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MARKETING AND NETWORKING

Vizzlie | January 06, 2022

CommentSold announced the acquisition of Vizzlie, a platform for customizing and scheduling marketing messages. CommentSold is a market-leading digital commerce technology that enables small and medium-sized businesses to boost their sales through live and social selling. Merchants using CommentSold can now easily tailor and schedule posts on Facebook and Instagram to inform consumers about forthcoming live-selling sessions, new product arrivals, discounts, and more. CommentSold also announced t...

IMPACT

Uber | January 11, 2022

Uber and Visa today announced Grants for Growth, a program that will provide $1 million in grant funding to small businesses in 10 U.S. cities that are currently active on Uber Eats. The program will be administered by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). Focused on restaurant recovery and entrepreneurship, the program was created to support merchants when they need it most. "We know that this year has been trying for many and that independently-owned b...

TECHNOLOGY

Quartile | December 14, 2021

Quartile, the leading ad optimization platform for top e-commerce marketplace sellers, today announced it has acquired Sidecar, a performance marketing technology provider for e-commerce retailers and brands that works across all major advertising platforms, including Google, Microsoft Bing, Facebook, Instagram, and Amazon. The two companies will combine under the Quartile name, growing the brand into the world’s largest cross-channel e-commerce advertising platform. Both pl...

TECHNOLOGY

Slice Labs | March 09, 2022

Slice Labs Inc. (Slice), a technology company with the first on-demand cloud-based insurance platform, and Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. have launched Workers’ Compensation Insurance via AERO Insurance. AERO’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance product is available initially in Georgia and Illinois, but will soon be available nationwide to Appalachian’s growing customer base of over 100,000 independent agents. Agents experience a frictionless quote and bind j...