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SensorUp Raises $2M Seed Round to Accelerate Expansion of IoT for Geospatial Platform
PRESS RELEASE: CALGARY, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 5, 2018– SensorUp, a leading Internet of Things (IoT) for geolocation company, today announced that it has raised $ 2 million in seed financing, led by Vanedge Capital. The financing will allow SensorUp to accelerate the go-to-market campaign of their award-winning SensorThings C…Read More
Identity management platform Auth0 raises $55 million
Identity management and authentication platform Auth0 has raised $ 55 million in a series D round of funding led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures, Meritech Capital, K9 Ventures, and World Innovation Lab. Founded in 2013, Auth0 offers a platform that helps any third-party website or application…Read More
A CTO perspective: When your CEO wants to become a platform company
GUEST: You can’t go one day without reading that “xyz” is a new platform startup or that established market leader “abc” is now a platform company. It’s the strategy du jour, lauded by executives, sales, and marketing, but it presents an interesting challenge for CTOs, who often view themselves as innovation agents on the fr…Read […]
Google Maps Platform arrives with pay-as-you-go billing, free support, and Cloud requirement starting June 11
Google today announced a massive revamp of its Google Maps business: the new Google Maps Platform promises streamlined API products, a simplified customer experience, a single pricing plan with pay-as-you-go billing, free support, a single console, and new industry solutions. The catch? Starting on June 11, you’ll need a valid API key and a G…Read […]
Indianapolis’ DemandJump raises $6 million for its cross-channel customer acquisition platform
DemandJump, an Indianapolis-based startup that helps companies map their online traffic sources, announced today that it has raised a $ 6 million series A from investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Austin’s Flyover Capital, and Chicago’s Hyde Park Venture Partners. Founded in 2015, DemandJump sells a platform…Read More
Platform Across An Ever-Shifting, Vertigo-Inducing World In Brutalism
A world of mismatched platforms lies ahead of players in Brutalism, a game where players must shift the whole world, and the platforms that fill it, in order to safely make it to the end of each puzzling area. Brutalism‘s nineteen worlds are all made up of individual rods that move up and down when […]
The suspected shooter who opened fire at YouTube’s offices heavily criticized the video platform online
Screenshot via nasimesabz.com Nasim Aghdam, the woman suspected of firing shots at YouTube’s headquarters and wounding three people, had an active presence online. Images and videos uploaded to Instagram and YouTube accounts allegedly connected to Aghdam contained political messages and fitness tips — but also featured some heavy criticism of YouTube. Several of the social-media […]
How to opt out of Facebook’s Platform data sharing
You shouldn’t have to do this. You shouldn’t have to wade through complicated privacy settings in order to ensure that the companies with which you’ve entrusted your personal information are making reasonable, legal efforts to protect it. But Facebook has allowed third parties to violate user privacy on an unprecedented scale, and…Read More
BitGuild raises $20 million in under 6 hours to create its decentralized gaming platform
EXCLUSIVE: BitGuild — the company that is creating a decentralized platform for gamers — has raised more than $ 20 million in under 6 hours via its ICO. The token — which goes by the name PLAT — will be used by gamers and developers alike, and smart contracts are being used to verify and complete […]
