Global research and learning company John Wiley and Sons, Inc. announced that Ella Balagula has been named Wiley’s new executive vice president. Prior to joining Wiley, Balagula was senior vice president and general manager of Engineering Solutions at Elsevier, one of the world’s largest providers of
Ecommerce technology startup OmnyPay announced the completion of $12.8 million in Series A financing led by Nyca Partners, with participation from CreditEase, Commerce Ventures, Industry Ventures, and CommerzVentures. OmnyPay offers branded mobile payment and currency systems that reduce payment costs while increasing sales with the integration
Edtech company Recurrence has added gaming veteran Ed Fries to its board of directors. Fries spent 17 years at Microsoft, where he served as vice president of games and helped create the Xbox. His expertise will be tremendously useful for Recurrence as the company creates new
Juicebox is an analytics product solution that moves beyond reports and dashboards for organizations targeting broad, non-analytical audiences who benefit more from an interactive infographic or "data story." The tool displays reports and dashboards as guided stories, lets users easily share and discuss their most
SonicCloud completed $4 million in financing from two undisclosed investors. SonicCloud is an app that intends to reinvent phone calls. Regardless of whether walking down a noisy street, subjected to airport announcements, struggling to hear quiet talkers, or have some form of hearing loss, SonicCloud allows
ContentStudio is a web app-based marketing product that provides a data-driven content suite to grow social accounts. This complete social media marketing suite features topic discovery, editorial planner, data insights, content scheduler, and automation tools that save time and increase productivity for users’ content marketing
Lapa Studios’s Paperart & Paper Masks is a humorous design tool offering unique and affordable last-minute paper masks for Halloween, including flamingo masks, fox masks, and French bulldog masks. All of Paperart’s products come with carefully designed instructions and patterns. Users simply follow each step
InsPro Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of core policy administration software for insurance carriers and third-party administrators, today announced the appointment of David Anderson as chief executive officer. Anderson served as president and chief executive officer of TIAA-CREF Life, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TIAA, from 2012
ICX Media closed $6.6 million in Series A financing led by Grotech Ventures, with participation from NRV, PJC, and Avonlea Capital. ICX Media’s software and data platform helps independent video content creators find their audience and monetize their creations by allowing content creators to more effectively
Kudos is an Android and iPhone social network for kids. Content moderators are on duty 24/7 to review shared photos, comments, and captions, discard inappropriate posts, and ban suspicions users. The messaging app also features a Parental Supervision feature for users under thirteen, making it