Spiro Technologies announced a $3 million Series Seed funding round, led by Geekdom Fund and with participation by MassVentures, Hyperplane Venture Capital and New Harbour Partners. Spiro, launched in 2014 by three CRM industry veterans, has created a customer relationship management system that automatically updates
Transportation company Wheels Up announced it has secured $117.5 million in financing. The round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and T. Rowe Price. New Enterprise Associates and KKR also participated. Wheels Up is a membership-based private aviation company that reduces the cost
Kanso is a language app that aims to offer a better way to learn Japanese. It allows users to build a solid foundation from the beginning, to learn only the essentials and to study offline and share their progress along the way. While a lot
Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc announced today that Robert G. Benya will join the company as president and chief revenue officer, as well become as a member of the board of directors. Benya is a distinguished media executive with more than 35 years of experience.
OpenX, a global leader in quality programmatic advertising, today announced that it has appointed Paul Ryan as chief technology officer. In his new role, Ryan will oversee the growing technical teams at OpenX focused on fostering the development of innovative programmatic technology. Prior to joining
Guidewire Software, Inc., a provider of software products to property and casualty (P&C) insurers, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cyence. Cyence is a software company that applies data science and risk analytics to enable P&C insurers to grow
Alion Science and Technology, a technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the United States Department of Defense, today announced the appointment of Todd Borkey as chief technology officer. Prior to joining Alion, Borkey worked at Thales Defense & Security, Inc., where
Unfollow for Twitter is a Twitter marketing product that offers an easy tool to unfollow Twitter users who don’t follow you. It is a lightweight Android utility app that lets users find and unfollow Twitter accounts that do not follow them back. The app is
SkyWire, a Las Vegas-based hospitality technology solutions provider, has announced that the company’s COO, Dennis Montellano, will be appointed as chief executive officer and president. Montellano joined SkyWire as vice president of sales in 2014. Prior to that, he worked as an executive for several startup
American publishing company McClatchy (NYSE American: MNI) announced today that Scott Manuel has been named vice president of digital product and technology. In this newly-created position, he will drive digital product management and development. Prior to joining McClatchy, Manuel was vice president of applied innovation at