Wave Nabs Funding–On Free vs Paid
The other day SaaS Accounting vendor Wave announced that it had just closed $5 million in funding led by well respected VC, Charles River Ventures. While yet another vendor raising a series A wouldn’t usually be cause for comment, this is an interesting case in that Wave, as I’ve written about before, is a free […]
Zendesk Scores Series B Funding and Ditches Freemium
I’m a big fan of both the Zendesk product offering, and the company. I’ve spent a significant amount of time with the Zendesk crew, written about them since the very early days and had something of an inside view of what makes them tick. In an industry that seems sadly full of wannabe prima donnas, […]
There’s Still Money for Good Bets
We’ve been hearing for the last six months of the evaporation of venture capital and the dearth of funding options for start-ups. It’s always nice to be able to break news of a company bucking this trend. Zendesk (CloudAve coverage here), is was a Danish based start-up that created a popular help desk tool (so […]
