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Taulia has raised an $8.5M series B round

According to Techcrunch, enterprise software startup Taulia has raised $8.5 million in Series B funding led by DAG Ventures with Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures”. That brings the total that Taulia has raised to over $12M. As readers of Pajama Entrepreneur recall, we interviewed co-founder Philip Stehlik in a profile about Taulia last January 2010.

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Ringio: a better way to handle customer phone calls

Ringio is an online service that helps businesses (with between 5 to 50 employees) better handle phone calls from customers, partners, distributors, and suppliers. One might be tempted to call Ringio a virtual PBX or call routing system, but it is much better than that. It’s a “mobile” call center that is easy to set [...]

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FaceCash mobile payment application now open to the public

FaceCash, a mobile payment system I wrote about a few months ago, is now open to the public. FaceCash allows you to pay for groceries, restaurants, and other things using your mobile device. It’s called FaceCash because your face is displayed when you pay (the ultimate security check). For merchants, FaceCash promises much lower fees [...]

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Affinity: feature-rich, intuitive online CRM for businesses

Affinity is a web-based CRM service designed for small to medium-sized businesses, particularly creative and professional services (web design firms, ad agencies, media companies), government and education, finance and property firms. Affinity was launched in 2009 by Hiive Systems based in Sydney, Australia. Geoff McQueen is the founder of Hiive. Hiive Systems is self-funded. With [...]

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