Alternative financing startup Pipe snaps up Stripe and HubSpot execs, expands to UK

Pipe, a two-year-old startup that aims to be the “Nasdaq for revenue,” announced today it has snagged former Stripe EIC…  Read more

Cartona gets $4.5M pre-Series A to connect retailers with suppliers in Egypt

Today, Cartona is announcing that it has raised a $4.5 million pre-Series A funding round to connect retailers and manuf…  Read more

For the First Time Ever: A “LIVE” UDRP HEARING!

For the first time ever, you can see a “live” demonstration of how an actual UDRP domain name dispute case is argued and…  Read more

Australian growth marketing agency Ammo helps startups calibrate their efforts

Australian growth marketing agency Ammo encourages startups to develop a minimum viable brand and provides services to m…  Read more

The next healthcare revolution will have AI at its center

Human life expectancy increased from 31 years in 1900 to 72 years in 2017. Today, we are on the cusp of another healthca…  Read more

Near Space Labs closes $13M Series A to send more Earth-imaging robots to the stratosphere

The decreasing cost of launch and a slew of other tech innovations have brought about a renaissance in geospatial intell…  Read more

Fivetran hauls in $565M on $5.6B valuation, acquires competitor HVR for $700M

Fivetran, the data connectivity startup, had a big day today. For starters it announced a $565 million investment on a $…  Read more

Freshworks’ valuation could crest $10B in upcoming IPO

Freshworks now expects to charge between $32 and $34 per share in its debut, up from the $28 to $32 per-share range that…  Read more

Toast raises IPO price range, providing a Monday bump to fintech valuations

Toast will have to post pretty damn strong growth numbers for it to keep its multiple up. But the market appears willing…  Read more

Salesforce backs Indian payments startup Razorpay

Six-year-old Bangalore-based fintech Razorpay, which was valued at $3 billion in a financing round in April this year, h…  Read more

Bzaar bags $4M to enable US retailers to source home, lifestyle products from India

Bzaar, a business-to-business cross-border marketplace, is connecting retailers with over 50 export-ready manufacturers…  Read more

Which VCs are set to make a killing in GitLab’s IPO

The GitLab debut is set to make a lot of funds material coin.  Read more

Equity Monday: A global selloff to kick off Disrupt week

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the he…  Read more

Facetune maker Lightricks raises $130 million ahead of M&A plans

Facetune developer Lightricks, which operates more than a dozen subscription-based photo- and video-editing apps across…  Read more

Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

Today, TechCrunch is excited to announce the 20 startups pitching onstage in this year’s Startup Battlefield. Selected f…  Read more

ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1.5

Red Bull in a China Shop T.C. Pharmaceutical Industries Co., Ltd v. junzhi wang, beijing hongniuyinliao xiaoshouyouxiang…  Read more

Airwallex raises $200M at a $4B valuation to double down on business banking

Business, now more than ever before, is going digital, and today a startup that’s building a vertically integrated solut…  Read more

Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers

Flippa uses a proprietary business valuation tool and algorithm to match online business owners to qualified buyers.  Read more

9am.health launches with $3.7M to tackle virtual diabetes care

The virtual diabetes clinic is designed to provide people living with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes access to personal…  Read more

FloBiz raises $31 million to scale its neobank for small businesses in India

FloBiz, an Indian startup that is building a neobank for small- and medium-sized businesses in the South Asian market, s…  Read more

Xata is a database service for serverless apps

Meet Xata, a startup with a new take on managed databases. The company runs your database for you and turns it into an A…  Read more

Gong Cha to Debut in Chicagoland with First Five Corporate-Owned...

The world’s premier bubble tea brand has deployed its new Director of Operations to oversee the eventual opening of more…  Read more

Investor Day at The Biggest IT Conference - Synergy Conference 2021

ITServe Alliance - Synergy Conference 2021(PRWeb September 16, 2021)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/release…  Read more

CNH Industrial joins 5G Open Innovation Lab as first industry partner;...

New industry partner accelerates applied innovation in manufacturing and agriculture. Cybersecurity, artificial intellig…  Read more

Narmi Launches Narmi Analytics: Empowering Financial Institutions to...

Banks and credit unions can now eliminate the guesswork in data analysis and unearth actionable insights with an intuiti…  Read more

Point Health Hires John Kass as Executive Vice President of Market...

Point Health has announced the addition of John Kass as Executive Vice President of Market Development and Strategy to i…  Read more

OTHRStore to Deliver an Ecosystem of Services for Underrepresented...

eCommerce and support services platform to focus purely on BIPOC/minority, women-owned, and LGBTQIA+ brands(PRWeb Septem…  Read more

Constellation Research Announces Winners of The Pitch 2021

NEW Competition to Find the Next Enterprise Startup Unicorn(PRWeb September 15, 2021)Read the full story at https://www.…  Read more

CivStart Launches 2021 Cohort for Innovative Local Government

CivStart has chosen thirteen startup companies to join its accelerator program focused on providing local governments wi…  Read more

Sundae Launches Online Platform for Property Investors to Streamline...

Leading marketplace for distressed houses is first to offer property investors a digital platform with exclusive off-mar…  Read more

International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals...

Established non-profit has unveiled a new name, logo, tagline, and website as part of an extensive rebranding initiative…  Read more

Change Foods Moves into Custom State-of-the-Art Facilities at BioCube...

The US-Australian precision fermentation dairy start-up announced it has set up R&D operations inside one of the oldest…  Read more

RideAmigos joins forces with Austrian startup Carployee to make...

The merger enables RideAmigos to scale personalized commute support in new ways for employers of all sizes.(PRWeb Septem…  Read more

Zappi Acquires Chicago-Based Start-Up Data Quorum to Elevate Platform...

Acquisition adds statistical tools and expertise to the company.(PRWeb September 14, 2021)Read the full story at https:/…  Read more

GTT Group’s Patent Equity Fund Ideaship Invests in Sangrove to...

Sangrove received an investment from Ideaship, a patent leveraged venture capital firm that provides intellectual proper…  Read more

ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1.4

Gooooal! Beckhams Score a Domain Transfer Victoria Beckham, David Beckham v. Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 1247653581/ C…  Read more

Express Grateful for Top Talent This National Staffing Employee Week

Express Employment Professionals is proud to celebrate staffing employees as part of this year's National Staffing Emplo…  Read more

Steve Ardire, an Advisor of multi-billion dollar corporations, has...

Steve Ardire had joined Consummate Technologies as an Advisory Board Member. Steve is an Artificial Intelligence strateg…  Read more

Prosidyan® Targets the Orthopaedic Trauma Market with FIBERGRAFT...

FIBERGRAFT® BG Morsels, FIBERGRAFT® BG Putty and FIBERGRAFT® BG Matrix(PRWeb September 09, 2021)Read the full story at h…  Read more

Simfoni Continues Strong Growth and Gears Up for Expansion

Attracts Top Industry Talent to Bring Spend Analytics and Automation Platform to Global Markets(PRWeb September 09, 2021…  Read more

futuresTHRIVE Secures Investment to Accelerate Development of...

Startup working to provide doctors and parents with better tools to identify mental health conditions in children at a m…  Read more

North American Taiwanese Engineering Association Hosts Startup...

Pitchoff event will include a keynote speech by the ex-CEO of Evernote and 16 startups that specialize in Artificial Int…  Read more

ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1.3

ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1.3 Toros Tarım Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi v. Mehmet, Metbil Teknoloj…  Read more

ResumeBuilder.com Survey Reveals 32 Percent of Job Applicants Lie on...

New study finds higher earners are more likely to lie, and the most common fabrication is their years of experience(PRWe…  Read more

Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in August 2021

Rank Performance Graph OS Outagehh:mm:ss FailedReq% DNS Connect Firstbyte Total 1 www.choopa.com Linux 0:00:00 0.000 0.…  Read more

Barcelona Shoppers Dive Headfirst into Aqua! by TwinWorld, an...

Shoppers can now dive headfirst into Aqua! by TwinWorld, a mixed reality deep ocean experience that launched at Westfiel…  Read more

Prankster acquires Taliban Government domain amidst gov.af limbo

The US and others may have withdrawn from Afghanistan, but many Afghan Government websites and email addresses under the…  Read more

Project Equity launches new financing option to help local businesses...

This Labor Day, small businesses have a new resource that could help them rebuild from the pandemic and secure their leg…  Read more

Prontopia Addresses Critical Labor Supply Shortages in Paid Caregiving...

Innovative technology platform centered on cultivating empathy and human connection is upending the gig economy by provi…  Read more

TeselaGen Biotechnology Teams Up with iGEM to Advance Synthetic...

TeselaGen Biotechnology announced today that it has partnered with the iGEM Foundation to support the iGEM Design League…  Read more

Rev1 Ventures Places More than 140 Students in First Year of...

Leading Columbus Startup Studio Pairs Students from 17 Different Universities with 40+ Companies(PRWeb September 01, 202…  Read more

Vast Broadband Deploys GOCare™ Connect for Improved Customer...

NuTEQ Solutions announced that Vast Broadband has deployed GOCare Connect to deliver a true omni-channel experience to t…  Read more

How Robotics innovations address key challenges in construction

BuiltUp Ventures, an investor in early-stage Israeli proptech and contech companies, announced, earlier this month, it h…  Read more

The Globee® Awards Issues Final Call for 2021 CEO World...

All organizations private or public, corporations, nonprofits, associations, vendors, and government organizations world…  Read more

ICA Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1.2

You can also sign up for the newsletter version of these summaries here   LERINS & BCW v. Domain Administrator, NameFind…  Read more

Hearing Tech Startup's USB Version Enables Clear Hearing in Noisy...

Noopl’s Next Generation Hearing Device Provides Users Unprecedented Ability to Hear in Background Noise(PRWeb August 30,…  Read more

Afghanistan's Internet: who has control of what?

Bagram, formerly the site of the largest US military base in Afghanistan. Over the past few weeks, the Taliban have tak…  Read more

Digital.com Survey Shows 54% of American Shoppers Read Reviews Before...

New study indicates positive customer reviews influence most online purchasing decisions(PRWeb August 30, 2021)Read the…  Read more

Miami Startup BloomsyBox.com Ranks No. 704 on the Prestigious 2021...

The Miami-based floral subscription startup experienced three-year revenue growth of 698% percent.(PRWeb August 28, 2021…  Read more

MarksNelson Launches Data Analytics Tool for Small and Mid-Sized...

MN Navigator fills a marketplace gap, giving smaller organizations access to data-based intelligence that drives better…  Read more

HireCapital: A new recruiting firm for a changing hiring economy

Veteran staffing executive Paul Villella’s new firm, HireCapital, is an executive search and consulting firm designed to…  Read more

ROYBI Robot Wins 2021 Innovation & Top 50 Startup Awards at...

ROYBI INC announced today that ROYBI Robot is the winner of the 2021 Innovation & Top 50 Startup Awards in Artificial In…  Read more

August 2021 Web Server Survey

In the August 2021 survey we received responses from 1,211,444,849 sites across 263,733,974 unique domains and 11,327,71…  Read more

Helix Power Initiates Crowdfunding Campaign to Accelerate Manufacture...

Early-stage climatetech startup engages vetted crowdfunding platform to mobilize investor community and help enable a ze…  Read more

3rd Annual Shortlist Unveiled for Hashtag Sports Awards Presented by...

The past year’s most engaging sports content, brands, and campaigns recognized by the Engagement Academy of Sports x Ent…  Read more

TOSY Flying Duo, a Portable Boomerang and Flying Disc Set, Launches...

TOSY Flying Duo, designed with LED lights and smart packaging that allows for easy carry while on the go, offers diverse…  Read more

Strategic Solution Partners Expands Services to Offer Revenue...

Suzanne Swafford, a partner at Strategic Solution Partners, developed revenue optimization courses that will complement…  Read more

The Globee® Awards Issues Call for Chief Executive Officers,...

All organizations private or public, corporations, nonprofits, associations, vendors, and government organizations world…  Read more

FluBot Android malware now targets UK banks

FluBot has built up a community of compromised Android phones in the UK since April and in the past 24 hours has commenc…  Read more

Reid Holmes Named New Executive Creative Director at IWCO Direct

Holmes brings extensive experience in developing creative strategies that stand out and drive business results(PRWeb Aug…  Read more

Important Notice to all Toledo Business Owners! Participation is...

Griffin and Strong, P.C. and the City of Toledo Urge all Business Owners to Complete the Survey of Business Owners. This…  Read more

Hashcash’s Billbitcoins Technology to be Implemented by Ethiopian...

Hashcash’s Billbitcoins to collaborate with an Ethiopian fintech startup to help design a domestic fund transfer project…  Read more

Transformania CRM Data Quality Solution Launches Early Adopters...

Venture funded SaaS startup uses patent pending NLP technology, automated web monitoring, and human analysis to clean an…  Read more

ICA Launches Weekly UDRP Case Summary Digest – Volume 1

The Internet Commerce Association is pleased and excited to announce that, commencing today, August 23, 2021, the ICA wi…  Read more

Post Office is new prime target in UK parcel delivery phishing attacks

The coronavirus pandemic resulted in the closure of many bricks and mortar retail stores, forcing UK consumers to adopt…  Read more

Resurgent FluBot malware targets German and Polish banks

Netcraft’s research into the Android banking malware FluBot confirms that its operations are expanding rapidly, with a s…  Read more

Recording of our Business Intelligence Briefing on the Second Round of New gTLDs

We were delighted to host a panel of new gTLD experts who shared their expertise and predictions for the next round of t…  Read more

FluBot malware spreads to Australia

The FluBot strain of Android banking malware, which was initially observed in Spain in late 2020 before spreading more w…  Read more

Last Chance to Sign Up for Tomorrow’s Free ICA Briefing on ICANN’s Next Round of New gTLDs

The Internet Commerce Association has so far welcomed over 150 registered attendees to its free business intelligence br…  Read more

Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in July 2021

Rank Performance Graph OS Outagehh:mm:ss FailedReq% DNS Connect Firstbyte Total 1 www.dinahosting.com Linux 0:00:00 0.0…  Read more

July 2021 Web Server Survey

In the July 2021 survey we received responses from 1,216,435,462 sites across 262,098,666 unique domains and 11,260,130…  Read more

ICA Business Intelligence Briefing on ICANN’s Second Round of New gTLDs

Join us for this dynamic session in which our panelists will share their expertise on the next application round for new…  Read more

Domain Names and U.S. Income Taxes: The Knowns and The Unknowns

Some of the trickiest issues with domain names involve determining their proper tax treatment. Are domain name purchases…  Read more

Advancing the Operational Design Phase

We would like to thank the community for working constructively with the ICANN organization (org) on the Operational Des…  Read more

Chair’s Blog: A Preview of the Pre-ICANN70 Board Workshop

Ahead of the upcoming ICANN70 Virtual Community Forum, the ICANN Board is meeting for its second virtual workshop of 202…  Read more

Information Transparency Initiative Update: Launching New Content Subscription Feature

As ICANN org's President and CEO Göran Marby mentioned in this blog, the Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) will…  Read more

Language Service Enhancements at ICANN70

ICANN's multistakeholder model relies on the active participation of our global community. Providing language support in…  Read more

ICANN70 Virtual Meeting Improvements

In January, the ICANN Board announced that ICANN70, originally scheduled as an in-person meeting in Cancún, Mexico, will…  Read more

An Update on Work Stream 2 Implementation

Since our last update, ICANN org has taken several important steps toward implementing the recommendations outlined in t…  Read more

Information Transparency Initiative Update: Project to Reach Milestone on 16 March

I'm pleased to announce that on 16 March 2021, the Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) will reach a significant mi…  Read more

EU Initiatives Relevant to the DNS and DNS Service Providers: Feedback Period Still Open

In my 16 December 2020 blog, I reported that the European Commission had unveiled important initiatives that touch on th…  Read more

Chair’s Blog: Recap of the January Remote Board Workshop

The ICANN Board convened virtually to hold its first workshop of the calendar year from 22-24 January 2021. As I mention…  Read more

DAAR Activity Project: Now Providing Personalized Monthly Reports for ccTLDs

In order to expand the effectiveness of Domain Abuse Activity Reporting (DAAR) for the community, in November 2019, coun…  Read more

Continuing Focus on Human Rights

ICANN org continues to evolve operational policies and practices that have an impact on the human rights of its staff an…  Read more

Chair’s Blog: The Year Ahead and a Preview of the January Workshop

On behalf of the ICANN Board, I wish you good health and happiness, and for those facing difficult times, please know th…  Read more

SEMrush vs. Moz

After creating a website and registering your domain name, there are about… The post SEMrush vs. Moz appeared first on W…  Read more

Update on ICANN Public Meeting Innovation

At a special meeting of the ICANN Board on Thursday 14 January, the Board decided that ICANN70 will be the fourth Public…  Read more

Welcome 2021 from the ICANN Asia Pacific Office

Happy New Year! As we look ahead into the new year, I would like to take the opportunity to say that I am proud to be pa…  Read more

Congress Urges the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to Expedite Access to Domain Name Registration Information

On 21 December, the U.S. Congress passed a bill providing a $900 billion stimulus package for COVID-19 relief and to fun…  Read more

An Update on ICANN's GDPR-Related Efforts

With the year coming to an end, I would like to take a moment to provide an overview of ICANN's efforts regarding the Eu…  Read more

Board Keeps ICANN Strategic Plan in Force and Unchanged

Designed to shape ICANN's priorities, the Five-Year Strategic Plan establishes a vision and a set of objectives and goal…  Read more

Saying Farewell to 2020

To say that 2020 has been an extraordinary year would be an understatement. As a global community, we have experienced u…  Read more

ICANN Board Approves the Risk Appetite Statement

I am pleased to announce that the ICANN Board has approved ICANN organization's first Risk Appetite Statement. The Risk…  Read more

Board Consideration of the Auction Proceeds Report

The Cross-Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds (CCWG-AP), formed in January 2017, was tasked with develo…  Read more

ICANN and the National, Regional, Subregional, and Youth Internet Governance Forums

National, Regional, Subregional, and Youth Internet Governance Forums (NRIs) have emerged organically around the world.…  Read more

Engaging A Community in Lockdown: GSE Africa 2020 Engagement Roundup

The year 2020 started like any other year with normal face-to-face activities. First on our calendar was Praia (Cabo Ver…  Read more

Attack Vectors: Domain Name System Security Facilitation Initiative Technical Study Group Update

Over the past few months, the Domain Name System Security Facilitation Initiative Technical Study Group (DSFI-TSG) has p…  Read more

European Commission Unveils Important Initiatives Relevant to the DNS and DNS Service Providers

This week, the European Commission published important initiatives relevant to the Domain Name System (DNS) including do…  Read more

ICANN Issues Breach Notice to Net 4 India Limited; Continues Support for Registrants

UPDATE: Read the announcement published on 26 February 2021 to learn about recent developments. UPDATE: Read the announc…  Read more

Ahrefs vs. Majestic

Building your website traffic requires a particular set of skills, including a… The post Ahrefs vs. Majestic appeared fi…  Read more

SpyFu vs. SEMRush

When it comes to digital marketing, few things are more important than… The post SpyFu vs. SEMRush appeared first on Web…  Read more

Ahrefs vs. Moz

Determining which Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tool is best for your business… The post Ahrefs vs. Moz appeared firs…  Read more

AHREFS vs. SEMrush

When you are looking to build an impactful website, using SEO tools… The post AHREFS vs. SEMrush appeared first on WebMo…  Read more

Best Lightweight WordPress Themes for Performance

Whether you run a personal site, a business portfolio, a storefront, or… The post Best Lightweight WordPress Themes for…  Read more

Best Email Marketing Services for Small Business

Email marketing is unusual in the advertising sphere. Unlike some forms of… The post Best Email Marketing Services for S…  Read more

Constant Contact vs. ConvertKit

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ActiveCampaign vs. MailChimp

ActiveCampaign and MailChimp are both popular marketing automation tools. MailChimp delivers an… The post ActiveCampaign…  Read more

AWeber vs. Mailchimp

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On the Record with Remote.com

The Story Behind Remote.com In 2020, thanks to the global Coronavirus pandemic, companies large and small have been adop…  Read more

On the Record: How Plato Design Re-branded to Aesthetic.com

The Story of Aesthetic.com  Rebranding is a difficult process, but rebranding and simultaneously acquiring a premium one…  Read more

On the Record: The Domain Story of Extend.com

In this edition of On the Record, we speak with Woody Levin, Extend’s co-founder, and CEO, about how he managed to acqui…  Read more

On the Record: The Story of Paw.com

Three-letter .COM’s can make incredible brands thanks to their memorability, exclusivity and their ability to instill tr…  Read more

On the Record: The Story of Print.com

Media Options is excited to partner up with James Iles for a new series of articles called: On The Record. When I first…  Read more

Announcing a More Efficient Way to Acquire Domains with SEO Authority

Announcing a NEW NEWSLETTER from Media Options! Instead of your regular DomainDeals™ newsletter, we’ve got something exc…  Read more

Off The Market Forever

Why you need to buy your domain name before it is too late.    When is the best time to buy your domain name? I mean the…  Read more

The true cost of your domain name.

  Domain name strategies for startups I had a conversation with a start-up this last week, and we’re talking about domai…  Read more

Domain Name Videos From Media Options

Media Options is now on YouTube with domain name insights and information. Over the years we have done tons of videos on…  Read more

The Great Startup Debate: Try vs Get vs Go

  The Great Domain Name Startup Debate. Startups have massive challenge today.  What should they do if the raw unfiltere…  Read more