LaunchNotes, a startup founded by the team behind Statuspage (which Atlassian later acquired) and the former head of marketing for Jira, today announced that it has raised a $1.8 million seed round co-led by Cowboy Ventures and Bull City Ventures. In addition, Tim Chen (general partner, Essence Ventures), Eric …
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As the craziness of the night unfolded, and the trades flew, and the insanity grew, and the pockmarked players were picked early and often, a general manager provided the perfect phrase for the draft. The Red Flag Draft encompasses everything: medical issues, experience questions, among others. In fact, it’s likely …
Read More »Workfit raises $5.5 million seed round to be your AI meeting assistant
Conversational AI is pushing deeper into enterprise with Workfit, a new startup promising to make conference call follow-ups and mid-meeting CRM updates as easy as playing a song or checking the weather on Google Home or Amazon Echo. Battery Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Salesforce Ventures and a number of angels joined …
Read More »Microsoft Surface Studio review round-up: Creatives love it
Reviews of Microsoft’s Surface Studio popped up today, and the general consensus from the Internet is that this is one sharp piece of hardware. Microsoft wanted to build a platform that would appeal to creative types — the sort of market Apple used to target — and by all accounts, …
Read More »Win Round Trip Airfare to Fiji!
**THIS CONTEST ENDED JULY 19, 2013** People keep asking me where Mike and I are going on our honeymoon. To be honest, up until recently I hadn’t given it much thought. As sappy as it sounds, our whole lives are a honeymoon. For example, last year in Fiji we relaxed …
Read More »Meet your Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield final round judges: John Borthwick, Charles Hudson, Alfred Lin, Susan Lyne, Matthew Panzarino and Alan Patricof
Choosing this year’s Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield winners will be a tough job. There is an exceptionally strong and unique group of young companies competing in Startup Battlefield next week with 20 companies showcasing their innovative solutions to solving important and critical issues. Thankfully, we have an experienced team of …
Read More »Leanplum raises $29M Series C round for its mobile marketing platform
Leanplum started out as a mobile A/B testing platform but has since built on this foundation to become a fully-fledged mobile marketing platform. The company has now raised a $29 million Series C round led by Canaan Partners with participation from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Shasta Ventures. …
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