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SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

Atom, Funding Circle | May 31, 2021

UK-based small business loan platform Funding Circle and Atom, the UK’s app-based bank, have announced a lending partner that will provide £300 million of new funding to small businesses. With £350 million already lent through the Funding Circle platform, this latest commitment brings Atom’s total lending with Funding Circle to £650 million. Lisa Jacobs, Europe managing director of Funding Circle, said, “We are excited that Atom bank has strengt...

TECHNOLOGY

Symphony Technology Group | March 28, 2022

Symphony Technology Group (“STG”), a leading Menlo Park-based private equity firm focused on the software, data, and analytics sectors, today announced the launch of Skyhigh Security. The new portfolio company was created to satisfy the growing cloud security requirements for large and small organizations. Skyhigh Security’s unique approach extends security beyond data access to securing how the data is used. Its data-aware Security Service Edge (SSE) is built to meet the needs...

MANAGEMENT

UiPath & airSlate | May 17, 2022

UiPath and airSlate announced a partnership to empower individuals and small businesses to create, innovate, and automate to digitally transform their organizations to run faster, easier, and more efficiently. UiPath is a leading enterprise automation software company, and airSlate is a fast-growing automation company. More than 10,000 organizations, including many of the world's major enterprises and government bodies, have used the UiPath automation platform. Together, the t...

PYMNTS.com | March 30, 2020

Top technology conglomerates including Google, Amazon and Microsoft are being urged to allow their startup and small business customers to defer payments for cloud services, reports in TechCrunch said. According to the publication, the tech giants could help ease the cash flow crunch of their small business customers, who are facing unprecedented volatility due to the global coronavirus pandemic. As reports noted, cloud infrastructure is often a top expense for businesses, which are already hurt...