Freshworks, a company that makes a variety of business software tools, from CRM to help-desk software, announced a $150 million Series H investment today from Sequoia Capital, CapitalG (formerly Google Capital) and Accel on a hefty $3.5 billion valuation. The late-stage startup has raised almost $400 million, according to Crunchbase data. The company has been ... If you work for someone else, you likely know the drill: in comes that annual email reminding you that it’s time for unconscious bias or ****** harassment training, and if you could please finish up this mandatory module by this date, that would be terrific. The email — not to mention the programming itself — ... Y Combinator graduate Vendr helps companies manage and renew enterprise software. ... When Bill McDermott announced he was stepping down as CEO at SAP a couple of weeks ago, it certainly felt like a curious move — but he landed on his feet pretty quickly. ServiceNow announced he would be taking over as CEO there. The transition will take place at year-end. If you’re wondering what happened to ... Databricks is a SaaS business built on top of a bunch of open source tools, and apparently it’s been going pretty well on the business side of things. In fact, the company claims to be one of the fastest growing enterprise cloud companies ever. Today the company announced a massive $400 million Series F funding ... Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, we hosted a panel on the Extra Crunch stage on “How to build a billion-dollar SaaS company.” A better title probably would have been “How to build a successful SaaS company.” We spoke to Whitney Bouck, COO at HelloSign; Jyoti Bansal, CEO and founder at Harness, and ... 83North has closed its fifth fund, completing an oversubscribed $300 million raise and bringing its total capital under management to $1.1BN+. The VC firm, which spun out from Silicon Valley giant Greylock Partners in 2015 — and invests in startups in Europe and Israel, out of offices in London and Tel Aviv — last closed ... After passively watching for many years as tech giants developed dominant market positions that threaten consumer privacy and stifle competition, American antitrust regulators seem to have finally... ... VC firm Target Global has just announced it’s expanding its European network by adding a local office in Barcelona, Spain — building on its existing presence in Berlin and London, plus Tel Aviv and Moscow. The firm has €700 million under management and a broad investment range that covers SaaS, marketplaces, fintech and insurtech, as ... Hola Barcelona. Target Global, a pan-European VC firm with €700 million under management and a broad investment canvas spanning SaaS, marketplaces, fintech, insurtech and mobility, is opening an office in the Catalan capital. Investor director, Lina Chong, will lead the expansion into Spain, having relocated to Barcelona from the fund’s Berlin headquarters. They’re setting up ...
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Freshworks raises $150M Series H on $3.5B valuation
This startup is making customized ****** harassment training that it says employees won’t hate (or forget)
Vendr, already profitable, raises $2M to replace your enterprise sales team
Former SAP CEO Bill McDermott taking over as ServiceNow CEO
Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow
Top VCs, founders share how to build a successful SaaS company
83North closes $300M fifth fund focused on Europe, Israel
Europe shows the way in online privacy
Target Global is firming up its bet on Barcelona’s entrepreneurs
Pan-European VC fund Target Global is opening an office in Barcelona