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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Its platform aims to give SMBs the ability to run their businesses “from building a brand to taking payments and everything in between.” SpotOn raises $125M in a16z-led Series D, triples valuation to $1.875B.

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What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

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To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally.

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What Lynda.com Plans To With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

socalTECH

To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally.

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SPONSOR POST: Find jobs at socalTECH.com

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Senior Web Developer , Malibu Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Platform Senior Software Engineer , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. IT Infrastructure/Technical Services Manager , Malibu, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Software Engineer , West LA, Shopzilla. Looking for other companies hiring in Southern California?

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Feel Lost On LinkedIn? ExploreB2B Wants To help You Network With People Of Your Profession

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The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. Our headquarters are in Berlin, but we have platform users from all corners of the world. The idea for exploreB2B resulted from my own experience in business development for a young consulting company and my brother’s enthusiasm for tech and social media.

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The Guts, The Glory, and The (Virtual) Gold of Bragstr, with Jon Knarreborg

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There are things like the NCAA, which has not been showing up in fantasy because there was lack of a platform to allow that. Jon Knarreborg: I had run a few websites, including GirlGamer.com, and I did lots of partnerships on that site. How is this all funded? We got together, and started to pursue this idea.

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Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

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funding round for the firm's travel booking service. We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. We've got a software-as-a-service platform that handles all of that for them--all they have to do is hand the guest the key. Our platform allows that.

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