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Hubble Technology Secures $9 Million In Seed Funding to Revolutionize Asset Visibility

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Hubble Technology, the pioneer in agentless technology asset visibility, announced it has closed $9m in seed financing

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  • Hubble Technology, the pioneer in agentless technology asset visibility, announced it has closed $9m in seed financing
    "Hubble is changing the way customers understand, secure and manage their technology assets through their sector-defining SaaS platform.
  • "Ineffective asset visibility leaves organizations exposed to unmeasurable cyber and operational risks," said Parker.
  • "A key requirement for any effective digital transformation is the ability to understand your existing technology stack and security controls."
  • Hubble sets itself apart from an increasingly fragmented cyber asset management market by providing a holistic approach, providing end-to-end visibility across the customer's entire digital presence.

BuzzFeed, Inc. Names Marcela Martin as President

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Martin will join the company this summer and oversee all of BuzzFeed Inc.s administrative functions.

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  • Martin will join the company this summer and oversee all of BuzzFeed Inc.s administrative functions.
  • Martin will be based in New York City and report directly to Founder and CEO Jonah Peretti.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220503006278/en/
    BuzzFeed, Inc. Names Marcela Martin As President (Photo: Business Wire)
    As the first pure play digital media company to go public, we are just beginning to tell BuzzFeeds story to the investment community.
  • Im thrilled about joining BuzzFeed and having the opportunity to work with such a talented and high performing executive team, said incoming BuzzFeed, Inc. President Marcela Martin.

Offerwhere launches loyalty program product for Squarespace

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

LONDON, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Offerwher e the offers and loyalty programs platform has launched Offerwhere for Commerce ,aproductthatletsSquarespaceuserslaunchaneffectiveloyalty orrewardprogram ontheirwebsite inminutes.

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  • LONDON, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Offerwher e the offers and loyalty programs platform has launched Offerwhere for Commerce ,aproductthatletsSquarespaceuserslaunchaneffectiveloyalty orrewardprogram ontheirwebsite inminutes.
  • Squarespace users have longed wanted a way to reward their customers for purchasing ontheirSquarespacewebsitebygiving loyaltypoints.OfferwhereextendsSquarespacewithitsflexible yetaffordableplatform.
  • With Offerwhere for Commerce, customers who shop on a Squarespace website can nowcollectloyalty pointswhentheypayforaproduct orservice.Whentheyhaveenoughloyalty points, customers can exchange their loyalty points with a discount code that they can useontheSquarespacewebsite.
  • Because Offerwhere is an offers and loyalty programs platform, users ofOfferwhereforCommercecanalsoadvertise theiroffersanddealstoattractnewcustomersfromtheOfferwhereecosystem.

GGV Capital Launches the SMBTech 50

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

NEW YORK, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GGV Capital, a global venture capital firm, launched its inaugural SMBTech 50 today in collaboration with Crunchbase. The SMBTech 50 is the first list to recognize the growth and potential of startups that serve small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The list (https://smbtech50.com/) demonstrates both the breadth and depth of this sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies. The launch will be celebrated at the Nasdaq MarketSite.

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  • NEW YORK, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GGV Capital, a global venture capital firm, launched its inaugural SMBTech 50 today in collaboration with Crunchbase.
  • "Our mission for the SMBTech 50 is to recognize the world's rising stars in SMBTech, and we are thrilled to congratulate the honorees of the SMBTech 50 and their passion for serving the small and medium-sized business community," said Tiffany Luck, investor at GGV Capital.
  • For the past three years, GGV has supported SMBTech startups through its SMBTech Index that tracks public SMBTech companies, content , and annual SMB-focused thought leadership event, SMBTech Summit .
  • The firm launched SMBTech 50 in 2022 to recognize the rising stars of the SMBTech sector.

Three-Quarters of Businesses Are Forced to Manage Manual Accounting Tasks Due to Data Errors and Inconsistencies Across Ecommerce Platforms, Losing 5-7 Full Days of Work Each Month

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

It is the first report of a three-part analysis on the impacts of ecommerce transactions on accounting practices, operations, and firm financials.

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  • It is the first report of a three-part analysis on the impacts of ecommerce transactions on accounting practices, operations, and firm financials.
  • The survey focused on companies deploying ecommerce solutions in the retail, restaurant, nonprofit, and accounting industries, and revealed that ecommerce platforms are challenging standard accounting processes.
  • Forty-five percent of businesses must manually adjust ecommerce payment data every month and a nearly equal percentage have to run manual reports for each ecommerce platform.
  • Businesses across size classifications are frustrated with data inconsistencies and variations in reporting cycles across ecommerce platforms and lack confidence that ecommerce integrations will input data accurately into their accounting systems.

Beam Raises $13.3M Series A to Turn Ecommerce Spending Power into Funding for Nonprofits

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Beam Impact, the leading social impact tech company, today announced that it has raised $13.3M in Series A funding to help mission-driven ecommerce brands build stronger loyalty by empowering people to make an impact on massive social issues as part of their everyday purchases. Index Ventures led the funding round with participation from previous investors Ulu Ventures and HearstLab as well as strategic angels like Brian Long and Andrew Jones (co-founders of Attentive), and Ruchika Julapalli (Head of Product at Everlane). This brings Beam's total funding to date to $15.4M.

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  • A New Way to Make an Impact: How Beam Works
    Beam's B2B2C model lets customers discover mission-driven brands through the free Beam app, and make an impact directly while checking out with the Beam ecommerce integration.
  • Beam pairs partner brands with vetted nonprofits reflecting their values and lets customers choose a nonprofit while checking out, where the brand donates part of their purchase at no extra cost.
  • As customers become progressively more invested in helping organizations reach their goals, they concentrate more of their spending with brands on Beam.
  • "We believe Beam is representative of a unique business that is becoming the connective tissue between for-profit businesses and nonprofits.

Squarespace to Announce First Quarter 2022 Financial Results on May 12, 2022

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Monday, April 11, 2022

NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Squarespace, Inc. (NYSE: SQSP), the all-in-one website building and ecommerce platform, today announced it will report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, before market open on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

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  • NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Squarespace, Inc. (NYSE: SQSP), the all-in-one website building and ecommerce platform, today announced it will report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, before market open on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
  • Squarespace will host a conference call and webcast to discuss first-quarter results at 8:30 a.m.
  • To register, please visit the Events & Presentations section of Squarespace's Investor Relations website at investors.squarespace.com.
  • Squarespace's team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in downtown New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, Illinois.

Tasker Payment Gateways LLC Celebrates Seven Years With an A+ BBB Rating

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Given the high-risk payment processing industry's inherent challenges, it is all the more impressive that during the past seven years, Tasker Payment Gateways LLC has maintained a perfect A+ rating with the BBB .

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  • Given the high-risk payment processing industry's inherent challenges, it is all the more impressive that during the past seven years, Tasker Payment Gateways LLC has maintained a perfect A+ rating with the BBB .
  • According to Matt Tasker, President of Tasker Payment Gateways, relationships are key to this kind of business success: "Our dedicated independent payment processing experts work hard to connect high-risk websites with payment processing that's right for their product and shopping cart.
  • In addition to maintaining an A+ rating with the BBB, Tasker Payment Gateways has received zero customer complaints, zero negative reviews, and a 100 percent customer loyalty score.
  • Tasker Payment Gateways provides high-risk-friendly payment processing for merchants who use popular site builders like Shopify, WooCommerce, and Squarespace.

Squarespace and New York Knicks Announce Winners of the Fifth Annual Make It Awards

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Friday, March 18, 2022

The New York Knicks and Squarespace, the website building and ecommerce platform, today announced the winners of the fifth annual Make It Awards.

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  • The New York Knicks and Squarespace, the website building and ecommerce platform, today announced the winners of the fifth annual Make It Awards.
  • The winners each receive a $30,000 grant, a one-year subscription for Squarespace, use of select Squarespace marketing inventory, including an annual Unfold Pro subscription, a feature segment on MSG Networks, and more.
  • The four winners this year are: Adapt Ability (Brooklyn, NY), Harlem Pilates (Harlem, NY), Legally BLK Fund (New York, NY) and COVERR (Queens, NY).
  • Below are brief descriptions for each winner:
    Adapt Ability is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides custom adaptive bicycles for children with special needs.

AudioEye Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

TUCSON, Ariz., March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AudioEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEYE), the industry-leading digital accessibility platform delivering website accessibility compliance to businesses of all sizes, reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021.

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  • TUCSON, Ariz., March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AudioEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEYE), the industry-leading digital accessibility platform delivering website accessibility compliance to businesses of all sizes, reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021.
  • Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) as of December 31, 2021 increased 16% to a record $2.2M from $1.9M as of December 31, 2020.
  • Full year 2021 revenue increased 20% to a record $24.5M from $20.5M in 2020.
  • There may be events in the future that AudioEye is not able to predict accurately or over which AudioEye has no control.