by Anthony Ha | Jan 19, 2021 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Podchaser, a startup building what it calls “IMDB for podcasts,” recently announced that it has raised $4 million in a funding round led by Greycroft. In other words, it’s a site where — similar to the Amazon-owned Internet Movie Database — users can...
by Alex Wilhelm | Jan 19, 2021 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Earlier today, Qualtrics dropped a new S-1 filing, this time detailing its proposed IPO pricing. That means we can now get a good look at how much the company may be worth when it goes public later this month. The debut has been one TechCrunch has been looking forward...
by Ron Miller | Jan 19, 2021 | Business Enhancements, M&A
Citrix announced today that it plans to acquire Wrike, a SaaS project management platform, from Vista Equity Partners for $2.25 billion. Vista bought the company just two years ago. Citrix, which is best known for its digital workspaces, sees this as a good match,...
by Ron Miller | Jan 19, 2021 | Business Enhancements, Startups
When a system outage happens, chaos can ensue as the team tries to figure out what’s happening and how to fix it. StackPulse, a new startup that wants to help developers manage these crisis situations more efficiently, emerged from stealth today with a $28...
by Ingrid Lunden | Jan 19, 2021 | Business Enhancements
University education is getting more expensive, and at the moment it feels a bit like a petrie dish for infections, but the long-term trends continue to show a dramatic growth in the number of people worldwide getting degrees beyond high school, with one big reason...
by Ingrid Lunden | Jan 19, 2021 | Business Enhancements
The pandemic has hastened a shift of most commerce becoming e-commerce in the last year, and that has brought a new focus on startups that are helping to enable that process. In the latest development, PPRO, a London-based startup that has built a platform to make it...