Tag: Startups
Harness Wealth raises $15 million to democratize the power of family offices
Family offices have existed since the 1800s, but they’ve never been so manifold as in recent years. According to a 2019 Global Family Office Report by UBS and Campden Wealth, 68% of the 360 family offices surveyed were founded in 2000 or later. Their rise owes to numerous factors, including…
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Demand Curve: Email marketing tactics that convert subscribers into customers
Stewart Hillhouse Contributor Stewart Hillhouse writes actionable growth marketing insights as senior content lead at Demand Curve. By night, he interviews marketers and creatives on his podcast, Top Of Mind. Before getting into marketing, Stewart was a semi-professional lumberjack. He also writes at stewarthillhouse.com. Email has the highest return on…
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A startup’s guide to software delivery
How to lay the groundwork at every stage of growth Rob Zuber 7 hours Rob Zuber Contributor Rob Zuber, CTO of CircleCI, is a 20-year veteran of software startups, a three-time founder and a five-time CTO. One of the biggest factors in the success of a startup is its ability…
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Surgical robotics company CMR raises $600M
UK-based robotics company CMR Surgical this morning announced a $600 million Series D. This latest round, led by Softbank’s Vision Fund 2 and co-led by Ally Bridge Group, joins an existing $384.8 million already raised by the Cambridge firm. It values the company at $3 billion. CMR’s flagship product is…
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Thursday snags $3.5M for a dating app that’s live once a week
Thursday, a dating app that wants to solve problems created by, well, too much time spent using dating apps, had raised a £2.5 million (~$3.5M) seed investment — a few months after launching (in May) its single-matching service in London and New York (and racking up over 52k downloads). Last…
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Jiji acquires Cars45 as it looks to build a future outside classifieds
Once heralded as disruptive marketplaces, classifieds are giving way to transactional marketplaces. Yet, some classifieds in the West like eBay have evolved with time, acquiring competition operating both models. In Africa, this occurrence is happening in part, at least for the classifieds businesses that haven’t fizzled out. Jiji, one of…
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