Monthly Archives: March 2019
Gregorys Coffee Partners with Mobile Pickup App, Ritual
Written on March 29, 2019 at 3:14 pm, by Amanda Maestri
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today New York-based coffee roaster and retailer, Gregorys Coffee announced a partnership with mobile pickup app, Ritual to offer customers a convenient and cost-effective solution to discover, order and pick up coffee and food orders. “We often hear from coffee establishments that their customers want the convenience of delivery, but have found that Continue Reading »
Vlocity nabs $60M Series C investment on $1B valuation
Written on March 26, 2019 at 3:34 pm, by Amanda Maestri
As we wrote last week in How Salesforce paved the way for the SaaS platform approach, the ability to build extensions, applications and even whole companies on top of the Salesforce platform set the stage and the bar for every SaaS company since. Vlocity certainly recognized that. Targeting five verticals, it built industry-specific CRM solutions Continue Reading »
Bruce Cleveland featured on Follow Your Different Podcast
Written on March 25, 2019 at 3:55 pm, by Amanda Maestri
Why do most startups fail? Today, Bruce Cleveland joins Follow Your Different for a master class in building a massively successful B2B and why market engineering is a skill every executive needs. Listen in to learn how you can build your company and category to scale. “Venture capital is a fairly interesting term or phrase. Because what Continue Reading »
Movable Ink & Veeva Share their Journeys to Initial Product Release (IPR)
Written on March 22, 2019 at 7:39 am, by Amanda Maestri
Wildcat’s CEO Interview Blog Series features in-depth interviews with CEOs who have successfully traversed the Traction Gap. In each blog, we focus on the CEOs’ experience during one phase of the Traction Gap journey. We sat down with Movable Ink’s Founder and CEO, Vivek Sharma, and Veeva’s co-founder and president, Matt Wallach to discuss their Continue Reading »
Bruce Cleveland to speak at Columbia University’s Career Design Lab
Written on March 21, 2019 at 10:48 am, by Amanda Maestri
Join us on Thursday, March 21 at Columbia University’s new Career Design Lab in San Francisco as we kick off a quarterly event series showcasing new methods and frameworks for practicing early-stage innovation. The series is geared toward startup founders, entrepreneurial product managers, and corporate innovators. The first event in the series will feature a Continue Reading »
Emergency responders are using 3-word geocoded addresses to save lives
Written on March 20, 2019 at 9:31 am, by Amanda Maestri
When a vehicle carrying a mother and young child was run off a road in a rural area of South West England, the Avon and Somerset Police department turned to a rather novel means of finding the panic-stricken caller. Rather than dispatching a helicopter or platoon of search vehicles to find the panic-stricken victim — Continue Reading »
Olono Brings Real-Time Guided Selling to Oracle Engagement Cloud Customers
Written on March 18, 2019 at 10:40 am, by Amanda Maestri
Olono, the real-time guided selling platform for reps from Opportunity to Close, today announced its early adopter program for Oracle Engagement Cloud sales customers. Olono coaches reps in the moment with sales consumable “Actions,” addressing the two biggest challenges in sales — consistent engagement with targets and sales process adoption. As a result, reps spend less Continue Reading »
Seven Notable Trends From SXSW 2019
Written on March 15, 2019 at 12:51 pm, by Amanda Maestri
Artificial intelligence stole my crypto! Another SXSW is in the books, and some noticeable trends emerged. Admittedly, my take has selection and exposure bias. SXSW Interactive is so big, it’s really many conferences under one umbrella. Each attendee curates their own experience from thousands of official and unofficial sessions; countless events, mixers and parties; and the scheduled Continue Reading »
M.R. Asks 3 Questions: Bruce Cleveland, Author, Traversing the Traction Gap
Written on March 14, 2019 at 2:28 pm, by Amanda Maestri
Founding partner at Wildcat Venture Partners, Bruce Cleveland understands the genetics of startups – why most flop, and why a few make it across the threshold from product and concept to traction and lasting success. In his new book, Traversing the Traction Gap, Bruce explains the tools, roadmap and skills entrepreneurs and startups require to traverse Continue Reading »
2019 SXSW A Tech Star Is Born
Written on March 11, 2019 at 11:40 am, by Amanda Maestri
Did you miss it? Wildcat Venture Partners held our 4th Annual Startup Mixer on Monday, March 11th, during the SXSW Interactive Festival. This year, we partnered with First Republic Bank and Shareworks to gather the industry’s most prolific minds, cultivating a lively environment for our guests to make meaningful connections. Guests were invited to escape the chaos and find Continue Reading »