понедельник, 19 июня 2017 г.

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – More Slack rumours

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BetaKit


Slack reportedly raising $500 million USD, attracting takeover interest from Amazon


Slack also reportedly has a projected revenue of $1 billion next year.




VentureBeat


ShipBob raises $17.5 million to help ecommerce businesses with shipping and logistics


The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures.




BetaKit


Top Hat raises $9 million, launches collaborative platform to disrupt textbook publishing industry


Top Hat’s Marketplace allows professors to publish, share, and collaborate with peers on course material.




TechCrunch


Submission management startup Submittable raises $5 million


Submittable, which is used by more than 9,000 companies to manage submissions, raised the Series A from True Ventures.




TechTarget


SaaS HR software dominates as cloud HCM systems proliferate


Big HCM vendors have moved decisively to SaaS HR software platforms and are increasingly adding talent management, employee engagement and other new tools to supplement core HCM functions, according to a report from Forrester Research.




BetaKit


Mappedin collaborates with Apple to offer indoor mapping services in US malls


Through the collaboration, mapping updates made within Mappedin’s platform will be reflected in Apple Maps when Apple launches iOS 11 this fall.




Inc42


Goodera raises $5.5M from Nexus Venture Partners, others


Goodera, a CSR and sustainability management platform, raised the Series A from Nexus Venture Partners and Omidyar Network. Former Head of Global Operations at Airbnb, Varsha Rao, also participated in the round.




FinSMEs


FraudScope raises $1.5M in seed funding


FraudScopem an enterprise SaaS platform aimed at reducing healthcare billing claims fraud, waste, and abuse, raised the round from Spider Capital and GRA Venture Fund, with participation from others.




BetaKit


Hootsuite plans to open office in Vancouver’s new tech campus


The new building will become the first phase of a plan to build a major digital media and tech hub in the district.











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