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Nerdio lands $117M to build management tools on top of Azure Virtual Desktop

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In 2005, three entrepreneurs — Vadim Vladimirskiy, Stuart Gabel and Niall Keegan — co-founded Adar, a Chicago-based company providing “streaming IT” and IT-as-a-service products mainly to small- and medium-sized businesses. Nerdio runs in a customer’s own Azure subscription as an Azure-based application.).

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CodeSignal Named On G2’s Best Software Companies 2020 List

CodeSignal

CodeSignal, a technical skills assessment platform dedicated to helping companies #GoBeyondResumes in tech recruiting, was honored with a G2’s Best Software for 2020 Award. We will continue listening to our users and building innovative features like our new virtual whiteboard.” says CodeSignal CEO, Tigran Sloyan.

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Strava raises $110 million, touts growth rate of 2 million new users per month in 2020

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The funding will be used to propel the development of new features, and expand the company’s reach to cover even more users. Already in 2020, Strava has seen significant growth. The company claims that it has added over 2 million new “athletes” (how Strava refers to its users) per month in 2020.

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7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020

TechCrunch

The reasons are plentiful, but all tend to circle around the idea that it’s too early for software and too expensive to try to take on Apple or Facebook on the hardware front. Companies to watch are the ones that are creating cool experiences with mobile as the first entry point. Tipatat Chennavasin, The Venture Reality Fund.

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Hottest tech skills to hire for in 2020

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Here are some of the hottest tech skills (a mix of programming languages, tools, and frameworks; in random order) to hire for in 2020, which will help you thrive in the workplace of tomorrow. The language is at the heart of several prominent tech companies, such as Netflix, PayPal, Groupon, LinkedIn, and Walmart. Source: Coding Dojo.

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Twine raises $3.3M to add networking features to virtual events

TechCrunch

To date, twine’s events customers have included names like Microsoft, Amazon, Forrester, and others, and the service is on track to do $1 million in bookings in 2021, the company says. So the company shifted its focus to the familiar events space, with a specific focus on online events which grew in popularity due to the pandemic.

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Data wants to disrupt your deal flow (again)

TechCrunch

When I spoke to Abraham Othman, head of the investment committee and of data science at AngelList Venture, he told me they win deals because they are less adversarial to portfolio companies than other firms. No further due diligence? Our approach? This is our data set, let’s see if we can put money into them,” he said.