SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads $140M funding in Vishal Sikka’s Vianai – ProWellTech

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads $140M funding in Vishal Sikka’s Vianai – ProWellTech

Vianai Systems, an AI startup founded by former chief executive of Indian IT services giant Infosys, said on Wednesday it has raised $140 million in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The two-year-old startup said a number of industry luminaries also participated in the new round, which brings its total to-date raise to…

Facebook will begin beaming advertisements into virtual reality – ProWellTech

Facebook will begin beaming advertisements into virtual reality – ProWellTech

Well, it was only a matter of time. Advertising giant Facebook announced Wednesday that they’re going to begin testing advertising inside virtual reality titles on its Oculus platform soon. The first roll-out is limited enough, with Facebook testing ads inside a single gaming shooter title: Blaston from Resolution Games. They are interestingly not rolling this out with…

To win post-pandemic, startups need remote-first growth teams – ProWellTech

To win post-pandemic, startups need remote-first growth teams – ProWellTech

Growth leaders used to build key relationships across a company while working together in a real-life office. Those relationships could carry over through the pandemic, but let’s say you’re a new company and you’re remote-first. How do you build this complex collaboration from scratch? Growth marketer and investor Susan Su tells us that the solution…