Customer Engagement Giant Twilio Acquires Indian CPaaS Startup ValueFirst

ValueFirst connects businesses with consumers over telecom (SMS and Voice) and the internet (chatbots, email and OTT) channelsFounded in 2003, ValueFirst has acquired three companies — Cellnext Solutions in 2009,…

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Writing helper Copy.ai raises $2.9M in a round led by Craft Ventures – TechCrunch

Copy.ai, a startup building AI-powered copywriting tools for business customers, announced a $2.9 million round this morning. The investment was led by Craft Ventures. Other investors took part in the…

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Paris-based PayFit raises €90M for its payroll and HR management platform; plans to hire 250 employees in 2021

Image credit: PayFitWith an aim to simplify payroll and human resource management for all European SMEs, Paris-based HRtech startup, PayFit, has raised €90M in its series D round of funding.…

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OctoML raises $28M Series B for its machine learning acceleration platform – TechCrunch

OctoML, a Seattle-based startup that offers a machine learning acceleration platform build on top of the open-source Apache TVM compiler framework project, today announced that it has raised a $28…

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Unagi expands e-scooter subscriptions with $10.5M in new funding – TechCrunch

Unagi, the startup behind the portable, design-centric electric scooters, is launching its subscription service to six more U.S. cities in an expansion fueled by $10.5 million in funding. The startup,…

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Amsterdam-based traveltech startup Roadmap takes the US route; acquired by LA-based Emburse

Image credits: roadmapExpense management conglomerate Emburse has announced the acquisition of Dutch startup Roadmap and Virginia-based travel data expert DVI to beef up its travel offerings. The terms of the…

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