Canadian private equity firm PartnerOne paid $ 28.2 million for HeadSpin, a mobile app testing startup whose founder has been sentenced for fraud earlier this year, according to documents viewed by TechCrunch. The fire sale was reported by TechCrunch last week. HeadSpin’s 2023 revenue was $ 21 million and its Q1 2024 revenue stood at […]
Telegram lets creators share paid content to channels
Telegram launched a digital currency called Stars for in-app use last month. Now, the company is expanding its use cases to paid content. The chat app is also allowing channels to covert the stars they have to Toncoin — the cryptocurrency Telegram uses over The Open Network (TON) blockchain. Alternatively, they can use them to […]
Kilimo helps farmers save water and get paid for it
When people think about the water they use, they tend to think about drinking water out of the tap or maybe their daily shower. But about 70% of the water we use goes toward growing the crops that feed us, a number that swells to as high as 90% in low-income countries. Finding water for […]
Filing: Salesforce paid $419M to buy Spiff in Feb
Salespeople live and die by commissions, which typically form a big chunk of how they are paid, so it’s no surprise that Salesforce paid a premium to buy a platform to manage this for customers more easily. Several months ago, it acquired Spiff, to help companies build out and manage incentive-based compensation schemes. Salesforce’s 10-K […]
Arne Slot contract, salary at Liverpool: How much have Reds paid Feyenoord in compensation for new manager?
Arne Slot will take on simultaneously one of the most attractive and daunting tasks in European football when he replaces Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager, officially from July 1 this year. Slot has won plenty of admirers for his high-intensity, attacking style that brought silverware to Feyenoord, including the 2022/23 Eredivisie title. Following Klopp could […]