Smartsheet, a leading SaaS platform for managing and automating collaborative work, today announced the appointment of Elena Gomez to its board of directors. Gomez has served as chief financial officer at Zendesk since May, 2016. Prior to that, she served in a number of senior
FRX Polymers announced the close of $12 million in financing. Three investors participated in the round, among them Brightfield Chemical. FRX Polymers, Inc., was founded in 2007 following more than five years of intensive research and development in the field of halogen-free polymeric flame retardant blend
Bluecore closed $35 million in Series C financing. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from Georgian Partners, FirstMark Capital, and Felicis Ventures. Bluecore is a platform to help ecommerce marketers make decisions based on large data sets. Using advanced predictive algorithms built
According to a recent SEC filing, electronics startup Heatworks has raised $2 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Heatworks uses the natural conductivity of water to generate heat. The company’s patented ohmic array technology uses the natural salts and minerals found in drinking water to
PartySlate announced the completion of $1.9 million in seed financing led by Hyde Park Venture Partners, with participation from Hyde Park Angels, JUMP Investors, Wavemaker Partners, Halogen Ventures and InvestHER Ventures. PartySlate is a digital platform that assists party hosts of all kinds in finding inspiration,
Internet startup Seasoned announced the completion of $20 million in Series A financing led by TPG Capital. Seasoned is a food service community designed to connect workers with jobs, talent and career development opportunities. Its goal is to improve the lives and livelihoods of those who
Google announced new versions of its Daydream View virtual reality headsets. They come in multiple colors: Charcoal, Fog and Coral. The new headsets are available for $99, which is $20 more than last year's model. The new headsets feature soft, breathable fabric and form-fitting design.
Costume Wall is a funny fashion product that helps users dress like their favorite TV or movie characters for Halloween by providing costume and cosplay guides around the web. The site will have 700 different costume ideas for visitors by this year’s Halloween. The 2.0
The San Francisco and Bangalore-based and AI-enabled talent assessment platform Talview has hired Matt Pietsch as its new chief sales officer. With more than 25 years of experience in the HR technology industry, Pietsch will lead Talview's global sales strategy and expansion from its newest U.S.
Advertising technology company Social Reality, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX), named Matt Weis to its board of directors. Weiss has decades of experience working with some of the largest advertising agencies, including serving as chief revenue officer of Havas Worldwide and chief growth officer of McCann Worldgroup.