Online lettings service Goodlord will explore ways to expand its services after landing a £27 million investment, the Evening Standard can reveal. Goodlord has raised the cash from Highland Europe with support from Columbia Lake Partners, Finch Capital, Latitude and Oxx. Investors hope the cash will help the company repeat this year what it did last – more than double revenues.
Read MoreFreedomPay, the world’s leading commerce platform, announces partnership with Sephora USA, Inc. the leading prestige beauty omni-retailer, to integrate FreedomPay’s data-driven commerce technology platform in Sephora’s 500 plus stores across the Americas.
Read MoreIn line with its commitment to empowering India to make offline digital payments, ToneTag, India’s sound-based proximity communication and payments service provider, has recently rolled out its simple & secure VoiceSe UPI digital payments for feature phone user, in partnership with NSDL Payments Bank and NPCI, under the guidance of RBI.
Read MoreSwiss augmented intelligence startup Squirro has acquired the U.S. deal sourcing platform open.exchange, and closed a $4 million growth equity funding round.
Read MoreFintech platform U GRO Capital Ltd, which is focused on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), on Monday said it has raised Rs 138 crore (around $18.5 million) as its first impact-focused debt capital from Swiss firm responsAbility. The company plans to use the fresh funds to back MSME-focused companies in India.
Read MorePendo — which allows companies like Okta, Salesforce and Zendesk to onboard new customers or get employees to adopt new software, as well as revealing analytics on that uptake — has been in a position to scale up its marketing for a while. It’s now taking that to the next level with the acquisition of Mind the Product — a platform that many outside observers would call the key community of product managers — which dovetails nicely with Pendo’s mission. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Read MoreAyoconnect, an Indonesian fintech platform that develops application programming interfaces (APIs) has raised $15M in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global.
Read MoreToneTag, India’s fastest-growing sound-based proximity communication and payments service provider is collaborating with Elocity, a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions to solve the payment processing challenges in the EV sector.
Read MorePendo, a platform that helps companies accelerate digital product adoption among customers and employees, today announced Pendo Free, a free version of Pendo that gives product managers access to usage analytics and in-app guidance capabilities, everything they need to answer the key question: "Are my customers using my product in the way I envisioned they would?" Pendo CEO and co-founder Todd Olson introduced Pendo Free during his keynote address at the company's annual Pendomonium conference, held virtually September 16-17, 2020.
Read MoreReveal Mobile, a leader in location-based marketing software, analytics and attribution, today announced the launch of VISIT Match 360, a new product that helps consumer marketing and product leaders map the customer journey and more effectively design optimal customer experiences. As consumers increasingly seek relevant points of connection with brands they like, marketers are demanding the ability to see where else their customers go around the time they make an in-store purchase. VISIT Match 360 enables marketers to understand the customer journey through foot traffic.
Degreed, the workforce upskilling platform, has launched Degreed Career Mobility to enable both HR leaders and people managers to adapt quickly to market changes and evolving needs by matching people with in-demand skills to projects, assignments, and roles. Where skill gaps are identified, Degreed Career Mobility also automatically identifies needed skills and presents relevant learning opportunities.
Read MoreHiber revealed Monday the launch of HiberHilo, a subscription-based Internet of Things (IoT) end-to-end solution for oil and gas well integrity monitoring. The company says this is the first subscription service of its kind. Hiber plans to introduce similar services for other specific use cases in 2021.
Read MoreGoodlord, a Proptech that digitizes property management – and more, has partnered with credit reference agency and Open Banking provider, Credit Kudos, to improve the rental process for agents, landlords and tenants by allowing more accurate assessments of a tenant’s financial situation.
Read MorePintek, a fintech platform providing credit to students, their families and education institutions in Indonesia, has secured an undisclosed amount in a fresh financing round led by Finch Capital. Accion Venture Lab and several unnamed angel investors also joined the round. As per a press note, the proceeds will be used for the expansion of Pintek’s product and tech team, as well as to educate the domestic market on education loans.
Read MoreGet Spiffy is rolling another new service today, launching “Digital Servicing” as a way for auto dealers to provide more on-demand services through a partnership with the fast-growing vehicle maintenance startup led by serial entrepreneur and CEO Scot Wingo.
Read MorePayzer announced today that Payzerware, the All-In-One-Management Tool for specialty trade contractors, is now seamlessly integrated with Profit Rhino powered by Callahan Roach, the leading flat rate pricing software for HVAC and Plumbing contractors.
Read MoreDegreed, the workforce upskilling platform, has announced a strategic partnership with TED to launch TED@Work for Degreed, a learning experience created for Degreed clients.
TED@Work, a new product from TED, offers a library of TED content that has been curated for business, with reflection prompts and discussion resources to make TED Talks actionable for upskilling efforts and workplace learning. Now for Degreed clients, TED@Work has been designed and built natively within the Degreed platform to create an immersive and engaging experience for workers and learning teams.
Read MoreU GRO Capital recently entered into a strategic partnership with The Wadhwani Foundation with a primary mission to accelerate the overall business growth and development of MSMEs, thereby driving job creation. The partnership will benefit the MSMEs present in education, healthcare, hospitality, electrical equipment, chemical, FMCG, food processing, auto component, and light engineering sectors.
Read MoreThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has added four more startups to its regulatory sandbox cohort for digital retail payments, taking the total number to six. Fintech startup ToneTag, Mumbai-based PoS smart card provider CityCash, voice biometrics authentication startup Ubona Technologies, and Delhi NCR-based Eroute Technologies have been selected for the cohort.
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