RetailNext Enhances Occupancy Data Capabilities as Retailers Work on New Strategies In The Time of COVID-19
RetailNext Inc. announces that retail clients, property owners and other venue operators will be able to use the platform to understand occupancy in real time. SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 5, 2020 – RetailNext Inc., the worldwide expert and market leader in...
Deborah Farrington appears on special HBS Zoom panel
https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/events/Pages/crisis-management.aspx On March 30, StarVest partner Deborah Farrington appeared as one of 8 panelists on a worldwide Zoom call hosted by Harvard Business School on “Coping with Sudden Changes in Cash Needs and...
Laura Sachar Interviews Slack CMO Julie Liegl at NGP Capital World of Connections Conference
Excerpted from: https://www.ngpcap.com/news/work-reimagined-at-world-of-connections-2019 Work Reimagined: Lessons Learned We traversed from the drivers behind the gig economy to the pivotal role played by collaboration innovators and new entrants, both of...
StarVest Portfolio Company Persado uses AI to help Humana Pitch Flu Shots to Customers
Taken from an article by John McCormick, Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-helps-humana-pitch-flu-shots-to-customers-11575541800?shareToken=sta16f73deec71403aa8882dc7ac869602 Humana Inc. has employed artificial intelligence to come up...
Deborah Farrington Featured in Investopedia’s 7 Outstanding Female Investors
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/12/top-female-investors.asp By AMY FONTINELLE Updated Nov 9, 2019 Finance remains a male-dominated profession, especially at the top. Women in the U.S. made up 46.9% of the total labor force in finance in 2018, according to...
Oracle Buys CrowdTwist
From Oracle.com Press Release: Extends Oracle CX with Leading Cloud-Native Omni-Channel Loyalty Solution Redwood Shores, Calif.—Oct 2, 2019 Oracle today announced it signed an agreement to acquire CrowdTwist, the leading cloud-native customer loyalty solution...
Nielsen and OpenSlate Form Strategic Alliance to Integrate Leading Audience and Brand Safety Measurement for Global Marketers
NEWS PROVIDED BY Nielsen Sep 18, 2019, 14:10 ET NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with OpenSlate, the leading independent provider of brand safety and content suitability...
Entelo Acquires ConveyIQ
From PRNewswire/ConveyIQ: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Entelo announces the acquisition of ConveyIQ, the leading provider of candidate engagement Software-as-a-Service solutions. The Company will be the first in the industry to offer end-to-end...
Mastercard Strengthens Bill Payment Services with Acquisition of Transactis
From transactis.com: PURCHASE, N.Y. – May 3, 2019 – Mastercard (NYSE: MA) today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Transactis, a platform that helps businesses deliver bills and receive payments through one simple-to-navigate experience. In...
JPMorgan Chase Announces Five-Year Deal with Persado For AI-Powered Marketing Capabilities
From persado.com: NEW YORK – July 30, 2019 – JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) today announced a five-year, enterprise-wide deal with Persado, the leader in using AI to generate the highest performing marketing creative. After a successful pilot, Chase is expanding...
StarVest Partner Deborah Farrington Featured in Smith Alumnae Quarterly
The offices of StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm co-founded more than 20 years ago by Deborah Farrington ’72, are located high above Lexington Avenue in New York City. In the group’s conference room, on walls, counters and tabletops, are framed copies of...
Exponent Exchange brings together 200 women dealmakers for second annual event
From Mergers & Acquisitions Article by Elina Tarkazikis https://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/exponent-exchange-brings-together-200-women-dealmakers-for-second-annual-event “There is this idea in sociology: You've got to see it to be it,” said NBC News...
Deborah Farrington Featured in Crain’s New York Notable Women in Tech
From Crain's New York https://www.crainsnewyork.com/awards/notable-women-tech-2019-deborah-farrington Deborah Farrington is one of the pioneers of investing in software as a service, and her company, StarVest, is one of the largest woman-majority-owned venture capital...
Laura Sachar in Women in PE Brief’s “In The Spotlight”
For the second time in the past two months, Mastercard has agreed to acquire a portfolio company of Laura Sachar, a co-founder and managing partner with StarVest Partners, in an exit that she tells Women’s PE Briefs was “very successful.” Terms of Mastercard’s...
Deborah A Farrington FPA Medal: Centennial Financial Services Dinner
Deborah Farrington Featured in Globe & Mail’s Invest Like A Legend Interview Series
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/invest-like-a-legend-deborah-farrington/article37716589/ From The Globe & Mailby TIM SHUFELT INVESTMENT REPORTER PUBLISHED JANUARY 25, 2018 NEW YORK | Twice in her 20-year career in venture capital,...
StarVest Portfolio Company Persado named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50 List
May 16, 2017 – NEW YORK – Persado, the leading provider of AI-generated cognitive content for top global brands, today announced it has been named to CNBC’s fifth annual Disruptor 50. The list recognizes the most innovative private companies transforming the economy...
Laura Sachar Interviewed by Vator
See below for the article and the link attached: http://vator.tv/news/2017-07-21-meet-laura-sachar-managing-partner-of-starvest-partners Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh how times...
CA Technologies to Acquire Veracode, a Leading SaaS-based Secure DevOps Platform Provider
StarVest Partners II Portfolio Company Veracode will be acquired by CA Technologies for approximately $614M. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170306006315/en/CA-Technologies-Acquire-Veracode-Leading-SaaS-based-Secure
RetailNext mentioned in Wall Street Journal
StarVest portfolio company RetailNext was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal January 7th in the article "Online Retailing Outpaces Stores." Using the company's analytics, the Journal published that: RetailNext, which analyzed 31 million shopping trips, estimates...