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Plume Design
Plume is the creator of a Consumer Experience Management Platform for the curation and delivery of new Smart Home Services rapidly at scale. Founded by Adam Hotchkiss, Aman Singla, Fahri Diner, and Sri Nathan in 2015, Plume Design is backed by investors that include 14W, Anthem, BoxGroup, Comcast Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Mangrove Capital Partners, Max Ventures, and Primary Ventures and is headquartered in Palo Alto.
FOUNDED:2015
FOUNDERS:Adam Hotchkiss, Aman Singla, Fahri Diner, Sri Nathan
A view of the exterior of the Nasdaq market site, in Times Square, in New York City, April 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Shannon Stapleton.
CTech – Israeli website navigation company WalkMe has begun preparing to go public on Nasdaq. According to a person familiar with the move who spoke to
Calcalist on condition of anonymity, the company, which developed a digital adoption platform to simplify user experiences on websites, has joined forces with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, who will be leading its IPO.
WalkMe plans to carry out the move in the third quarter of 2021, assuming the US stock market remains as accommodating to tech companies as it is now.
TravelNest chief executive Doug Stephenson and chief operating officer Rebecca Moore By Kristy Dorsey Vacation rental platform TravelNest has secured £1.8 million in government-backed funding to grow its customer base following what its founder has described as a fundamental shift in the travel market. Like the wider industry, the Edinburgh-based start-up saw a plunge in bookings in the weeks immediately after the first national lockdown in the spring. But as restrictions loosened through the summer, founder Doug Stephenson said the firm noticed distinct trends taking hold that are expected to drive demand for its service, which automates the marketing for vacation rental properties on sites such as Airbnb, Expedia and TripAdvisor.