his firm will find itself at a “50/50” ratio, where it has successfully brought in a diverse set of new partners — a problem that has long-plagued the venture capital industry. He spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015. “I made it really clear even at Kleiner Perkins, where I’m […]
Posted on September 24th, 2015 by admin
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