Sunday December 22, 2024

Pivotal Teams With Lean Startup Founder Eric Ries To Help Big Companies Get More Innovative

 Pivotal, the company launched by EMC, VMware and GE to help companies in their quest for digital transformation, announced today that it was bringing in Eric Ries, the man behind the Lean Startup movement, as entrepreneur-in-residence. Ries’ methodology, which he defined in a 2011 book by the same name, has received praise from a who’s […]

Tokyo-based Sansan Scores $16.9M To Help Companies Wrangle Business Cards

 Tokyo-based Sansan has raised a $16.9 million Series C to help companies store and manage information scanned from business cards. The funding, which brings Sansan’s total funding so far to $35.8 million, was led by DCM Ventures, with participation from Salesforce Ventures (the investment arm of the enterprise software company), and Nissay Capital. Read More […]

CultureIQ Raises $3M To Help Companies Improve Their Culture

 CultureIQ announced today that it has raised $3 million in seed funding. Founded by former SecondMarket CFO Greg Besner, the New York City-based startup offers what it calls “culture management software.” That includes tools for surveying employees and analyzing the results in real-time, as well as a “culture strategy group” that helps customers explore programs… Read More Tweet […]

Lystable Helps Companies Manage Their Freelancers, Vendors And More

 “Supplier management” might not sound like the most exciting problem for a startup to solve, but Lystable might actually be doing something crucial for its customers. As businesses find themselves relying on more freelancers and vendors, Lystable helps them manage those relationships. Read More Tweet This Post

NodePrime Raises $7M In Seed Funding To Help Companies Manage Their Data Centers

 Managing a complex modern IT infrastructure is hard. NodePrime, a San Francisco-based startup that’s emerging from stealth today, wants to make it easier for companies to map, monitor and control their data centers. The company also today announced that it has raised a $7 million seed round with participation from the likes of Menlo Ventures, […]

Asana Debuts New Version Of Its Collab Software, Claims 140K Companies Use Its Service

 This morning at Asana’s San Francisco headquarters, the startup announced a new version of its product, a new brand — logo — and, happily, some metrics about its growth. As you will recall, the startup picked up a new Head of Business from Google on Monday, announcing at the same time that it has expanded its […]

Money Intel Wants To Help Companies Quickly Set Up And Manage A 401(k)

 For smaller companies, setting up a 401(k) can be one of the most difficult exercises — but it’s still one of the most important ones. That’s why Money Intel is trying to simplify that process and make it easy to set up one in a few minutes. For small businesses, setting up a 401(k) is […]

Emburse Looks To Help Companies Issue Prepaid Company Debit Cards On The Fly

 Not every employee, especially those at smaller businesses, can get a corporate credit card — but they still need to pay company-related expenses. That’s where Emburse, a startup that issues prepaid cards quickly to employees, is hoping to help. Emburse works with a card-issuer and a bank to help companies issue company cards with specific […]

Slack Leans On Companies Like Box And Nuzzel To Use “Add To Slack” Buttons For Contextual Integration

 Slack’s true power is being a platform. A platform that other tools can plug into and play nice with. The company says there are 80+ of these types of integrations and thousands of developers hacking away at adding more. Right now, you have to rely on you or someone on your team finding the integrations […]

YC-Backed Ironclad Is An Automated Legal Assistant For Companies

 Launching out of the latest YC class, Ironclad is an automated service to help companies draft, organize and execute common legal paperwork. Expensive legal bills are often an unwelcome reality for young startups. Lawyers charge hundreds of dollars an hour, but are often a company’s only option for correctly preparing things like financial documents and […]