Falkon, a sales analytics platform that uses AI to attempt to show where successful product sales are occuring in an organization, has announced that it has raised $16 million in a funding round led by OMERS Ventures with participation from Greylock Partners, Trilogy Financial, Flying...
Brand representatives who serve as social monitors actually interact directly with individual customers. While implementing a social media monitoring program might seem simple enough, brands not only have to figure out the right approach and tools to employ but also decide which people to place...
As of 2020, the clothing sector lost about $27 billion in annual sales due to counterfeits, an illicit trade that results in huge losses to both brands and buyers. MarqVision is looking to solve that with an AI-powered intellectual property (IP) protection platform that monitors...
You closed a $25 million funding round led by Radical Ventures with participation from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s Time Ventures, Breyer Capital, Norwest Venture Partners and Day One Ventures. It’s a search engine that uses AI to understand search queries, rank the results and parse...
A number of crypto gaming firms have ramped up production in the past year with hopes of revolutionizing the growing industry. Adding to the list is London-based gaming firm Cauldron, which plans on becoming the “Pixar of web3” through a key element: storytelling. The company...
While job boards offer a quick and easy hiring solution, they aren't the only place to find the best talent. Many companies are looking for alternatives to posting on job boards in order to find the most suitable, high-quality candidates. YEC members were asked to recommend...
After the Covid-19 pandemic hit and lockdown was in full swing, many businesses were forced to figure out how to run their operations remotely in order to stay afloat. Although business is regaining a sense of normalcy now, many job applicants continue to look for...
YEC community members were recently asked, "What’s one aspect of recruiting that companies often get wrong? Why do you think that is, and how can they improve?" Appetizer Mobile's CEO, Jordan Edelson, responded by stating, "Understanding the candidate’s motives and desires for their future going...
Papercup has announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Octopus Ventures with participation from Local Globe, Sands Capital, Sky and Guardian Media Ventures, Entrepreneur First and BDMI. It brings the London-based company’s total raised to date to...
Fetcher, the talent acquisition platform formerly known as Scout, closed a $27 million Series B funding round led by Tola Capital with participation from G20 Ventures, KFund and Accomplice. The new money — $7 million in debt and $20 million in equity — brings the...
