Meesho said on Monday it has raised $300 million in a new financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 as the Indian social commerce startup works to become the “single ecosystem that will enable all small businesses to succeed online.” The new round — a Series E — gives [CONTINUE READING]
Why did Byju’s raise over $1 billion last year and is already inching closer to securing another half a billion dollars? We are getting some answers today. Byju’s said on Monday it has acquired Aakash Educational, a 33-year-old chain of physical coaching centres, as the Indian online learning giant looks [CONTINUE READING]
Here’s some more positive economic news: 916,000 jobs were added to the US economy in March. That’s the latest from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning, a sure sign that businesses in America are beginning to fully recover from COVID pandemic restrictions that had them teetering on the edge [CONTINUE READING]
Thought leadership. Everybody is talking about it as a way to influence markets and consumer behavior – whether it’s aimed at individual or corporate consumers. It comes in a dizzying array of formats, channels and devices. It can be about trends, best practices or even tips and tricks. And businesses [CONTINUE READING]
The pandemic has put a glaring spotlight on the advantages of having a digital presence. This was especially true for small businesses. Those with advanced digital presence were losing less revenue and they were hiring more people. This data comes from one of this week’s roundup articles titled, Small Businesses [CONTINUE READING]
The White House proposal is essentially a statement that what we’re doing now is not working.
The chief executive duties will be divided between two current company executives — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov.
The discussions between the digital pin board company and the app that inspired the “VSCO girls” trend are ongoing.
Woody Sears has long been interested in storytelling. Following the debut in 2007 of the first iPhone, he founded a storytelling app called Zuuka that built up a library of narrated and illustrated kids’ books for the iPhone and iPad. Sears later sold that company to a small New York-based [CONTINUE READING]
For this morning’s column, Alex Wilhelm looked back on the last few months, “a busy season for technology exits” that followed a hot Q4 2020. We’re seeing signs of an IPO market that may be cooling, but even so, “there are sufficient SPACs to take the entire recent Y Combinator [CONTINUE READING]
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