Tackle.io, a startup that helps software companies sell through cloud marketplaces such as AWS’s, raised a $100 million Series C funding round co-led by Coatue and a16z at a $1.25 billion valuation.
Selling into the enterprise: How Slack and other startups get it wrong
One of the key timing decisions as a startup may be one you aren’t even considering: When to approach the enterprise. If you aren’t debating that now, chances are you’re overlooking a big opportunity.
Inside GitLab’s IPO filing
While the technology and business world worked towards the weekend, DevOps firm GitLab filed to go public. So we need to pause, digest the company’s S-1 filing, and come to some early conclusions.
3 keys to pricing early-stage SaaS products
The pricing journey is long and, despite what some founders might think, jumping head-first into customer acquisition isn’t the first stop. Step one is making sure you have a fully fledged product.
Australia’s TechnologyOne acquires UK-based higher-ed platform Scientia for $16.6M
TechnologyOne, an Australian SaaS enterprise, has agreed to acquire UK-based higher education software provider Scientia for £12 million /$16.6 million in cash. TechnologyOne claims to have 75% of Higher Education institutions in Australia using its software, while Scientia claims 50% market share in the UK. The acquisition includes an initial payment of £6m and […]
Octane banks $2M for flexible billing software
Octane, a metered SaaS billing system, helps vendors create a plan, monitor usage and charge in a similar way to Snowflake and AWS.
Quip’s new $100M round will usher in more than just clean teeth
Quip is focused on growth, innovation and community building among its over 7.5 million customers in 100 countries.
Spotify to spend $1B buying its own stock
If Spotify is still a growth-focused company, shouldn’t it preserve its capital to invest in exclusive podcasts and the like — efforts that may grant it pricing power in the future?
Tropic picks up $25M to streamline software procurement experiences
The pandemic was a catalyst for showing companies looking to cut costs, just how much they were spending on their software tools.
China roundup: Keep down internet upstarts, cultivate hard tech
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The tech industry in China has had quite a turbulent week. The government is upending its $100 billion private education sector, wiping billions from the […]