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PubNub Raises $65 Million

Data streams with continual, real-time updates of information are a critical building block of how apps and sites function today, and now a startup that has built a platform to power those data streams is announcing a growth round of funding on the back of...

Social Chat Launches

Frost Li, the former head of growth at Wish, founded Social Chat in May to create software that leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence for personalization, recommendations and live customer service — all to enable brands to convert lost social engagement into revenue and customer...

Citcon, a mobile wallet payment provider, has closed on $30 million in funding in a Series C round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Cota Capital. Sierra Ventures and Sonae IM also joined the financing, which brings San Jose-based Citcon’s total raised since its 2015...

Mage Closes on Seed Round

Mage has brought in $6.3 million in seed funding lead by Gradient Ventures. Their focus is towards developing artificial intelligence tools for product developers to build and integrate AI into apps. Founder Tommy Dang started the company at the end of 2020 after building internal...

Forbes: Email Marketing List

Building a contact list is a key step companies must take before they can launch email marketing campaigns that help them reach and connect with their target audience and convert prospects into customers. To help guide marketers wanting to improve their company’s email list and ensure...

BrightHire Raises $20.5 Million

BrightHire, a startup that wants to transform the way people are hired inside organizations, announced a $20.5 million Series B investment led by 01 Advisors, with participation from Index Ventures and Zoom Apps Fund. Zoom Apps Fund is also involved as the company is based...

VertoFX Closes Series A

VertoFX, a global B2B payments platform that allows small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to make payments to their suppliers, today announced that it has closed $10 million in Series A funding. Quona Capital, an emerging fintech-focused venture capital firm, led the round. Other firms also...

Productivity Tips to Help Your Small Business

For business leaders, it’s important to understand how to make the most of every moment along with the decisions you make in order to increase productivity. YEC members were asked for some tips on optimizing productivity and Appetizer Mobile's CEO, Jordan Edelson, stated, “Automating and...