eBay Inc. announced that it has completed the transfer of its Classifieds business to Adevinta in exchange for $2.5 billion in cash and a 44 per cent equity stake in Adevinta, equivalent to approximately 540 million shares. “We are pleased to finalise the deal between Adevinta and eBay Classifieds, where the combination of these two […]
Sanity, the platform for structured content, has raised $39 million in Series B funding less than a year after its $9.3 million Series A raise in October 2020. Nearly 100,000 developers, marketers, content creators and product professionals use Sanity to manage and launch customer-facing digital initiatives, including brands like National Geographic, Puma, InVision, Datastax and […]
Logiq, Inc., a global provider of e-commerce and fintech solutions, has launched a new audio digital marketing channel on its Logiq Digital Marketing (LDM) platform. In addition to the web, mobile and connected TV, digital marketing agencies and brands can now use LDM to add audio-based advertising to their overall multi-channel e-commerce marketing campaigns, such […]
Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, announced a Global Advisory Board to provide strategic guidance and support the company’s growth into international markets. Salesforce aims to position the business software company as the trusted digital advisor to CEOs and leaders around the world. Last year, Salesforce announced an EMEA Advisory Board, chaired by President and […]
Happs, the community-driven live video platform for independent creators, has raised a $4.7 million post-seed funding round led by Bullpen Capital. The round included participation from Crosslink, Goodwater and Corazon. This brings the total funding to date to $6.2 million. Rob Hayes of First Round Capital and former Instagram head of growth Bangaly Kaba also […]
Ascent360 is now available in the Lightspeed App Store, a Data-Driven Marketing Platform that provides actionable insights on existing customer data Ascent360 has recently announced an integration with Lightspeed in the app store that will bring point-of-sale and e-commerce data to life. The power of these combined solutions will allow retailers to ingest critical customer […]
Zodiac, an Orion Innovation company in the cloud transformation of telecommunication operator video systems, has partnered with Agama Technologies, a specialist in video analytics for service quality and customer experiences. Under the partnership, Zodiac will integrate Agama’s client device monitoring system into its Stack device software for set-top boxes and Android Smart TVs. This integration […]
The small startup has raised a $1 million pre-seed round led by SignalFire with additional participation from Justin Kan & Robin Chan’s GOAT, Canaan, Lenny Rachitsky, Nathan Baschez, Justin Waldron and Dave Nemetz, among others. Spore wants to transform the creator web experience into a Shopify-like basket of tools that users tap into to connect […]
Media measurement and analytics company ComScore published a report exploring the future of app measurement and app tracking transparency. The report provides critical insights for publishers and advertisers navigating privacy changes including iOS14.5 and Apple’s App Tracking Transparency framework. The past several years have seen significant evolution in both the web browser environment and the […]
Universal Music Group (UMG), music-based entertainment company and Snap Inc announced a multifaceted global agreement that will allow Snapchat’s users to incorporate UMG’s catalog of recorded music and content into creative tools, including Sounds and augmented reality Lenses. Under the terms of the innovative multi-year agreement, UMG’s entire recorded music catalog is available on a […]
