Pipedrive, a sales CRM startup that was founded in Estonia, receives a majority investment from Vista Equity Partners at a $1.5B

One is the newest European Unicorn, CRM software provider Pipedrive proudly writes in a mailing. But this is not quite true. Although the valuation after the latest round of financing...

Ex Microsoft Engineer Sentenced to Prison For $10 Million Coupon Heist

According to investigators, during his time at Microsoft, he stole a large number of coupon cards and codes that could be redeemed online for Microsoft products and games. He resold t...

Twitter users can now decide who answers their tweets

Twitter continues its efforts to give more control to its users. The microblogging social network has just announced a new feature that will allow tweeters to decide which people can ...

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Nigerian mobile-first challenger bank Kuda raises $10M, the biggest seed round ever raised in Africa

Kuda, a startup out of Nigeria that operates a well-liked mobile-first challenger bank for consumers and (soon) small businesses, is announcing that it’s raised $10 million — the most...

Facebook confirms it is testing a feature for users to connect with their neighbors

Surely you all already know NextDoor, the social network that communicates neighbors with each other, allowing them to offer services, do favors and keep informed about the current ev...

Tim Berners Lee launches Inrupt to regain control of data

Tim Berners-Lee, recognized worldwide as the father of the World Wide Web, launched a new platform for his Solid service with the premise that users will once again have control over ...

Tesla launches its own brand of tequila and is sold out in just a few hours

Tesla continues to expand horizons and market share as it has just launched its own brand of tequila, a drink produced from “sustainable” agave and such has been its success that in j...

Ayar Labs, which is developing optical interconnect tech to boost speeds on high-performance computer systems, raises $35M

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How to Make your Startup Garner Attention at a Trade Show

As a business owner, preparing for a trade show can be very stressful and frustrating, because you don’t know how to attract people to your startup and make yourself heard amongst all...