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Adobe makes $20B bet on a collaborative future with Figma acquisition

TechCrunch

billion Marketo acquisition in 2018. It could be that — like IBM buying Red Hat for $34 billion in 2018 or Salesforce acquiring Slack for almost $28 billion in 2020 — Adobe’s executive team saw a company that could fundamentally alter their organization. For IBM, the Red Hat acquisition was about the hybrid cloud.

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The Breakout Tech Company Of 2018

Haystack

Whereas in 2016 I struggled to come up with one, and whereas in 2017 it was obvious it was Coinbase, with 2018 comes the most money poured into U.S. In 2018, it was that kind year. This is the company, in my opinion, which only first appeared on the radar of most investors in 2018. Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

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Wrap-up of the Startup Community Leaders Mission USA 2018

Startup Catalyst

The second Startup Community Leaders Mission to the USA took place from 11-18 March 2018, with 20 participants taking part, including 14 from 11 different regional towns in Queensland, 3 from Brisbane, one from Sydney, one from Adelaide, and one from New York (assisting the Beach City film crew). Who we took.

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Highnote launches a collaboration platform for musicians and podcasters offering voice notes, polls and more

TechCrunch

Highnote launched to the public today, allowing musicians, podcasters, and other creators to collaborate on audio files by recording voice notes directly over a track, making timestamped reactions, and creating polls to get opinions. Rashawn said, “Highnote makes client collaborations easy and seamless. Highnote changes that.”.

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Columbus-based Tribevest bags $3M for its collaborative investing platform

TechCrunch

One deal led to another, Smith said, and the wealth the group created eventually gave him the financial freedom to launch his own company, Tribevest, in 2018. The company’s goal is to become “the collaborative banking layer of the investment world,” Smith said.

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PlexTrac raises $10M Series A round for its collaboration-centric security platform

TechCrunch

With this new round, the company, which was founded in 2018, has now raised a total of $11 million, with StageDot0 leading its 2019 seed round. By making it collaborative, both red and blue teams are united on the same goal we all share, to protect the network and assets.” PlexTrac CEO and President Dan DeCloss.

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Breaking boundaries together in Ecuador

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Tamara Isch, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and a co-founder and COO of EcX Labs, has been breaking boundaries in her country, in her field of work, and in the world. Tamara tells all her friends about YLAI, and encourages women to join a collaborative, supportive group in the pursuit of STEM-related fields. By Elise Kemp.