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Runway Growth Finance Corp. Provides Fourth Quarter 2023 Portfolio Update

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

“Runway Growth generated strong momentum during the fourth quarter, capitalizing on investment opportunities as green shoots emerged in the origination environment,” said Greg Greifeld, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Runway Growth, and Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of Credit of Runway Growth Capital LLC.

Key Points: 
  • “Runway Growth generated strong momentum during the fourth quarter, capitalizing on investment opportunities as green shoots emerged in the origination environment,” said Greg Greifeld, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Runway Growth, and Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of Credit of Runway Growth Capital LLC.
  • Runway Growth’s creative financing solutions and strategic growth capital will fill a void for borrowers seeking non-dilutive alternatives to a challenging fundraising environment.”
    In the fourth quarter of 2023, Runway Growth funded eight investments: three investments in new portfolio companies and five investments in existing portfolio companies.
  • During the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023, Runway Growth experienced two prepayments totaling $61.7 million and scheduled principal amortization of $0.3 million.
  • As of December 31, 2023, the Runway Growth portfolio included 31 debt investments to 29 portfolio companies and 76 equity investments in 48 portfolio companies, including 25 portfolio companies where Runway Growth holds both a debt and equity investment.

Zephyr Releases PSN Top Guns List for Q3 2023 Highlighting Best-In-Class Separate Accounts, Managed Accounts and Managed ETF Strategies

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zephyr, a subsidiary of Informa plc (LSE: INF), and a recognized leader in investment management technology for wealth managers and advisors, has released its highly anticipated PSN Top Guns List for Q3 2023. The list is an important reference for plan sponsors, investors and asset managers, showcasing the best performing separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies each quarter. In October of this year, Zephyr tapped Nick Williams to the newly created position of PSN Product Manager where he is charged with directing the strategy, growth and development of the world's longest running SMA database in the world and the source for PSN Top Gun Awards.

Key Points: 
  • The list is an important reference for plan sponsors, investors and asset managers, showcasing the best performing separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies each quarter.
  • "PSN is a top resource for due diligence to research SMA strategies, performance and investment philosophies."
  • The following strategies made the PSN Top Guns list for the Emerging Markets Universe:
    Below are some of the strategies that make up the PSN Top Guns Core Plus Universe:
    Nauman's complete Q3 2023 Top Guns Commentary can be viewed on the company's website .
  • If you would like to learn more about becoming a part of the PSN database or would like to subscribe to PSN data, visit PSN .

Apollo.io 3.0 Signals the Future of Go-to-Market with AI-Powered Assistance, Delivering 10x Sales Effectiveness

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Apollo.io, the leading go-to-market (GTM) solution, unveiled Apollo 3.0, an all-in-one platform offering AI-powered assistance across the entire deal funnel — transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. This single, unified platform empowers revenue teams to prospect more efficiently, win more deals, improve results, and leverage AI-driven intelligence to streamline their go-to-market. By seamlessly integrating Apollo's rich B2B database and top-notch sales execution tools with data-driven guidance throughout the platform, businesses can tap into up to 40 percent more of their total addressable market (TAM). The announcement took place during Apollo's inaugural virtual event, Olympus 2023, where more than 20,000 people came together to experience the launch first-hand and gain invaluable insights to revolutionize their go-to-market strategy.

Key Points: 
  • In an exclusive Product Keynote, Apollo's Chief Product Officer Shek Viswanathan and Vice President of Product Krishan Patel demonstrated aspects of Apollo 3.0 that have made intelligent prospecting, customer engagement, and overall sales effectiveness 10x easier.
  • "Apollo 3.0 will be purpose-built for every role in sales and beyond to operate with greater speed and scale.
  • The vision we're beginning to deliver on today will transform sales and allow sales professionals to invest their time back into forming relationships with and delighting customers. "
  • Conversation Intelligence enhancements also bring new sales team coaching features to Apollo including call tagging, call libraries, keyword tracking, and scorecards.

SalesIntel Surpasses 20 Million 95% Accurate Human-Verified B2B Decision Makers; Announces 7x International Expansion

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SalesIntel, the leading go-to-market intelligence platform, continues its rapid data expansion, eclipsing 20 million human-verified 95% accurate decision-maker contacts, including 13 million in North America. Additionally, the company announced a 7x expansion in International contact data, adding over 36 million, including 4 million human-verified decision makers.

Key Points: 
  • SalesIntel continues its 2023 data expansion with a 58% increase in human-verified decision-maker contacts in the past six months.
  • ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SalesIntel , the leading go-to-market intelligence platform, continues its rapid data expansion, eclipsing 20 million human-verified 95% accurate decision-maker contacts, including 13 million in North America.
  • Additionally, the company announced a 7x expansion in International contact data, adding over 36 million, including 4 million human-verified decision makers.
  • The B2B industry is ripe for disruption as customers plead for better quality data, more actionable data, and a true partnership from their B2B intelligence provider.

Momentum ITSMA announces finalists for 2023 Marketing Excellence Awards

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Marking its 26th year, the industry-leading Momentum ITSMA Marketing Excellence Awards (MEAs) continues to honor high-performing B2B marketing programs.

Key Points: 
  • Marking its 26th year, the industry-leading Momentum ITSMA Marketing Excellence Awards (MEAs) continues to honor high-performing B2B marketing programs.
  • Dave Munn, Partner at Momentum ITSMA, shared his enthusiasm: "For 26 years, our MEAs have been the hallmark of celebrating B2B marketing excellence.
  • The finalists for the 2023 Marketing Excellence Awards are:
    Building Best-in-Class Marketing Organizations: Autodesk, Luxoft a DXC Technology Company, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra
    Embedding an Account-Based Culture: BT, Gainwell Technologies, IBM, Luxoft a DXC Technology Company, Salesforce
    Munn added, "I'm thoroughly impressed by this year's submissions.
  • These will be unveiled at the Awards Ceremony on November 14 during Momentum ITSMA's Marketing Vision conference, taking place November 13-15 at The Revere Hotel, Boston, MA.

Momentum ITSMA announces finalists for 2023 Marketing Excellence Awards

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Marking its 26th year, the industry-leading Momentum ITSMA Marketing Excellence Awards (MEAs) continues to honor high-performing B2B marketing programs.

Key Points: 
  • Marking its 26th year, the industry-leading Momentum ITSMA Marketing Excellence Awards (MEAs) continues to honor high-performing B2B marketing programs.
  • Dave Munn, Partner at Momentum ITSMA, shared his enthusiasm: "For 26 years, our MEAs have been the hallmark of celebrating B2B marketing excellence.
  • The finalists for the 2023 Marketing Excellence Awards are:
    Building Best-in-Class Marketing Organizations: Autodesk, Luxoft a DXC Technology Company, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra
    Embedding an Account-Based Culture: BT, Gainwell Technologies, IBM, Luxoft a DXC Technology Company, Salesforce
    Munn added, "I'm thoroughly impressed by this year's submissions.
  • These will be unveiled at the Awards Ceremony on November 14 during Momentum ITSMA's Marketing Vision conference, taking place November 13-15 at The Revere Hotel, Boston, MA.

Heartex is now HumanSignal: Creators of Label Studio are Betting Big on People for Better AI

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Heartex, creators of the most widely adopted open-source data labeling platform, Label Studio, announced today that it is rebranding to HumanSignal. This change signifies the company's broader mission to equip data science teams with the tools to guide foundation models, facilitating the construction of distinctly tailored AI models using proprietary data coupled with human feedback.

Key Points: 
  • As foundation models fuel new possibilities for AI applications, companies also face new challenges when relying on those models, including lack of differentiation, mistakes, hallucinations, and bias.
  • The need for specialized, high quality training data to fine-tune and continuously validate generative AI models is more important than ever.
  • The more unique and specialized the signal, the more precise and competitive your model becomes," said Michael Malyuk, CEO of HumanSignal.
  • "The more unique and specialized the signal, the more precise and competitive your model becomes," said Michael Malyuk, CEO of HumanSignal.

6sense Named a Leader Among B2B Intent Data Providers

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

6sense , the leading platform to revolutionize the way B2B organizations create, manage and convert pipeline to revenue, today announced that independent research firm Forrester cited 6sense as a market leader in The Forrester Wave™: B2B Intent Data Providers, Q2 2023.

Key Points: 
  • 6sense , the leading platform to revolutionize the way B2B organizations create, manage and convert pipeline to revenue, today announced that independent research firm Forrester cited 6sense as a market leader in The Forrester Wave™: B2B Intent Data Providers, Q2 2023.
  • 6sense today also announced the integration of PeerSpot intent data to its platform, strengthening its leader position in the intent data category.
  • 6sense customers can leverage PeerSpot data to build audience segments for data exploration, buyer experience personalization, and campaign and outreach triggers.
  • 6sense is the first account-based marketing (ABM) platform to integrate with PeerSpot, and the only ABM platform with native access to PeerSpot data, offering actionable, low-funnel intent data.

Seamless.AI Announces Record Growth for Q1 2023 - Launches Buyer Intent and Job Changes

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

DUBLIN, Ohio, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Seamless.AI, the world's most powerful and accurate sales intelligence platform, is excited to announce record revenue growth for Q1 2023. This growth, in part, stems from the following new product releases: Organizational Charts (Org Charts), Job Changes, and Buyer Intent.

Key Points: 
  • Seamless.AI Revolutionizes Sales Intelligence With New Product Launches: Org Charts, Job Changes, and Buyer Intent to help build the future of prospecting.
  • DUBLIN, Ohio, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Seamless.AI, the world's most powerful and accurate sales intelligence platform, is excited to announce record revenue growth for Q1 2023.
  • This growth, in part, stems from the following new product releases: Organizational Charts (Org Charts), Job Changes, and Buyer Intent.
  • "The addition of Org Charts, Job Changes, and Buyer Intent to our platform ensures that users have every opportunity to connect with opportunity and maximize revenue growth."

Next Quarter and Bombora Join Forces to Provide Game-Changing Account Planning

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Monday, April 3, 2023

RESTON, Va., April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Next Quarter, a data-driven platform designed to help companies increase their revenue, and Bombora, the leading B2B intent data solutions provider, are excited to announce they are teaming up to revolutionize the way businesses approach B2B sales.

Key Points: 
  • "Next Quarter is committed to helping customers increase revenue," said Rahul Shah, CEO of Next Quarter.
  • "By combining our account planning solution with Bombora's Intent data, we can offer a unique competitive edge to help drive account growth through AI-based recommendations leveraging intent.
  • "We are thrilled to partner with Bombora and offer our customers a unique and valuable solution that combines the power of Intent data with account planning," Shah said.
  • Next Quarter is the only AI-based account planning solution to incorporate Intent data and is trusted by Fortune 500 companies.