SaaS

Jan 13 2021

CardFlight Announces Small Business Pay Solution Expansion With SwipeSimple Register Product Line Addition

CardFlight, a U.S.-based SaaS payment technology company, announced on Wednesday the addition of the SwipeSimple Register product line to its hardware offerings. According to CardFlight, the product will feature the following models:

SwipeSimple Register 8: has an expanded 8-inch touchscreen that delivers full POS/cash register capabilities. Its easy swivel mount conveniently shows customer prompts for tips and digital receipts, to provide a speedy check-out experience without adding clutter to counter space
SwipeSimple Register 6: designed for less complex sales environments. It features a convenient 6-inch touchscreen and swivel base station with a built-in receipt printer, packing a complete point of sale into an elegant device
SwipeSimple Register 15: target merchants requiring specialized features, including more advanced retail and food & beverage establishments, and quick-serve restaurants. It features an extra-large 15-inch touchscreen to quickly ring up complex sales, even from a large catalog

CardFlight explained that with these new payment solutions, small business owners will gain access to sophisticated countertop devices that run the powerful yet easy-to-use SwipeSimple software.

“SwipeSimple Register offers merchants sleek countertop devices integrating a physical check-out experience with modern point-of-sale and payment acceptance technology.”

while sharing more details about the product and features, Derek Webster, CEO and Founder of CardFlight, stated:

“The addition of SwipeSimple Register to the SwipeSimple suite of products furthers our mission to serve the full range of small businesses across industries. No two small businesses are the same, and neither are their needs—SwipeSimple Register product line will offer storefront merchants a range of countertop options, to meet the needs of their business.”

CardFlight went on to add that SwipeSimple Register’s Initial launch will begin in late Q1 2021 full line to release throughout the year.

Founded in 2013, CardFlight states it is committed to making payment acceptance easy for business owners.

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Nov 19 2020

Zimperium Names Proven Finance and Operations Leader, Brian Szeto, Chief Financial Officer

Brian Szeto has joined Zimperium as our Chief Financial Officer, where he will play a strategic role in accelerating our industry-leading growth and expansion by leading all finance, accounting, real estate, human resources, and information technology efforts.

“Brian adds so much to the Zimperium team,” said Shridhar Mittal, our chief executive officer. “He has more than 20 years leading finance and operations for several start-ups and multi-billion dollar SaaS, software and hardware companies, including Workday, Juniper Networks, TIBCO and ThoughtSpot. Brian brings operational excellence as we rapidly scale and accelerate growth.”

Prior to joining Zimperium, Brian was the VP of Finance for ThoughtSpot, a hyper-growth startup. While at ThoughtSpot, he established investor relations and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) functions and defined KPIs for long range planning. At Workday, Brian built the product and marketing finance functions before leading corporate finance activities including quarterly, annual, and multi-year strategic planning and associated key business analytics.

“I was first exposed to mobile security while at Juniper Networks,” Brian said. “Since then, I’ve had an eye on the mobile security space and I’ve seen how Zimperium – the global leader in mobile device and app security – has gained a tremendous amount of market traction in various sectors including financial, government, automotive and healthcare.”

Brian continued, “The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announcement – in which we will be delivering comprehensive Mobile Endpoint Protection to the unclassified government furnished devices of servicemen and women around the world – is just one such example of how the market is beginning to come to us. I can’t think of a better time to join this team and mission.”

Zimperium Names Proven Finance and Operations Leader, Brian Szeto, Chief Financial Officer

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Nov 05 2020

Luxembourg’s Nadifin Fintech Accelerator Announces 2020 Cohort

Luxembourg-based Nadifin Fintech Accelerator announced earlier this week its 2020 cohorts. According to Nadifin, more than 120 applications from all around the world were submitted and ten early-stage fintech companies were selected.

Founded in 2019, the NadiFin Acceleration program is powered by MiddleGame Ventures and Farvest in partnership with the LHoFT focus’s exclusively on “cutting edge” fintech companies post-seed and pre-series B preparing for investment that are using AI/ML, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain, and other “deeptech” tools to create seamless solutions and businesses for the European financial services market.

“10 of the most promising Fintech companies from around the world will convene virtually this fall in specially designed online workshops spanning two full weeks of instruction and one-on-one engagement with mentors, investors, and other startups.”

The 2020 NadiFin Fintech Accelerator Cohort:

CardsPal: A one-stop credit card deals discovery platform that empowers customers to maximize savings.
Cledara: The company standardizes the way companies discover, buy, manage, and cancel their SaaS.
FAC (Fund Admin Chain): A digital funds network for launching and trading investment funds.
Greenomy: RegTech SaaS platform enabling Europe’s companies and institutional investors to comply with the EU’s new Sustainable Finance standards, accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.
Keyrock: Offers market making and liquidity provision services for financial markets.
Lacero: Policy engines for compliance, governance and control of Digital Assets and Data Objects.
Loancorp: A secure online Wholesale Banking loans platform accessible by Lenders, Bookrunner Banks and Borrowers.
Nayms: Smart contract platform for the placement, trade, reporting and settlement of insurance risk.
NextGate: Data-driven FundTech that provides innovative Software-as-a-Service solutions for the asset management industry.
SoCash: The platform to connect banks to retail networks enabling cash and banking services for consumers.

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Oct 14 2020

Small Business B2B Search Engine Developer, Grata, Is Using Machine Learning, NLP to Implement its SaaS Platform

Grata, a company developing the “first-of-its-kind” small business B2B search engine, has secured $3.2 million in seed funding. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, Grata’s investment round was led by Bling Capital along with participation from Accomplice and Alumni Ventures Group. Former executives from Goldman Sachs, American Express, and Citi also took part in Grata’s funding round..

Grata was founded in 2016 by Andrew Bocskocsky and Nevin Raj, two Harvard alumni, and classmates who, respectively, worked as consultants and investors at McKinsey and Palantir.

As mentioned in the announcement:

“[Grata’s founders] built and bootstrapped the company, whose mission is to make every small to mid-sized private company in the U.S. searchable, to well over 100 customers and 1,000 users. To date, business development professionals across private equity, investment banking, and recruiting have transacted over $1B with companies they’ve found through Grata.”

Grata is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that’s able to automate the B2B research process so that key information on the 30 million US businesses may be accessed by private equity and banking institutions.

Grata uses natural language processing (NLP) and web crawling technology. The automated solution may help reduce the time required to complete various processes which are being performed manually.

Andrew Bocskocsky, Co-Founder, CEO at Grata, states:

“Grata is the first search engine for company discovery, providing a single source of truth to find small to middle market private companies. …Grata indexes billions of sources on the web and has innovated the latest NLP technology.”

As noted by the Grata team:

“[Our] machine learning technology enables you to identify similar companies, find new targets you would otherwise miss, and automate personalized outreach. Grata’s platform also powers a suite of digital intelligence products for voice of customer diligence and competitive intelligence.”

Grata’s official website notes that middle-market firms and SMBs are more than “99% of your opportunities.” The company’s solutions can help businesses with “capturing hard to find companies that aren’t in the news or raising capital.”

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