- AddThis Founder Hooman Radfar Launches Collective With $8.65 Million In Funding
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 2, 2020
Hooman Radfar was an early investor in Uber, Hinge and Sweetgreen, and has advised more than 50 startups. ...
- Digital Signage Firm UPshow Raises $14 Million, Counts Tobaccowala Among Its Investors
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
UPshow has created a proprietary tech platform that connects in-store TV screens and mobile devices. The cloud-based software lets retailers offer content, prompts and offers tailored to time of day ...
- Ecommerce Startup Whitebox Raises $18 Million In Funding
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 24, 2020
Whitebox, an ecommerce startup that manages logistics and fulfillment, has raised $18 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Alan Taetle of Noro-Moseley Partners. ...
- Female Biz Owners See COVID-19 As A Turning Point For Betterment
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Seventy-two percent of women thinking about starting a business are now even more inspired to do so as a result of the pandemic. ...
- Customer Experience Platform Sprinklr Raises $200 Million In Series G Funding
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Sprinklr, a customer experience software startup, has raised $200 million in Series G funding and is valued as a company at $2.7 billion. The investment was made by private equity firm ...
- New Consultancy Think TRUE To Develop Diversity-Oriented Brand Initiatives
MAD, Larissa Faw - Monday, August 31, 2020
Launched by On Board Experiential the new shop will be led OBE veteran Alvin Stafford and its first project is being developed for JP Morgan. ...
- Brian Lesser Becomes An Entrepreneur Again, Joins First-Party Data Startup
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Months after stepping down from one of the biggest media jobs in the world, Brian Lesser is an entrepreneur again. Lesser, a digital ad pioneer who resigned as CEO of ...
- Quantasy + Associates Teams With Singer Jill Scott For Wellness Platform
MAD, Larissa Faw - Sunday, August 16, 2020
Launching later this year, the platform will include mindfulness courses and tools to support community advocacy. ...
- Coda Raises $80 Million, Hopes to Compete With Google's G-Suite
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Coda, a startup attempting to take on Google’s G-Suite, has raised $80 million in a new funding round. This brings the firm’s total value to $636 million. ...
- Space, The Final (Marketing) Frontier
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Space travel and exploration? Now there's a dedicated marketing agency for that-Metatron Media Partners, run by three media and marketing veterans. ...
- Cartwright Strengthens Leadership Team With Three Hires
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Keith Cartwright launched his namesake agency in June 2020 with backing from WPP. and is now filling top strategy, production and account management roles. ...
- Amazon VC Fund Accused Of Stealing Ideas From Startups It Invests In
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 23, 2020
Amazon.com's venture-capital fund invested in DefinedCrowd and gained access to the technology startup’s finances and other confidential information. Four years later the marketplace launched an artificial-intelligence product that does almost exactly ...
- Email Startup Scalero Receives $75K In Funding From Indiana University Alumni Program
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 22, 2020
The firm will use the funds to launch its email app after hiring developer, the company says. ...
- Hahn-Led Mischief Builds Out Its Senior Team
MAD, Larissa Faw - Thursday, July 9, 2020
Bianca Guimaraes and Kevin Mulray join from BBDO and will serve as co-executive creative directors. Oliver McAteer is jumping from journalism to serve as director of development ...
- Four Creative Leaders Unite For 'Strange Animal'
MAD, Larissa Faw - Thursday, June 18, 2020
That's the name of their new agency, unveiled today. The principals are Kevin Thoem, Roger Baldacci, Chris Jacobs, and John Boone. ...
- Spike, Email Productivity Startup, Raises $8 Million
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, June 15, 2020
The new tool combines email with chat and other services without requiring the user to switch between platforms, the company says. ...
- With Backing From WPP, Keith Cartwright Forms New Agency
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, June 3, 2020
The eponymously named Cartwright agency is financially backed by WPP and will work in partnership with WPP's global creative network, Grey Group. ...
- Lotame Appoints Rock-And-Roll Dreamer, Entrepreneur To Lead Latin America Expansion
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 1, 2020
Lotame's managing director of Latin America says the company is helping clients understand customer behavior and creating addressable audiences and data enrichment with a focus on identity, attribution and mobile ...
- Startup Prepares To Battle Apple, Google Over COVID-19 Tracing Patent Rights
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 7, 2020
Apple and Google may be in line for a patent-infringement battle. Blyncsy, a Utah-based startup, claims it holds the patents to trace people via smartphones who have come in contact ...
- Data Startup Syncari Adds Former Marketo Execs To Team
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Scott Edmonds is joining Syncari as CRO and Reade Triolo is joining as head of customer success. ...
- Entrepreneurial Dream Project Launches To Give Startups An Edge
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Supermaker, which provides content and a community for startups and creators, has announced the launch of The Entrepreneurial Dream Project to benefit entrepreneurs who are building new businesses during COVID ...
- Soon-To-Be Longhorn Grads Hang Out Their Own Agency Shingle
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Appropriately enough, they are calling the new shop Class of 2020, positioned as an agency "For Gen Z by Gen Z," that will offer research, planning, creative, branding/design, PR and ...
- Chancellor Launches Loans Scheme For Start-Ups
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, April 20, 2020
The Chancellor has launched a scheme to help British start-ups get through the COVID-19 lockdown. As "The Telegraph" explains the new scheme will allow start-ups to take out loans, up ...
- Here's A Story About A Startup You'll Cherish, Possibly With Your Life
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, April 9, 2020
Launching a new business in the middle of a global pandemic may be an anathema for most startups, but for some, it can actually represent an opportunity. That's what long-time ...
- Tech Trade Bodies Plead For The Chancellor To Save Start-Ups
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, April 2, 2020
"Sky News" has an exclusive report today after seeing a letter in which seven technology trade associations plead for the Chancellor to save the country's start-ups. Businesses that are loss-making ...
- Agency Accelerator Backs New Home Health eCommerce Site
MAD, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The accelerator, SheScales, is part of Portland, OR-based Rain the Growth Agency (FKA R2C Group) and it is partnering with startup Carewell an eCommerce site for home health and adult ...
- San Francisco Email Startup Now Worth $800 Million
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 6, 2020
Front co-founders Mathilde Collin and Laurent Perrin faced serious personal and business issues as they tried to get their email startup off the ground. Now San Francisco-based Front has a ...
- James Murdoch Launches Accelerator To Tackle Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 6, 2020
"The Telegraph" brings news that James Murdoch has set up an accelerator programme for start-ups battling fake news. It is believed the fund will have more than a million pounds ...
- DAN Brings Female-Focused Accelerator Program To The U.S.
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, March 5, 2020
Created by iProspect the program, launched in Singapore in 2016, aims to develop and support female entrepreneurs. The program has also rolled out in Mexico, Chile, South Africa and In ...
- WPP Unveils Custom Startup Unit Black Ops
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
The unit will hand-pick staff from within WPP-owned agencies as well as recruiting outside talent to develop customized solutions for clients. ...
