Weekly DaaS Roundup for September 19

DaaS Never Sleeps

September 19, 2024

ANNOUNCEMENT

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NEWS, READS AND MORE

The case is expected to drag on for months to come. Is the prospect of a new DSP a positive or negative? Our DaaS Exec community members weighed in and after a lengthy debate the take away was “it depends!”

It’s the second time the company Compulife brings this case in front of judge. At this point, if your data is openly available online, assume its being scraped.

With the Tegus purchase, over a billion raised and impressive growth rates, is the next public DaaS unicorn on the horizon?

The promise of all “as-a-service” providers has long been “you do what you do best, leave the boring stuff to us” Welcome to ECON101, there’s this guy Adam Smith.. Is this a publicity play or the beginning of pushback against bloated and increasingly expensive SaaS providers?

Michael Walrath is the chairman and CEO of Yext, a publicly traded digital presence platform.

In this episode, Michael and Auren discuss: 

  • Software vendor consolidation

  • Changing attitudes around growth vs profitability 

  • New dynamics of VC funding

  • Running board meetings as a CEO

World of DaaS is flirting with 40K subs on YouTube! We started the year 7K strong. Who knew there were so many data nerds enthusiasts out there!

M&A AND FUNDING

Mastercard acquires of Recorded Future for $2.65B

That’s quite the multiple on the $780m Insight Partners paid back in 2019.

Cherre Announces $30M Series C Round to Accelerate Growth 

The leading real estate data management and intelligence platform, today announced it has raised a $30 million Series C round led by HighSage Ventures

Powerlytics Rapid Growth Spurs New Round of Investments - Powerlytics

Powerlytics Closes Fundraising Round Led by Curql Collective, Investment Creates Opportunity to Transform Credit Union & Wealth Advisor Offerings

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