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Splunk acquires cloud monitoring service SignalFx for $1.05B
Splunk, the publicly traded data processing and analytics company, today announced that it has acquired SignalFx for a total price of about $1.05 billion. Approximately 60% of this will be in cash and
How should B2B startups think about growth? Not like B2C
Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of B2B companies apply ineffective demand generation strategies to their startup. If you’re a B2B founder trying to grow your business, this guide is for you...
WeChat wants to own tourism
When people travel, they usually have a list of apps installed to navigate a new city, find restaurants, book transit tickets and more. China’s top chat app WeChat has designs on claiming that s
Yelp adds portfolios and highlights to its business profiles
Yelp is announcing two new ad products for business owners — portfolios and “business highlights.” Those highlights are basically a way for businesses to point out their most distinctive
Verified Expert Growth Marketing Agency: Right Side Up
Right Side Up is not your typical growth marketing agency. As a former entrepreneur and in-house growth marketer for startups like Eventbrite, founder Tyler Elliston says he created RSU as a way to he
Canvas Ventures hires former Social Capital GP Mike Ghaffary
Mike Ghaffary left Social Capital in August, shortly before the firm announced it would no longer raise outside capital.
Khosla GP launches Bling Capital to help seed-stage startups build products
Ben Ling, a Khosla general partner until next month, is closing in on $60 million for his debut fund.
Sequoia leads $10M round for home improvement negotiator Setter
You probably don’t know how much it should cost to get your home’s windows washed, yard landscaped or countertops replaced. But Setter does. The startup pairs you with a home improvement c
Envoy raises $43 million to digitize your office
The office might not seem like an area in desperate need of disruption, but Envoy — a Silicon Valley company used to sign in over 100,000 visitors at offices across the world each day; and a Tec
Yelp partners with event management startup Gather to make planning your next party easier
Event management software company Gather today announced the introduction of its Gather Booking Network, and inaugural partners Yelp and EVENTup. The network is designed to help party goers, venues an
How Yelp (mostly) shut down its own data centers and moved to AWS
Back in 2013, Yelp was a 9-year old company built on a set of internal systems. It was coming to the realization that running its own data centers might not be the most efficient way to run a business
Watchdogs ask Googlers to stop it favoring its own search results
A new coalition of activist groups led by Yelp and TripAdvisor are renewing the fight to get Google to give a fair opportunity to all sites instead of putting its Knowledge Cards atop the results for
How did Thumbtack win the on-demand services market?
Earlier today, the services marketplace Thumbtack held a small conference for 300 of its best gig economy workers at an event space in San Francisco. For the nearly ten-year-old company the event was
Yelp is not having a good day
Yelp saw its stock take a steep dive this afternoon after it reported its fourth-quarter earnings, which on an adjusted basis fell below Wall Street's expectations on the bottom line. Yelp has had a
Facebook relaunches Events app as Facebook Local, adds bars and food
Bad news for Yelp and good news for nightlife lovers. When you want to go out, it doesn’t necessarily have to be to an event. So to help you discover bars, restaurants, and nearby attractions, F
Yelp beats earnings, revises outlook after Eat24 sale
Yelp, the platform which connects consumers and local businesses, posted third-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Yelp’s net revenue for the third quarter was $222.4 million, 19 perc
Apple, Salesforce and PayPal join LGBT cause in Supreme Court wedding cake case
A handful of tech companies have signed onto a friend of the court brief in the case of the Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same sex couple. TechCrunch has confirmed that so fa
Yelp is betting on home services, which accounts for 20 percent of revenue
While many folks think of Yelp as a place to find a great place to eat, the company has been quietly infiltrating other categories. Home Services — stuff like plumbing, movers, mechanics, etc. — s
Let’s review some of tech’s big second quarter financial stories
Now that the second-quarter “earnings season” — when all of the biggest public tech companies spill their financial guts to the public — is over, and it was filled with a lot of weird
Alipay partners with Yelp to continue its pursuit of Chinese tourist money
Ant Financial, the Alibaba affiliated valued at $60 billion, is continuing to follow Chinese tourists and their wallets overseas after it inked a deal with Yelp in the U.S.. The partnership allows Al