Localized influencer network Hummingbirds has announced a $10 million seed round that includes existing and new investors like Allos Ventures and M25 Fund. This brings the company’s funding to date to $14.4 million by our count, and comes less than a year after its last funding round of $3.3 million.
AI video is in the news this week. And of course, it’s all Ashton Kutcher’s fault. OK, so I haven’t forgiven him for his abysmal
This was a tough year for startups. Sure, there were plenty of multimillion-dollar funding announcements, some of which we covered here at Localogy Insider. But
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Two London-based fintech startups are taking on some of the biggest names in online payments. Names like Stripe, Paypal, and Klarna. And investors are putting
Perhaps the least surprising stories I have read in recent weeks involved event tech companies shedding staff. One such company, Hubilo, announced last week that
What’s the state of the current M&A and investing environments? To break this down, a panel of investors and M&A advisors at Localogy 2021 batted around the topic. We have video and summarized takeaways.
Joining an already-vibrant week for startup M&A and funding, Uberall announced a double shot: $115M in funding and the acquisition of fellow location-marketing firm MomentFeed. We examine drivers & strategic takeaways
Back in March, white-label SMB tech company Vendasta was making plans to hit the road and sell its proposed $100 million IPO to investors. What
Two European investors have together acquired a majority stake in the Amsterdam-based digital marketing solutions company Spotzer. The two companies investing in Spotzer are Amersterdam-based
Wolt, Finland’s answer to DoorDash, was on a steep trajectory before COVID. The pandemic has acted like a catapult for the company. So much so
The all-in-one SaaS marketing platform SOCi announced today that it has raised an $80 million D Round. This comes exactly one year after announcing a
Social marketing SaaS player SOCi announced today that is has raised $15 million in an oversubscribed series C funding round that the company will use
Broadly‘s acquisition of About.me announced today seems to be a bit more about acquiring the About.me team than about the product. We reached out to
The third annual “State of SMB Software 2018 report from our friends at SurePath Capital Partners paint a picture of a robust small business software
TaxJar, a company that automates sales tax collection for eCommerce businesses, just raised $60 million from Insight Venture Partners, with the assistance of our friends
Web.com’s hiring of Sharon Rowlands as its new CEO signals new owner Siris Capital means to bring substantial changes to the Florida-based website builder. Rowlands is
