Billing might not be something that the average person thinks about on a regular basis. But for companies — particularly those in the business of selling software — it’s massively important. They rely on billing systems to ensure that customers pay on time and have a range of ways to pay. The trouble is, configuring […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

Paymob has evolved into an omnichannel gateway offering over 50 methods for offline and online payments to more than 350,000+ merchants. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

The Dubai-based startup, which now counts 50,000 retail and business customers in the UAE, has netted $22 million led by Altos Ventures. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

Construction companies deal with a lot of documents — so many that it can be difficult to process and manage them all. According to one recent survey, a third of construction professionals found accessing documents to be a challenge in completing a project, while a fourth said that inaccurate project paperwork has contributed to a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

In 1996, two companies, Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, formed a venture called CloudPay to provide payroll and payments services to enterprise clients. CloudPay grew quietly over the next several decades, adding workflow automation features to maintain pace with upstart rivals. It’s still growing, CFO Andy Thomson assures TechCrunch. Thomson claims that CloudPay is handling […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

After doing some consulting for Microsoft to develop protections against zero-day exploits, software engineer Joran Dirk Greef worked with Coil, a web monetization startup in San Francisco, to help build its payments infrastructure. At the time, Coil was using a traditional database to store and process transactions. But Greef had the insight that a specialized […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

Adaptive is a platform that provides tools designed to simplify payments and accounting for general construction contractors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

Evolve has confirmed that the personal data of at least 7.6 million people was accessed during LockBit's ransomware attack. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

Hans Tung, a managing partner at Notable Capital, formerly GGV Capital, has a lot of thoughts on the state of venture capital today. With $4.2 billion in assets under management, Notable evolved from 24-year-old cross-border VC firm GGV Capital, and Tung was around when GGV invested in the likes of Affirm, Airbnb, StockX, Square and Slack. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

To some investors, “down round” is a dirty phrase, but not to Notable Capital’s Hans Tung. Hans is a managing partner at Notable Capital, formerly GGV Capital, a venture firm focusing on investments in the U.S., Latin America, Israel, and Europe. Hans, whose portfolio includes the likes of Airbnb, StockX and Slack, sat down with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more