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Passive collaboration is essential to remote work’s long-term success

TechCrunch

In 2020, companies of all sizes, in all corners of the world, were forced to shift to remote work with the onset of COVID-19. The best engineering work isn’t done in isolation, but in collaboration, as teams discuss, wrangle and brainstorm through problems. Active versus passive collaboration. The whiteboard.

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Most Business Leaders Believe 2020 Presidential Election Will Affect Small Businesses

Smart Hustle Magazine

Most business leaders in the US believe that the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will affect their businesses. In addition to the impact of the 2020 presidential election, the study also delves into difficulties businesses are facing and the sentiment of entrepreneurs about their future prospects.

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Visual collaboration company Miro valued at $17.5B following $400M in new funding

TechCrunch

CEO Khusid told TechCrunch he considers the company a “pioneer of visual collaboration,” with its early days as a digital whiteboard. Visual collaboration is something that allows teams in companies to better be on the same page. Miro lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges. Image Credits: Andrey Khusid.

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Hex scores $52M Series B to grow data science collaboration platform

TechCrunch

Hex has been moving briskly along its startup evolutionary path with its data science collaboration platform growing at a rapid pace, so much so the company attracted the attention of fundraising mega-firm Andreessen Horowitz and a pair of key industry strategic investors, Snowflake and Databricks. All of these people can come into Hex.

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How Cloud Technology Enables Budding Entrepreneurs to Work Smarter

StartupNation

There is no doubt that cloud technology continues to grow in popularity; we’re using it in our personal lives more than ever before, and businesses are adopting cloud infrastructure and applications to improve workplace collaboration, productivity and even security. Paving the way for a new wave of business leaders. Previously published Feb.

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AI-powered competitive enablement platform Klue lands $62M led by Tiger Global

TechCrunch

Klue , an AI-powered competitive enablement platform, has raised $62 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global, with participation from Salesforce Ventures. Klue aims to enable product marketers and competitive intelligence teams to increase their coverage of competitors. Image Credits: Klue.

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

TechCrunch

The company’s goal is to become “the collaborative banking layer of the investment world,” Smith said. Tribevest previously raised half a million dollars in a pre-seed round and exceeded its goals for customer acquisition in 2020 and 2021, Smith said. The Tribevest dashboard Image Credits: Tribevest.