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

TechCrunch

But with the pandemic hitting, it did a hard pivot into providing a highly customizable virtual events platform, primarily used by companies for their sales events. Founder Jasenko Hadzic , CEO and co-founder, said the pivot to virtual grew revenues “by 700% organically last year. and grow revenues. No marketing. Organically.

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

TechCrunch

” Nerdio’s platform lets customers deploy, manage and cost-optimize virtual desktops running in Microsoft Azure, extending the capabilities of Azure Virtual Desktop , Microsoft’s cloud-based system for virtualizing Windows. Nerdio runs in a customer’s own Azure subscription as an Azure-based application.).

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Pivoting in the pandemic, Citysocializer relaunches as a ‘Get Your Guide for virtual events’

TechCrunch

As many of us have seen, personal trainers, yoga teachers and similar types of freelance professionals have all had to shift to offering virtual sessions over Zoom and similar platforms. It’s now become a platform for virtual fitness classes, learning workshops and the like, with users in the U.K., Europe, the U.S.

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Babyscripts secures $12M to roll out its virtual maternity care model

TechCrunch

Obstetrics virtual care company Babyscripts raised $12 million in the first round of a Series B investment that will enable the company to accelerate the roll out of its virtual maternity care tool platform to providers. Babyscripts can help patients anywhere be monitored and their health managed virtually.

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Our ten-year countdown to net zero has begun

Capgemini

This is why we announced last week a new ambition to be net zero by 2030. Even with COVID-19, I am delighted that we have kept our plans on track to create our ten-year net zero strategy. Committed to developing and innovating to create new ways of working fit for a net zero world.

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IT Vortex: The Effort to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions is Far More Than a Business Goal

CIO

We bundle virtual firewalls, layered antivirus, Security Operations Center-as-a-Service, 24/7/365 alerts and monitoring, and more to ensure that our clients are protected in the cloud from day one.”.

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Everlywell raises $175 million to expand virtual care options and scale its at-home health testing

TechCrunch

“Our COVID-19 test is 75% new people buying our product, and it has an NPS [net promoter score] of 75,” she said. But what is new is the expanded reach, and the realization among many Americans that virtual care and at-home options are available, and are effective. “It’s not just for Everlywell.