Today on Squawk Alley, Larry Cheng of Volition Capital and Lance Ulanoff, Mashable, talk Facebook; Instagram’s Kevin Systrom reveals his ad process; Osama Bedier discusses the future of mobile payments and CEO John Chen discloses his 2015 plan for BlackBerry.

Second Acquisition in Six Months Underscores Increased Company Momentum In Leading the Open Marketing Platform Movement SAN JOSE, Calif., October 15, 2014: Ensighten, the leading global omni-channel data and tag management provider and company behind the Agile Marketing Platform, today announced it acquired Anametrix, the first cloud-based, award-winning multichannel marketing analytics platform. Anametrix enables marketers to unify and … Continued

GlobalTranz, one of the fastest growing companies in the transportation management and logistics industry, announced the completion of $40 million in Series C funding by Providence Equity and Susquehanna Growth Equity. The investment in GlobalTranz was led by Mark Hastings of Providence Equity, who will be joining the Board of Directors of GlobalTranz. Mark is … Continued

Funds to Fuel Customer Acquisition, Introduce New Products for Small and Mid-Size Businesses PITTSBURGH, Aug. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Resumator, the leading recruiting software for startups, small businesses and growing enterprises, has secured $15 million in growth financing led by Boston-based growth equity firm Volition Capital, the company announced today. The company, which supports over … Continued

iPipeline Shows Strong Performance in the Life/Health Metacategory for North America iPipeline®, the leader in on-demand marketing, selling and processing solutions for the nation’s top insurance carriers, distributors, financial institutions, and their agents and advisors, today announced it led the Life/Health Metacategory for Distribution in Celent’s 2014 Insurance Software Deal Trend Report with 52% of … Continued

Los Angeles – May 29, 2014 – EY has announced that Nick Hedges, CEO & President of Velocify, is a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2014 Award in Greater Los Angeles.  The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their … Continued

Leading sales automation software provider honored for helping industry transition to a purchase-oriented market with guided selling solution Los Angeles – May 28, 2014 – Velocify, the market leader in cloud-based intelligent sales automation software, has been named toMortgage Technology magazine’s 2014 Top 50 Service Providers list, recognizing the mortgage industry’s best technology vendors. Velocify was nominated for … Continued

Award Recognizes North America’s Best High Technology Innovators iPipeline® – the leader in on-demand marketing, selling and processing solutions for the nation’s top insurance carriers, distributors, producers, and financial advisors — today announced it has won the 2014 Red Herring North America Top 100 Award.  The award recognizes North America’s best high technology innovators, and has recognized … Continued

Includes the Cortera Score and Customizable Views   BOCA RATON, FL–(Marketwired – May 14, 2014) Cortera, Inc., the foremost provider of business-to-business analytics and cloud-based risk management solutions, is pleased to announce two new releases of eCredit, the award-winning credit scoring and collections automation platform. These two releases continue the tradition of providing forward-thinking, customer-driven … Continued

Sean Cantwell on NECN Business discusses Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype.