Inboard Technology Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance lightweight transportation solutions, announced it raised $8 million in Series A financing, led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Sunstone Capital and LION Smart. Inboard created M1™, a skateboard with motors inside the wheels. Paired with a battery hidden
PayStand announced the close of $6 million in Series A financing, led by BlueRun Ventures. Cervin Ventures, Serra Ventures, TiE Angels and Capital for Founders also participated in the funding. PayStand is a modern B2B payment platform that provides zero percent bank-to-bank transactions by adding
K1 Investment Management announced the acquisition of Actiance, a communications compliance, archiving, and analytics company. Pending regulatory approval from government authorities, Actiance will combine with K1’s portfolio company Smarsh, which provides comprehensive archiving solutions for compliance, e-discovery, and risk management. Actiance, founded in 1998, is
Bay Area growth leader Sam Weber officially joined AI marketing startup Amplero as chief revenue officer. Weber built his career leading high-performing teams to drive revenue activity and go-to-market strategy at several successful venture-backed startups. As CEO of Genius.com, he grew the company rapidly through to
LIFX Beam’s stylish, smart home-enabled accent light beams boast 16 million colors and blended whites, and integrate with such voice assistants as Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, and Google Assistant. Users open the box, choose their layout, and discover new ways to draw light into their
Financial technology company Kabbage completed $200 million in financing from Credit Suisse. Kabbage is an automated technology and data platform that provides direct access to funding for small businesses and powers lending for large global banks. The company currently operates in North America and Europe, with
Ecommerce technology startup Topbox announced that Flyover Capital, a venture capital firm based in the Kansas City area, has invested in the company. Topbox’s cloud-based customer touchpoint intelligence software is designed to reveal the source of friction points in the buyer–customer experience across all communication
AchieveIt, a startup that helps leaders with the visibility to coordinate team performance and drive results, closed $1.7 million in Series E financing from BIP Capital. The company’s software-as-a-service product strives to empower leaders and their teams with visual plan construction, task management, business intelligence, collaboration,
Vexata announced that Rick Walsworth has joined the company as vice president of product and solutions marketing. In this new position, Walsworth will work closely with the sales team, customers and partners to understand priorities influencing the strategic roadmap and build a go-to-market model that
Order tracking and return management platform Narvar today announced it has hired Chris Miller as vice president of logistics. Chris Miller most recently served as general manager and vice president of TForce Logistics, where he helped optimize the customer experience through the management of last