Levelpath, a procurement software startup founded by the duo behind Scout RFP, has raised $55 million in Series B funding led by Battery Ventures as the company looks to quadruple its revenue this year. The funding round also saw participation from existing investors, including Benchmark, which led Levelpath’s $14.5 million seed round, and Redpoint, the…
I love a ’90s revival as much as the next person. Baggy jeans? I’m on board. Tiny sunglasses? Still into them. But my favorite comeback of all is one that’s been noticeably absent from the trend cycle—until now. After a few years out of the zeitgeist, the platform flip-flop trend is finally re-emerging, and 2025…
There is no shortage of workflow collaboration tools — like Slack or Google Docs, in addition to industry-specific ones like GitHub — for software developers. A startup called AllSpice.io successfully bet that electrical hardware engineering teams need their own collaboration platform, too. AllSpice’s platform sits between existing workflow software. It allows hardware teams to collaborate…
Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, or NYK Line, is acquiring Germany’s salary payment platform for seafaring workers, Kadmos, as it seeks to further expand the reach of its fintech services in the maritime sector. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the acquisition deal, which is expected to be completed in…
Nnamdi Emelifeonwu was always curious about what work life was like for his colleague Feargus MacDaeid, one of the few registered blind lawyers in the U.K. Both practiced law at the global firm Freshfields. When asking about what would make his life easier, the answer was clear: “Help me navigate definitions in complex contracts without…
Vast Data, which offers an AI-friendly data storage platform, is in the market to raise a new round at a giant leap in valuation. Earlier this year, the nine-year-old company was seeking a valuation of around $25 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal. Should it achieve that, it would be a massive…
TikTok announced on Tuesday that it’s officially launching TikTok for Artists, a new music insights platform that is designed to help artists build their careers. The official launch comes two months after TikTok was spotted testing the platform in select countries. The tool is built to help artists and their teams better connect with fans,…
A platform for chatting and role-playing with AI-generated characters, Character.AI announced in a blog post on Monday that it is rolling out a slate of multimedia features. These features include AvatarFX, Character.AI’s video-generation model, plus Scenes and Streams, which allow users to create videos featuring their characters and then share them on a new social…
I love a ’90s revival as much as the next person. Baggy jeans? I’m on board. Tiny sunglasses? Still into them. But my favourite comeback of all is one that’s been noticeably absent from the trend cycle—until now. After a few years out of the zeitgeist, the platform flip-flop trend is finally re-emerging and 2025…
Misfits Market, the online platform that delivers imperfect groceries to help minimize waste, announced the acquisition of household restocking service The Rounds on Friday. As a result of the deal, Misfits Market plans to take on over 250 items from The Rounds’ inventory. This allows the company to diversify into additional categories, such as household…
