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Compass files S-1, reveals $3.7B in revenue on net loss of $270M

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Given the startup’s agency model, most of that revenue is paid out directly to the firm’s agents, who netted about $3 billion in commissions in 2020. Compass posted a net loss of $270 million in 2020, a net loss roughly in line with what it has experienced in the past two years. The company’s revenues have increased from $186.8

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

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Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. In a growing technology market, Nikolic waited for the right opportunity. Everything fell in place; every box was ticked,” she says. “I

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

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Kaiko Systems, which Fussek founded in 2020 with Eddy del Valle, the former CTO of freight-forwarding unicorn Sennder , provides a smartphone-based tool for front-line workers and inspectors to collect operational data onboard. The company employs 10 people around the world and plans to double its headcount in the coming months.

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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

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Founders : Before beU delivery, Hao Zheng, who leads the team as chief executive, was the founder and CEO of Yooul, a social networking app in China. Thus, its platform makes it “easy for these businesses to issue corporate expense cards (Visa for now) and software, mainly for sales and marketing teams, to track and control spending.

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Pivoting from offline into virtual events for enterprises nets Tame a $5.5M seed round

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million, a large round for its native Denmark, led by VF Venture (The Danish Growth Fund), along with byFounders and three leading angels: Mikkel Lomholt (CTO and co-founder, Planday); Sune Alstrup (Ex-CEO and co-founder, The Eye Tribe); and Ulrik Lehrskov Schmidt. No marketing. The result is that it has now raised a seed round of $5.5

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How to Close a Complex Vacancy: NET Core, ASP, Microsoft Azure for Banking and Finance

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If you also consider releasing an app for banking and finance, you’ll need to find ASP,NET Core, and MS Azure engineers. As for technologies, many companies and startups prefer NET Core, ASP, and Microsoft Azure in banking and financial services. The market volume of digital banks alone is expected to reach $3.20

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