First Data Corporation (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, today announced the appointment of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron as the newest member of the company’s international advisory board. As a company advisor, Cameron will work on strengthening First
Pie Insurance, a digitally-enabled direct distribution workers’ compensation insurance business, closed a $4.3 million seed round of funding. Investors include Sirius Group, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer with $2.9 billion in capital, Moxley Holdings, and Elefund. Pie Insurance also officially launched at the InsureTech
Claire Budget is an iPhone productivity app that offers fast and easy budgeting and a simple way to keep track of personal finances. The coloured bar on the home screen provides users with information about their budgets for the previous month, week or day at
BroadSpot Imaging has secured $7.5 million in Series A funding led by Phoenix Venture Partners, a leading venture capital firm with domain expertise in optics and advanced materials. Camino Real Capital Partners, along with the company's prior angel investors, also participated in the offering. BroadSpot
Elastic Path Software, Inc., a leading provider of extensible API-first enterprise commerce solutions, today announced it has hired business veteran Peter Ford as vice president of EMEA and APAC. In this new role, Ford will build Elastic Path's partner network of systems integrators and interactive
Mobius Institute, a premier provider of vibration analysis, reliability improvement and precision maintenance courses and training products, today announced that Bill Partipilo has been named chief operating officer. Prior to joining Mobius Institute, Partipilo served as chief operating officer for Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine. Before
Compass, a real estate technology company, today announced that Eytan Seidman will join its leadership team as head of product. Seidman will lead the company's growing product organization and further Compass' mission of helping real estate agents manage and grow their business. Before joining Compass,
Finnish startup TrademarkNow received a €3-million investment from Karma Ventures, Balderton Capital and Montiko GmbH, and an additional €2 million loan from Finnvera. Karma Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in European early stage startups that develop unique technologies that have demonstrated
According to a recent SEC filing, eShares has raised $39.1 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. eShares is an SEC-registered transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and attorneys. It
Upland Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: UPLD), a leader in cloud-based enterprise work management applications, today announced the appointment of Joe Ross to the company's board of directors. Ross is a leader in identity protection and cybersecurity, with more than 15 years of experience guiding organizations internationally. He