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Gigya
Gigya, Inc. is a technology company founded in Tel Aviv, Israel and headquartered in Mountain View, California with additional offices in New York, Tel Aviv, London, Paris, Hamburg, and Sydney. Offering Gigya offers a customer identity management platform for managing profiles, preference, opt-in and consent settings. Gigya's technology is used by many corporations including Fox, Forbes, Repsol, Toyota, RTL Netherlands, Campbells, Fairfax Media, Wacom, ASOS, and Turner according to the company's website. Gigya offers an identity management platform for businesses which includes products for customized registration, social login, user profile and preference management, user engagement and loyalty, and integrations with third-party marketing and services platforms. History Gigya was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2006. Patrick Salyer became CEO in March 2011. Gigya has worked with SAP Hybris since 2013. As of November 2014, Gigya had raised $104M from Intel Capital, Benchmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intel Capital
Intel Capital is a division of Intel Corporation, set up to manage corporate venture capital, global investment, mergers and acquisitions. Intel Capital makes equity investments in a range of technology startups and companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting artificial intelligence, autonomous technology, data center and cloud, 5G, next-generation compute, semiconductor manufacturing and other technologies. History Intel Capital was set up in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. It was originally called Corporate Business Development (CBD). At that time, Intel mainly invested in American companies, and in 1998 95% of investment was in the USA. Over time, investment in non-US companies increased, and by 2012 international investments accounted for about 57%. Intel Capital has invested more than US$12.5 billion in over 1,550 companies in 57 countries. In that timeframe, over 200 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world, and more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Electronic Army
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA; ar, الجيش السوري الإلكتروني) is a group of computer hackers which first surfaced online in 2011 to support the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Using spamming, website defacement, malware, phishing, and denial-of-service attacks, it has targeted terrorist organizations, political opposition groups, western news outlets, human rights groups and websites that are seemingly neutral to the Syrian conflict. It has also hacked government websites in the Middle East and Europe, as well as US defense contractors. the SEA has been "the first Arab country to have a public Internet Army hosted on its national networks to openly launch cyber attacks on its enemies". The precise nature of SEA's relationship with the Syrian government has changed over time and is unclear. Origins and historical context In the 1990s Syrian President Bashar al-Assad headed the Syrian Computer Society, which is connected to the SEA, accor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Login
Social login is a form of single sign-on using existing information from a social networking service such as Facebook, Twitter or Google, to sign into a third party website instead of creating a new login account specifically for that website. It is designed to simplify logins for end users as well as provide more and more reliable demographic information to web developers. How social login works Social login links accounts from one or more social networking services to a website, typically using either a plug-in or a widget. By selecting the desired social networking service, the user simply uses his or her login for that service to sign on to the website. This, in turn, negates the need for the end user to remember login information for multiple electronic commerce and other websites while providing site owners with uniform demographic information as provided by the social networking service. Many sites which offer social login also offer more traditional online registration fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' in 1841. The Fairfax family retained control of the business until late in the 20th century. The company also owned several regional and national Australian newspapers, including ''The Age'', ''Australian Financial Review'' and '' Canberra Times'', majority stakes in property business Domain Group and the Macquarie Radio Network, and joint ventures in streaming service Stan and online publisher HuffPost Australia. The group's last chairman was Nick Falloon and the chief executive officer was Greg Hywood. On 26 July 2018, Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment Co. announced it had agreed on terms for a merger between the two companies. Shareholders in Nine Entertainment Co. took a 51% of the combined entity and Fairfax shareholders ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortune (magazine)
''Fortune'' is an American multinational corporation, multinational business magazine headquartered in New York City. It is published by Fortune Media Group Holdings, owned by Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon. The publication was founded by Henry Luce in 1929. The magazine competes with ''Forbes'' and ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' in the national business magazine category and distinguishes itself with long, in-depth feature articles. The magazine regularly publishes ranked lists, including the Fortune 500, ''Fortune'' 500, a ranking of companies by revenue that it has published annually since 1955. The magazine is also known for its annual ''Fortune Investor's Guide''. History ''Fortune'' was founded by ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine co-founder Henry Luce in 1929 as "the Ideal Super-Class Magazine", a "distinguished and de luxe" publication "vividly portraying, interpreting and recording the Industrial Civilization". Briton Hadden, Luce's business partner, was not enthu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adobe Systems
Adobe Inc. ( ), originally called Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Jose, California. It has historically specialized in software for the creation and publication of a wide range of content, including graphics, photography, illustration, animation, multimedia/video, motion pictures, and print. Its flagship products include Adobe Photoshop image editing software; Adobe Illustrator vector-based illustration software; Adobe Acrobat Reader and the Portable Document Format (PDF); and a host of tools primarily for audio-visual content creation, editing and publishing. Adobe offered a bundled solution of its products named Adobe Creative Suite, which evolved into a subscription software as a service (SaaS) offering named Adobe Creative Cloud. The company also expanded into digital marketing software and in 2021 was considered one of the top global leaders in Customer Experience Manageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DAG Ventures
DAG Ventures is an American venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. DAG Ventures works with startups in providing early stage and growth stage funding. Since its founding in 2004, by Tom Goodrich and John Cadeddu, the firm has backed nearly 180 ventures, including Ambarella Inc., Armo Biosciences, Eventbrite, Fireeye, Glassdoor, Grubhub, Nextdoor, Wealthfront, Wix.com, Yelp, and Zettle Zettle by PayPal (previously known as iZettle) is a Swedish financial technology company founded by Jacob de Geer and Magnus Nilsson in April 2010. Launching its first app and service in 2011, the company offers a range of financial products in .... Funds DAG Ventures was created out of Duff Ackerman & Goodrich, a private investment firm formed in 1991. In June 2011, DAG Ventures announced their fifth fund. In 2019, founding members of DAG Ventures launched a new venture fund, the Corner Ventures DAG Fund. Investments DAG Ventures has invested in almost 250 startups, since it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condé Nast Publications
Condé is a French place name and personal name. It is ultimately derived from a Celtic word, "Condate", meaning "confluence" (of two rivers) - from which was derived the Romanised form "Condatum", in use during the Roman period, and thence to the French "Condé" found at various locations. It may refer to: People with this surname *Alpha Condé (born 1938), Guinean politician * J. M. Condé, early 20th century illustrator *Maryse Condé (born 1937), Guadeloupean author *Miguel Condé (born 1939), Mexican painter *Sékou Condé (born 1993), Guinean footballer People with this first name * Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher Places *Château de Condé, a private estate in Condé-en-Brie, Aisne, France Places in France that contain the element ''Condé'' * Condé, Indre, in the Indre ''département'' *Condé-en-Brie, in the Aisne ''département'' *Condé-Folie, in the Somme ''département'' * Condé-lès-Autry, in the Ardennes ''département'' * Condé-lès-Herpy, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance Publications
Advance Publications, Inc., doing business as Advance, is an American media company owned by the descendants of S.I. Newhouse Sr., Donald Newhouse and S.I. Newhouse Jr. It owns a large number of subsidiary companies, including Condé Nast, and is a major shareholder in Reddit. History The company is named after the '' Staten Island Advance'', the first newspaper owned by the Newhouse family, in which Sam Newhouse bought a controlling interest in 1922. In August 2018, Advance/Newhouse ("A/N") notified Charter Communications that it intended to establish a credit facility collateralized by a portion of Advance/Newhouse Common Units in Charter Communications Holdings, LLC. That same month, Condé Nast CEO Robert A. Sauerberg Jr. announced his five-year strategy to generate $600 million in new revenue from new revenue streams while driving costs out of the business. In March 2020, the company acquired The Ironman Group, a mass participation sports platform including the Ironman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Round Capital
First Round is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies. Founded by Josh Kopelman Joshua Kopelman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist. Kopelman is best known as a founder of First Round Capital, a pioneering seed-stage venture fund that led the seed round in Uber. Josh has consistently been ran ... and Howard Morgan First Round typically provides seed-stage funding and focuses on portfolio companies' growth during their first 18 months. It has offices in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York. In 2012, the firm launched Dorm Room Fund for college students to fund startups founded by their peers. In 2019, the firm launched the Graduate Fund, a pre-seed fund for recent graduates of undergraduate or master's programs. References External links First Round(company website) {{Philadelphia Corporations , state=collapsed Venture capital firms of the United States Financial services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayfield Fund
Mayfield, also known as Mayfield Fund, is a US-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage to growth-stage investments in enterprise and consumer technology companies. Founded in 1969 and based in Menlo Park, California, it is one of Silicon Valley's oldest venture capital firms. History The firm was founded in 1969 by venture capitalist Thomas J. Davis, Jr. and Wally Davis (no relation). Thomas Davis Jr. had earlier founded venture capital firm Davis & Rock with fellow investor Arthur Rock, with funding from several founders of Fairchild Semiconductor. William F. Miller, a former vice president and provost at Stanford University, was an early investor. In 2009 and 2010, Mayfield fully funded marketing automation software company Marketo's series C and D rounds, and benefited when the company went public in 2013. In June 2011, Mayfield invested in field SaaS software startup ServiceMax. In September, Mayfield invested in Zimride's Series A funding round, a pred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benchmark Capital
Benchmark is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco that provides seed money to startups. History The firm's most successful investment was a 1997 investment of $6.7 million in eBay for 22.1% of the company. In 2011, it invested $12 million for an 11% stake in Uber, worth $7 billion in 2019. The firm's most infamous investment was in WeWork, the troubled office rental social networking company. On April 1, 2012, Benchmark became WeWork's first major investor when it led WeWork’s $17 million Series-A seed funding. Companies funded by the firm include Dropbox, Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, Instagram, Discord,Takahashi"Fates Forever mobile game maker Hammer & Chisel raises funding from Benchmark and Tencent" ''Venture Beat'', February 10, 2015. Domo, New Relic, Nextdoor, Stitch Fix, WeWork, Yelp, Zendesk, Zillow and Zipcar. Partner structure Benchmark is noted for creating the first equal ownership and compensation structure for its partners. The "maverick" firm differs fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
