Payment automation platform Primer nabs $50M

Primer, a London-based payment automation platform for merchants, today announced that it raised $50 million in series B funding led by Iconiq Growth with participation from Accel, Balderton Capital, Seedcamp, Speedinvest, and RTP Global. The proceeds from the round, which value the company at $425 million, will be put toward international sales growth and product […]

Process automation startup Leapwork nabs $62M

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! No-code automation platform Leapwork today announced it has closed a $62 million series B round co-led by KKR and Salesforce Ventures. The company says the investment, which gives Leapwork a post-money valuation of $312 million, is the largest ever in […]

Accounting automation and collaboration platform FloQast raises $110M

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. FloQast, an accounting collaboration, automation and close-management platform, has raised $110 million in a series D round of funding at a $1.2 billion valuation. Financial close management is the business process of checking and adjusting account balances at the end of each month […]

Intelligent automation depends on these 4 cornerstones

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. There has been more than a modicum of buzz around what IDC calls intelligent process automation and what Gartner calls hyperautomation. In both cases, these terms refer to the integrated deployment of digital technologies such as robotic process automation (RPA), […]

How automation is helping companies pivot in the pandemic (VB Live)

Presented by Blue Prism The pandemic has put a spotlight on the role of automation in business. To learn how the technology landscape is evolving, the benefits companies are achieving beyond cost savings, how automation improves business resiliency and more, don’t miss this VB Live event. Register free here! The pandemic has impacted business priorities […]

Ready or not, the automation age is suddenly upon us

After COVID-19, there’s no going back to the way things were. There won’t be sporting events or concerts with thousands of people sitting in close proximity for a long time. The open office floor plan will likely become a relic of a bygone era. It is, as The New York Times stated recently, the end […]