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Jama Software to be acquired for $1.2B in significant exit for Portland-based company

GeekWire

Jama Software CEO Marc Osofsky. Jama Software Photo) Portland, Ore.-based based Jama Software , makers of a product development platform, has agreed to be acquired by technology investment firm Francisco Partners in a $1.2 billion deal, the company announced Monday.

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Construction software company Procore acquires Seattle mapping startup Unearth

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(Unearth Photos) Unearth Technologies , a Seattle startup that develops mapping software for the construction industry, announced Friday it was acquired by Procore Technologies , a publicly traded company based in Southern California. Customers include contractors, utilities, and Fortune 500 companies.

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Seattle startup KredosAI raises more cash to help companies collect late payments

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KredosAI , a Seattle-based enterprise software startup that helps companies collect late payments from customers, raised more cash to fuel growth. Founded in 2020 by former T-Mobile execs Balaji Sridharan and Dave Thoms , Kredos uses artificial intelligence to help communicate with customers who fall behind on payments.

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Field operations software startup Zuper raises $32M

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Zuper , a Seattle startup that sells software to help companies with field workers, raised a $32 million Series B round led by FUSE. Founded in 2018, the company serves industries including residential and commercial cleaning, HVAC, electrical, internet service providers, property maintenance, plumbing, landscaping, and more.

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The Product Dev Conundrum: To Build or Buy in a Digital World?

Speaker: Mark Ridley, Owner and Founder, Ridley Industries

In most cases, actually building software should be the last avenue that companies explore to deliver great products, as software engineering, data science and product development are complex, uncertain and hard to manage. March 11, 2020 11AM PST, 2PM EST, 7PM GMT.

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Amazon expanding ‘upskill’ training for software developer roles to workers outside of company

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Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who are interested in acquiring training for roles in software engineering. ” The company was targeting roughly 100,000 employees with the free program open to all workers.

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Offices are half-empty as companies opt for hybrid schemes over full-time returns

TechSpot

While plenty of companies are telling their employees to get back into the office following the enforced work-from-home mandates that arrived in 2020, most aren't asking them to return full-time. According to Scoop Technologies (via The Wall Street Journal), a software firm that monitors almost 4,500 workplace strategies, about 58%.

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More Effective Agile Leadership

Speaker: Steve McConnell, CEO, Construx Software

Join Steve McConnell, CEO of Construx Software, as he distills hundreds of companies’-worth of real-world experience into the proven Agile leadership practices that work best. February 6, 2020 9:30AM PST, 12:30PM EST, 5:30PM GMT We all strive to be effective Agile leaders. But how do you know if you're succeeding?