Cloud Stocks: Enterprise Bet Pays Off for SurveyMonkey

According to an IbisWorld research report, the US online survey market is estimated to grow 5% y-o-y to $1.2 billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 10% since 2015. San Mateo-based SurveyMonkey (Nasdaq: SVMK) announced its third quarter results recently that continued to surpass market expectations.

Featured Videos

Thought Leaders in Online Education: Clara Piloto, Director of Global Programs at MIT Professional Education (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Summarize, as a last point, how you position vis-a-vis edX. When you go out to the world, how do you position MIT Professional Education versus edX? Clara Piloto: I’m going to focus on the MOOCs that edX is doing. They’re doing a lot of really cool things. They’re also expanding into professional education.

Read Full Article »

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Francisco Jardim of SP Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What is the limited partner scenario for AgTech? This $75 million and the rounds before, is there a set of limited partners that are particularly interested in AgTech? Francisco Jardim: We have two anchors that are very large agriculture multinationals who have been active in the corporate venture sectors. These two guys are

Read Full Article »

AI Unicorn ZipRecruiter First Bootstrapped, then Raised Money

According to an Ibisworld report, the online recruitment sites industry is estimated to have grown at 15% CAGR from 2015 to $10 billion in 2020. The growth in the industry is attributed to the improved job market conditions in the last five years. Santa Monica-based ZipRecruiter is an AI unicorn in the market.

Thought Leaders in Online Education: Clara Piloto, Director of Global Programs at MIT Professional Education (Part 4)

Clara Piloto: Corporate education is also growing quite a bit. We’re focusing on high-end quality experience for our corporate clients. That includes very customized programs in which we can provide different a la carte menu of experiences they’d like to bring in-house. It might be something that’s off-the-shelf content that’s slightly self-paced. We can share

Read Full Article »

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Francisco Jardim of SP Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Talk to me about stage. You started off by saying that you like early stage. Define early stage for me. Are we talking seed? Are we talking pre-seed or concept stage? Francisco Jardim: Now that the AgTech ecosystem in the region is already on its way to maturity, we are given the luxury

Read Full Article »

Cloud Stocks: Forescout Fails to Deliver

According to a recent report, the global cyber security market is estimated to grow at 15% CAGR to $267.73 billion by 2024 from $118.78 billion industry in 2018. The growth in the industry is attributed to the adoption of IoT, BYOD, AI, and machine learning technologies. Despite the robust growth potential, Forescout Technologies (Nasdaq: FSCT)

Read Full Article »

Thought Leaders in Online Education: Clara Piloto, Director of Global Programs at MIT Professional Education (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Who’s paying? Is it all companies paying? Clara Piloto: It’s a combination. A lot of individuals are self-funding but there are a lot of companies that have tuition assistance. I believe the larger number is self-funding.  Sramana Mitra: If you segment the different areas where you offer professional education in, what is the

Read Full Article »