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U.S. Small Business Administration | July 13, 2020

Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced the conclusion and success of the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advance program, which provided U.S. small businesses, non-profits and agricultural businesses a total of $20 billion in emergency funding. In order to assist the greatest number of small businesses, the EIDL Advance provided $1,000 per employee up to a maximum of $10,000. Recipients did not have to be approved for a loan to receive the Advance, and the Advan...

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

Avalara | August 25, 2022

Avalara, Inc, a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced a new partnership with Xero, the global small business platform, that will provide accountants, bookkeepers, and small businesses with a new sales tax automation solution. The new partnership will bring advanced sales tax workflows and management directly into the Xero platform, enabling advisors and business owners to automate sales tax calculations, reporting, and filing.With ...

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...

TechNode | February 11, 2020

Chinese tech behemoth Alibaba has unveiled a number of measures to support smaller sellers in its ecosystem as the economic impact from the novel coronavirus outbreak begins to set in, including offering service fees waivers or reductions and financial assistance. Why it matters: The coronavirus epidemic that has immobilized China is hitting the country’s already-slowing economy, the growth rate of which has inched down to a multi-decade low (in Chinese) in 2019. Business interruption, ris...