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october 9, 2024
freedompay and stripe announce partnership to make it easier for enterprises to unify commerce

FreedomPay, an innovative leader in Next Level Commerce™ technologies, and Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, today announced a partnership that makes it possible for virtually any enterprise to use Stripe for online and in-person payments alongside their existing commerce tools.

December 3, 2024
Dailypay appoints accomplished commercial leader ryan mang as chief commercial officer

DailyPay, a worktech company and the leading provider of earned wage access, has announced that Ryan Mang has been named to the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer at DailyPay. Mang will report to Stacy Greiner, Chief Executive Officer, DailyPay.

november 14, 2024
bitsight to acquire cyber threat intelligence leader cybersixgill to help enterprises to preempt cyber attacks

Bitsight, the global leader in cyber risk management, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cybersixgill, a leading global cyber threat intelligence (CTI) data provider. Together, Bitsight and Cybersixgill will provide unmatched visibility into an organization’s external attack surface, supply chain, and the threats targeting it. As a result, security leaders can proactively identify, prioritize, and mitigate risk across their first and third party environments.

press releases

2024

12/3/24- DailyPay Appoints Accomplished Commercial Leader Ryan Mang As Chief Commercial Officer

11/14/24- Bitsight to Acquire Cyber Threat Intelligence Leader Cybersixgill to Help Enterprises to Preempt Cyber Attacks

10/24/24- DailyPay Secures Additional $100 Million Credit Commitment From Citi

10/15/24- JobGet Acquires Snagajob, Creating the Largest Hourly Workforce Job Platform in the U.S.

10/9/24- FreedomPay and Stripe announce partnership to make it easier for enterprises to unify commerce

9/24/24- The Outdoorsy Group Exceeds $3 Billion in Sales, Plans European Expansion

8/8/24- VAST Data Announces Amy Shapero as Company’s First Chief Financial Officer

5/19/24- This 35-year-old turned a local Indonesian coffee stall into a unicorn startup – today it brings in $100 million a year

3/7/24- Ashley Home acquires Nectar mattress owner Resident Home

3/5/24- Accenture to acquire Udacity to build a learning platform focused on AI

1/18/24- Carrick Capital Doubles Down on Financial Technology Company DailyPay

1/10/24- Coming Off a Year of Tremendous Growth, Outdoorsy Hires Ex-eBay and Upwork Engineering Leader as Chief Technology Officer

1/9/24- Pentera Promotes Morgan Jay to Chief Revenue Officer on its Way to $100M in Revenue

2023

12/10/23- Bitsight analyzes critical cybersecurity performance gaps across industries in joint study with Google

12/6/23- VAST Data Closes Series E Funding Round, Nearly Triples Valuation to $9.1 Billion

12/4/23- Fitch Group Completes Acquisition of Bixby

11/29/23- Rev Adds AI Development Veteran Aron England as Chief Product and Technology Officer

11/14/23- Wine.com Celebrates 25 Years of Uncorking Joy

10/20/23- Westminster ready for thousands at Cracker Fest

10/2/23- Bitsight Identifies Nearly 100,000 Industrial Control Systems Exposed to the Public Internet

9/20/23- FreedomPay and WorldPay Expand Integrated Payments Partnership

9/13/23- Rev names Fernando Trueba as Chief Marketing Officer Amid Transcription Accuracy and Language Milestones

9/12/23- Udacity Announces ‘All Access’ for Professionals in Search of Continuous, On-Demand Learning

8/23/23- Careerminds Acquires Virtual-Recruitment Platform, Premier Virtual, To Optimize Functionality and Utility for Job Seekers and Employers

8/3/23- Unity Software (U) Q2 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Rise Y/Y

7/13/23- Mana Products forms new Scientific Advisory Board to accelerate innovation

6/7/23- First Citizens Bank Provides Credit Facility to Signature Brands

5/11/23 – Presidio Investors and Kline Hill Partners Announce Successful Closing of Continuation Fund for ElevATE Semiconductor

4/17/23- EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.® Expands Executive Leadership Team with Key Industry Veterans

4/3/23- DailyPay Welcomes Kevin Doerr as Chief Product Officer

3/28/23- DailyPay Names Jared DeMatteis as Company’s First Chief Legal & Strategy Officer

3/31/23- Shell USA, Inc. finalizes acquisition of Volta Inc., scaling up its U.S. public electric vehicle charging network

2/27/23 – The evolution of ChatGPT will fuel the future of higher education, says Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun

1/24/23 – DailyPay Announces $260 Million in New Funding

1/19/23- Sun Capital Affiliate Completes Acquisition of Fresh Origins

2022

12/6/22- EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.® Announces CEO Transition and $18M Financing to Expand Commercialization

11/1/22- VAST Data Continues Historic Market Share Capture Throughout 2022

10/27/22- UserTesting to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo and Sunstone Partners for $1.2Bn

10/20/22- Pentera Expands Operations to APAC

10/10/22- Financial Titans Invest $43 Million in CrowdStreet to Fund Growth and Accelerate Demand for Online Real Estate Investing

9/21/22- The Mom Project, Leading Platform for Supporting the Economic Advancement of Working Mothers, Reaches ‘One Million Moms’ Milestone

8/04/22- UserTesting Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

8/02/22- Savana Announces $45 Million Series A Funding Round Led by Georgian

6/15/22- DailyPay Announces Kevin Coop to Assume CEO and Board Roles

5/17/22- ChurnZero Builds Momentum with Industry Awards and Accolades in Q2 2022 

5/02/22- UserTesting Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

4/14/22- Resident Home Establishes Jeffersonville, Indiana, Mattress Factory

4/13/22- With Vast Data, Nvidia is in the company of a storage unicorn

3/29/22- UserTesting Named a G2 Leader in Six Categories, Earns a Silver Stevie Award, Named an Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top Workplace, and Secures Several More Notable Awards

3/22/22- VAST Data Collaborates With NVIDIA to Build the Data Foundation for AI Superclusters

3/17/22- Talent Inc. Announces Majority Investment in CareerMinds

3/17/22- DailyPay Secures $300 Million Credit Facility From Barclays in Landmark Deal for the On-Demand Pay Industry

3/02/22- VAST Data Demonstrates Its Impressive Momentum

2/28/22- UserTesting Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

2/15/22- UserTesting’s Chief Insights Officer Janelle Estes and CEO Andy MacMillan Launch New Book Detailing How Human Insight Can Help Companies Succeed in Today’s Experience Economy

2/08/22- DailyPay Welcomes Scott Sampson as First Chief Revenue Officer After Record-setting Growth Year

1/18/22- Vast Data Eyes a Role in the Datacenter Beyond Storage

1/10/22- ironSource Completes Tapjoy Acquisition, Increasing Monetization Opportunities for App and Game Developers and Expanding ironSource’s Scale in the Market

1/5/22- Brand Castle Acquired by Traub Capital Partners’ Signature Brands

2021

12/13/21- Quartile Acquires Sidecar to Form Largest Cross-Channel E-Commerce Advertising Platform

11/17/21- UserTesting celebrates today’s initial public offering

8/21/21- Argentina’s Terold buys majority stake in Marin County’s WX Brands