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Attentive Retail Messaging Startup Lands $40M For Staffing Growth
Investments // August 13, 2019

Retail messaging startup Attentive has announced it’s raised a $40 million Series B investment led by Sequoia. Existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures and NextView Ventures, and new investors IVP and High Alpha also participated in the round. The funding will be used to...

Slack CEO Weighs In On The End Of (Some) Email 
IPO // June 20, 2019

Is the era of email coming to an end? Maybe — and maybe in several years. Slack CEO and Co-Founder Stewart Butterfield was quoted by CNBC as stating in an interview that email — at least in some ways — will soon see the end...

WhatsApp Founder Leaves Company Over Facebook Data Strategy
Facebook // May 01, 2018

The co-founder of WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook, announced he is leaving the company. Jan Koum, who co-founded WhatsApp with Brian Acton, is leaving the company after disagreements over the messaging service’s strategy, as well as Facebook’s attempts to use its personal data...

Google And Amazon Casualties Of Russia’s Telegram Ban
Amazon // April 18, 2018

Russia is making good on its threat to ban Telegram by blocking IP addresses owned by Google and Amazon, saying they were being used by the messaging service. On Monday (April 16), a Russian court made it easier for the government to block Telegram after...

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Attentive Retail Messaging Startup Lands $40M For Staffing Growth

August 13, 2019
Retail messaging startup Attentive has announced it’s raised a $40 million Series B investment led by Sequoia. Existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures and NextView Ventures, and new investors IVP and High Alpha also participated in the round. The funding will be used to continue to scale operations and boost product innovation. Founded by […]

Slack CEO Weighs In On The End Of (Some) Email 

June 20, 2019
Is the era of email coming to an end? Maybe — and maybe in several years. Slack CEO and Co-Founder Stewart Butterfield was quoted by CNBC as stating in an...

WhatsApp Founder Leaves Company Over Facebook Data Strategy

May 01, 2018
The co-founder of WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook, announced he is leaving the company. Jan Koum, who co-founded WhatsApp with Brian Acton, is leaving the company after disagreements...

Google And Amazon Casualties Of Russia’s Telegram Ban

April 18, 2018
Russia is making good on its threat to ban Telegram by blocking IP addresses owned by Google and Amazon, saying they were being used by the messaging service. On Monday...