Fresh off its $30 million funding round, digital marketing and affiliate solutions platform Impact Radius today announced that it has acquired New York-based Forensiq, a service that helps online advertisers combat ad fraud. The two companies did not disclose the financial details of the transaction, but it’s worth noting that Forensiq, which was founded in 2010, never raised any… Read More
from TechCrunch
When you want to transport an army of mannequins over a thousand miles, your options are pretty limited. You could walk into your local UPS-Ex, but would have to deal with the soul piercing judgmental glare of packaging attendants. Beyond the aforementioned emotional embarrassment, it would also cost you an arm and a leg (no pun intended). Today, Roadie is hauling in a new $15 million Series… Read More
from TechCrunch
As the nature of work shifts, so too must recruitment startups. To wit: JobAndTalent, a startup in the space that, for the past several years, has been touting its matching technology to automatically surface potential job candidates for employers (and vice versa). Read More
from TechCrunch
Canadian startup LEAGUE closed a $25 million Series A from OMERS Ventures this morning. The company aims to put the power of customizing healthcare coverage into the hands of employees without burdening them with traditional complexities. Read More
from TechCrunch
While the tech industry digests the news that LinkedIn is becoming an independently run subsidiary of Microsoft in exchange for $26.2 billion in cash, one renowned figure in Silicon Valley is already publicly celebrating the deal: Frank Quattrone. Read More
from TechCrunch
Ecommerce giant Building Brand announced today that it acquired Waysay, a company specializing in customer engagement tech, including marketing automation, in-app messaging, and other technologies helping big brands engage and communicate with its customers, offering shopping advice and post-transaction support. Read More
from TechCrunch
Storehouse, an aesthetically pleasing and exceedingly well-designed mobile app for sharing multimedia stories, announced today that it will be sunsetting services for its users on July 15. Furthermore, CEO Mark Kawano tells me that the entire team at the app, currently four employees, will be moving to Square.
Kawano was hush hush on specifics regarding the move to Square or whether the… Read More
from TechCrunch
Huge news today in the world of M&A in enterprise and social networking services: Microsoft has announced that it is acquiring LinkedIn, the social network for professionals with some 433 million users, for $26.2 billion, or $196 per share, in cash. The transaction has already been approved by both boards, but it must still get regulatory and other approvals. If for some reason the deal… Read More
from TechCrunch
On a day with a couple of huge deals being announced, we have a much more modest one. OneLogin announced it was buying Portadi, a San Jose startup that launched at the beginning of 2015, for an undisclosed amount of money. In a market with better-financed competitors with billion dollar valuations like Okta, OneLogin is working hard to improve its offering and Portadi helps bring a level… Read More
from TechCrunch
Carro, a Singapore-based online marketplace for buying and selling cars, has landed $5.3 million to expand its service across Southeast Asia. Read More
from TechCrunch