by RJ Shara | Jul 15, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
The gamification of payments is not a new idea. A variety of companies are attempting to integrate gamification and payments in creative ways. And today, one such business, Play2Pay, has actually raised $13 million in a Series A round of financing. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based startup has a straightforward objective. It wants to give consumers a […] The alternative payment platform says it brokers a “worth exchange” between customers and brand names, converting attention and engagement into a currency, which can be redeemed for costs payment. Today, the business declares to be positioned to be the world’s very first “ad supported payment rail” straight incorporated into payments platforms of significant service companies and monetary organizations. Instead, Play2Pay produces profits from mobile app designers and brand names. The balance goes to service providers such as its cordless provider partners for promoting the Play2Pay platform and to Play2Pay for running the service and processing payment. 
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by RJ Shara | Jul 13, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Cadoo, a US-startup that’s gamifying fitness by turning it into a betting opportunity, using the prospect of winning (or losing) cold hard cash to motivate people to get off the couch, has collected $1.5 million in seed funds from Sam & Max Altman’s Apollo VC and the student-focused Dorm Room Fund. The app itself has […] …
by RJ Shara | Apr 8, 2021 | Startups
Corporate training start-up Attensi– which initially emerged out of Oslo, Norway– has actually raised $26 million from New York-based Lugard Roadway Capital, DX Ventures (a VC fund backed by Delivery Hero) and existing investor Viking Endeavor. The new financing will be used to broaden in The United States and Canada and Europe. Attensi uses a gamified technique […] Attensi uses a gamified technique to corporate training, putting staff members into 3D simulations of their office and work procedures. 
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by RJ Shara | Mar 17, 2021 | Startups
One of the greatest gripes about investing apps is that they are not acting responsibly by not educating users properly and presumably letting them fend for themselves. This can result in individuals losing a great deal of cash, as evidenced by the variety of lawsuits versus Robinhood. Today, an eight-year-old company that has been focused on […] It’s produced a Fantasy Financing video game, which offers users the capability to manage a virtual $1 million portfolio so they can learn more about the markets before risking their own cash for genuine. Invstr, according to CEO and creator Kerim Derhalli, is taking a different approach from competitors by providing education and knowing tools upfront. In the unveiling of its brand-new offerings, Invstr also announced Wednesday that it has closed on a $20 million Series A in the form of a convertible offering. Derhalli stated he felt obliged to discovered Invstr after seeing direct how an absence of knowledge and confidence can prevent people from beginning to invest. 
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by RJ Shara | Dec 17, 2020 | Startups
The COVID-19 pandemic has actually led to a major increase in virtual knowing — — where some schools have actually gone (and remained) remote, and others have integrated substantially more powerful online parts in order to help neighborhoods preserve more social distancing. That has in turn caused a surge in the use of tools to help house students […] , a startup from Poland that has actually developed a popular network for trainees and their moms and dads to engage with each other for advice and aid with homework concerns, has actually raised $80 million, a series D that it will be utilizing both to continue developing out the tools that it uses to students as well as to home in on growth in some essential emerging markets such as Indonesia and Brazil. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Brainly was finding an audience with trainees– mainly those aged 13-19, stated Borkowski– who were turning to the service to connect with individuals who might assist them with homework when they discovered themselves at a deadlock with, say, a mathematics issue or getting to grips with the sequence of occasions that led to the revolutions of 1848. With “research” ending up being “all work”, that has effectively led to needing more assistance than ever with home studies. One thing that Brainly began to see, he stated, was that with the pandemic more moms and dads began using the app alongside trainees, either to work out answers together or to get the assistance themselves prior to helping their kids, with a number of these being from parents of kids younger than 13. If you ask for help with a particular kind of quadratic formula technique, you can then be served lots of same practice questions to assist better learn and apply what you’ve simply been learning, and you might even then get suggested related topics that will appear alongside that in a broader mathematics assessment….
by RJ Shara | Jul 16, 2020 | Startups
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact us in manner ins which stretch well beyond our physical health, and one adverse effects of that in the tech world has actually been a surge of attention for apps that attend to mental health and aid with mindfulness. According to a recent report from app shop intelligence company Sensor Tower, the […]
Amongst market leaders such as Calm and Headspace that have actually ended up being huge hits was a name that might be a little less familiar: Meditopia. Today the eponymous Istanbul and Berlin -based start-up is revealing some financing to continue driving that growth– a Series A financial investment of $15 million co-led by Creandum and Highland Europe. Total financing prior to this round was $ 3.2 million, and this brand-new round takes the overall raised by Meditopia to $ 18.2 million. Fergal Mullen, founding partner at Highland Europe, said:”For too long, the innovation available was produced for English-speaking groups alone….
by RJ Shara | Mar 26, 2020 | Startups
CRM has for years been primarily a story of software to manage customer contacts, data to help agents do their jobs, and tools to manage incoming requests and outreach strategies. Now to add to that we’re starting to see a new theme: apps to help agents track how they work and to work better. Today […] …
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