Tag: Startups
Don’t panic: ‘Algorithm updates’ aren’t the end of the world for SEO managers
Eli Schwartz Contributor Eli Schwartz is an SEO expert and consultant with more than a decade of experience working for leading B2B and B2C companies. More posts by this contributor In uncertain times, jump start your SEO How startups can use Amazon’s SEO best practices to dominate new shopping verticals…
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Stacey Abrams co-founded fintech company Now raises $9.5M
After co-founding Insomnia Consulting, Stacey Abrams and Lara O’Connor Hodgson started Nourish to address a personal problem. “We were at a meeting, I think for one of my campaigns,” explains Abrams, the Georgia-based lawyer and politician whose voting rights work became a focal point for the country in 2020. “[O’Connor…
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Branch raises $50M to offer bundled auto & home insurance via an API
Branch Insurance, a startup offering bundled home and auto insurance, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Anthemis Group. Acrew, Cherry Creek Holdings and existing backers Greycroft, HSCM Bermuda, American Family Ventures, SignalFire, SCOR P&C Ventures, Foundation Capital and Tower IV also participated in the…
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Aserto announces $5.1M seed to build authorization as a service
Aserto, a new startup from a couple of tech industry vets who want to build an Authorization as a Service solution, announced a $5.1 million seed round today from Costanoa Ventures, Heavybit Industries and several industry luminaries. The company’s two founders, Omri Gazitt, CEO and Gert Drapers, CTO, have decades…
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Pennylane raises $18.3 million for its accounting service
French startup Pennylane has raised a new $18.3 million funding round (€15 million). Interestingly, this is Sequoia Capital’s first investment in France after they announced ambitious expansion plans in Europe. If you’re not familiar with Pennylane, the startup has been developing an accounting platform that improves accounting for both clients…
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Wagely, an Indonesian earned wage access and financial services platform, raises $5.6M
Wagely founders (from l to r): Tobias Fischer, Sasanadi Ruka and Kevin Hausburg Earned wage access (EWA) platforms that allow workers to withdraw their earnings on demand instead of waiting until payday are proliferating around the world. Today, Indonesian EWA startup wagely announced it has raised $5.6 million in strategic…
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