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The bedrock of any Artificial Intelligence platform is Domain Knowledge: CIPIO builds a Platform Advisory Board with stellar subject matter experts

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McLean, VA November 24, 2020 – CIPIO, the industry's first domain infused customer intelligence platform, announced that it had launched a Product Advisory Board with veterans from the Fitness, Customer Experience, and AI domain. Brent Zempel has created software platforms and applications for the fitness industry over the last 30 years. Brent served as the Chief Information Officer at Life Time Fitness for nearly 20 years, where he developed the firm's extensive proprietary club management software platform. "The fitness industry is going through a massive forced digital transformation, and I see it firsthand that operators are going from late adopters of technology to first and fast," said Zempel. Zempel has a startup of his own that quickly connects and streamlines the membership subsidy process between health clubs and insurance providers. "CIPIO's customer intelligence platform's capability to innovate domain-specific products is truly unique. I am incredibly excited to help them stay on top of the industry domain". Saurin Shah has 20 years of enterprise SaaS experience building products that helped fuel topline revenue growth at companies like Medallia, Salesforce, and Experian. Shah has led product strategy and roadmap execution for numerous verticals solutions and domain-specific products in the customer relationship and experience management space. "What worked in the past will not work in today's increasingly digital business environment. CIPIO's unique approach to infuse Domain knowledge into AI allows it to build highly predictive models that provide progressively deeper behavior intelligence. I'm thrilled to help CIPIO leverage its technology to reshape how companies connect with their customers." said Shah. " CIPIO is also partnering with several software solutions to provide its Customer Intelligence Platform to fitness businesses supporting their in-club and virtual offerings, including on-demand and digital fitness provider Intelivideo. "I have now seen Arnold A.I. from CIPIO in action at several gyms, and I am blown away on how precise Arnold is on its recommendations and predictions," said Adam Zeitsiff, CEO of Intelivideo. "Arnold A.I. will be an extremely valuable tool for many of our customers, and I am super excited to be partnering with CIPIO's team to continue to enhance the first intelligent assistant engine for the Fitness Industry.". CIPIO was founded on the principle that applying Artificial Intelligence without domain knowledge doesn't produce accurate and impactful outcomes. Customers don't have the time to customize and adapt generic AI tools to their business requirements. Domain-centric AI models make AI seamless, explainable, and easy to plug into an existing business process and get significant uplift. "For example, Arnold A.I., our Fitness Intelligent Assistant makes a tailored recommendation to a fitness customer on how to retain a gym member versus Mary A.I., our intelligent assistant for Faith, would help determine if a donor at a church is going to leave even if it's the same individual," said Manoj Kumar Goyal, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer. Mr. Goyal is a veteran himself in the space of Hyper personalization, AI, Customer Data Platform and Martech, having processed petabytes of data from his experience at Oracle, Marketo, OpenX, and HP. "I have seen so many AI projects fail due to the lack of domain knowledge. I am super excited to work with such deep domain talent, and we will continue to add domain experts to our advisory board to stay true to our mission." About CIPIO: CIPIO is pioneering industry’s first domain infused Customer Intelligence Platform that democratizes hyper-personalized predictions and recommendations to create and capture new value, increase retention, and boost revenue for B2C subscribers and members. CIPIO's early adopters include Crunch Fitness, World’s Gym, Xponential Fitness, Pure Barre GO, Club Pilates GO, AKT GO, YogaSix GO, Cyclebar GO, RowHouse GO, Stretch Lab GO, and Stride GO, to name a few have seen a significant return on investment in a very short time. Contact Details Jennifer Isaac +1 315-398-9541 Jennifer@CIPIO.ai Company Website https://cipio.ai/

December 08, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

Microsoft recommended using Vingroup's strong authenticator

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HANOI, VIETNAM - Media OutReach - 8 December 2020 - On December 4, the VinCSS-FIDO2 product by VinCSS Cyber Security Services LLC (a member of Vingroup) was included in the list of passwordless authenticators recommended by Microsoft for use on Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) - one of its key platforms. Vingroup became the first Vietnamese enterprise to be included in this list alongside 12 other leading security companies in the world. Researched and developed by VinCSS Cyber Security Services LLC (a member of Vingroup), the VinCSS FIDO2 authenticator was officially recommended for use by Microsoft on Microsoft Hybrid Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). As Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service, Azure Active Directory enhances the security of logging in and accessing internal and external resources. Before including VinCSS FIDO2 authenticator in this list, the Microsoft team assessed and tested this product in addition to interviewing and learning about VinCSS's business and technology capabilities for nearly six months. The VinCSS FIDO2 authenticator enables users to securely log in to Microsoft Azure AD without a password. All users need to do is to connect the VinCSS FIDO2 authenticator to their computer and experience a seamless login with high security during the working process. This also helps minimise the risk of information disclosure due to logging by password and phishing attacks for account takeover. As a strong authenticator, VinCSS FIDO2 also supports passwordless authentication on many other Microsoft platforms such as Windows 10, Office 365 and Windows Hello. As of December 2020, only 13 out of hundreds of authenticators including VinCSS FIDO2 can satisfy the parameters and strict requirements for login process in Microsoft Azure AD. Do Ngoc Duy Trac, General Director of VinCSS said: “ VinCSS has completed the development of VinCSS FIDO2, an international standard strong passwordless authentication ecosystem, a comprehensive 'Make in Viet Nam' platform, which is capable of changing the game in the cybersecurity field by providing strong authentication with great user experience. This ecosystem includes various types of FIDO2 keys and a system of specialised technology solutions capable of reducing up to 80 per cent of network security risks, completely eliminating risks from phishing attacks and stealing account information and OTP." Being selected to accompany tech giant Microsoft has affirmed VinCSS' ability to satisfy the most difficult customers and markets in the world while creating opportunities for Viet Nam's technological mastery in the international market. Reference Information: VinCSS FIDO2® Touch 1 is the first strong authentication key by Viet Nam to achieve the FIDO2 certification issued by FIDO Alliance. VinCSS FIDO2 Touch 1 works quickly and effectively by logging in to your online accounts without passwords, OTP codes or other authentication applications. Customers can buy this product directly here. Please visit passwordless.vincss.net for more information about the strong VinCSS FIDO2 Touch 1 authenticator and VinCSS FIDO2 ecosystem. (Click here to see the recommendation by Microsoft: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-authentication-passwordless ) Contact Details Vingroup +84 24 3974 9999 v.chidqd@vingroup.net

December 08, 2020 09:30 AM Eastern Standard Time

New Suzy Research Indicates Consumers Want More Action, Less Ads From Brands As They Face The Pandemic's Second Wave

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NEW YORK (Dec. 8, 2020) -- Suzy, a real-time market research platform, today announced its new research report, “State of the Consumer: The Second Wave of Consumer-Led Change,” revealing that 87% of consumers want to see the same or increased engagement from brands during the second wave of the pandemic. One thing respondents want to see less of is advertising, as 43% of respondents indicate they want to see less advertising from brands. Citing Amazon, Walmart, Clorox, Costco and Lysol as their go-to brands during the last several months, 56% of respondents want brands to take action during the pandemic against both short and long-term solutions related to COVID-19. “As social distancing measures, school shutdowns, and state lockdowns begin again, consumers are continuing to feel apprehensive and looking to their favorite brands for action that supports, reassures and helps them,” said Suzy President Avi Savar. “Whether it be fair prices, proper treatment of workers or safe deliveries, consumers have a close eye on how brands are responding to the pandemic and will shift their dollars accordingly.” Given today’s uncertainty, Suzy’s study found that 71% of respondents are still concerned about the pandemic’s negative impact on the economy and 70% of respondents agree that as states begin to open up, they are concerned about a spike in COVID cases. When Suzy asked survey participants when they thought life in the U.S. would return to normal, they responded: 28% think summer 2021 will see a return to normalcy; 27% think it will extend to winter 2021/2022 or later; 17% think the pandemic will end by spring 2021; and 11% think the pandemic will be done by winter 2020. Although the pandemic timeline remains unclear to most, the majority (74%) of consumers feel prepared for wave two of the pandemic due to more accessibility to COVID-19 testing sites and more availability of overall information pertaining to COVID-19. According to Suzy’s report, 48% of respondents agree that testing centers are now more accessible and 37% think that general information about COVID-19 is more available. About the State of the Consumer: The Second Wave of Consumer Led Change: Suzy’s State of the Consumer: The Second Wave of Consumer Led Change study surveyed 1,000 U.S. consumers in November 2020. The samples are directionally representative of U.S. consumers and census-weighted across age, gender, ethnicity, and region to accurately reflect attitudes across the broader American consumer population. About Suzy Founded in 2017, Suzy is an enterprise software platform that puts the voice of the consumer at your fingertips. Whether you’re a novice or an expert researcher, Suzy delivers advanced tools combined with the highest-quality audience to deliver insights in minutes. Many of the biggest brands in the world use Suzy to deliver breakthrough products and experiences backed by data-driven decisions. To date, Suzy has raised over $35MM in venture capital funding from investors that include Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Foundry Group, Tribeca Venture Partners, Triangle Peak Partners, and Kevin Durant’s 35 Ventures. Learn more at www.suzy.com. Contact Details Noe Sacoco +1 408-340-8130 suzy@trustrelations.agency Company Website http://suzy.com/

December 08, 2020 08:06 AM Eastern Standard Time

Cloud Conventions Launches Community, a Platform to Strengthen Attendee/Exhibitor Engagement

Convey Services

Cloud Conventions, the industry leading virtual event technology solution today expanded its capabilities by launching Community ™, a new feature set designed to promote attendee/exhibitor engagement, networking and communication. Community provides a searchable attendee and exhibitor directory for connection, a message center for interactive communication or meeting requests and a one-on-one chat feature so attendees and exhibitors can open a discussion from within a booth. “Cloud Conventions continues to pioneer new capabilities in the virtual event space with features that accelerate direct connection between sponsors, exhibitors and attendees,” said Carolyn Bradfield, CEO of Convey Services, parent company of Cloud Conventions. “Our new Community platform allows attendees and exhibitors to find each other, as well as start conversations that lead to building relationships during the live portion of a virtual event and beyond.” Community is an opt-in program accessed from attendee and exhibitor dashboards within the Cloud Conventions platform. Event managers customize searchable directories by allowing specific data to appear in contact cards and enabling messaging for two-way communication. Directory access is controlled by the event host allowing exhibitors to be added to the directory based on sponsorship levels. The new Message Center within Community organizes attendee and exhibitor outreach, as well as booth chat sessions, and manages requests for meetings using Cloud Conventions’ matchmaking service. US-based attendees can choose to opt-out of directory listings and messaging. To support strict GDPR compliance, international attendees must choose to opt-in to be contacted or viewed in the directory. Opt-in attendees become visible to exhibitors when they enter their booth. Exhibitors can select an attendee and open a chat dialog with them, or the attendee can open a dialog with the booth. Cloud Conventions maintains privacy controls to comply with both CCPA and GDPR. It supports ADA requirements to accommodate people with disabilities to avoid the risk of legal repercussions based on failure to provide attendees with easy access to content and programming within a virtual event. “ Community is only one of the platform features that promote attendee engagement within Cloud Conventions,” added Bradfield. “Discussion forums, social networking, roundtables and a host of options improve engagement between attendees, exhibitors and sponsors. We continue to focus on adding tools and creating opportunities to enhance attendee engagement and build value into the experience. When attendees are engaged, they stay in the event longer, are more motivated to interact with exhibitors and generate valuable sales leads.” Attendees receive message outreaches within their Community dashboard, get notified when new messages are waiting, and can access active message threads on any page inside the portal. Daily indexed emails collect and organize messages to provide a summary of each outreach and a link to go back to the Cloud Conventions-hosted event to read and respond. Show organizers and event managers can learn more about Community by visiting https://cloudconventions.com and explore all of the Cloud Conventions solutions and attendee engagement strategies in the resource center. About Cloud Conventions Cloud Conventions is a Virtual Trade Show and Conference Platform from Convey Services that brings new capabilities to a marketplace looking for solutions to replace the thousands of live trade shows, annual conferences and association meetings cancelled in the wake of COVID-19. Originally launched as ConveyLive, Cloud Conventions automates exhibitors and virtual booths, attendee registration, speaker sessions and reminders, invitations and email communication, while at the same time producing detailed analytics on attendee, session and exhibitor activity. Trade Associations and event managers can explore all of the Cloud Conventions solutions by visiting https://cloudconventions.com or contacting info@cloudconventions.com or call 888-975-1382. Cloud Conventions™, Community™, Cloud Kickoffs™, Conduct™, One-Touch Email Share™, Hub & Spoke™, 360° Virtual Exhibit Hall & Lobby Experience™ and ListLock™ are trademarks of Convey Services LLC Contact Details Bruce Ahern +1 770-580-0810 bahern@conveyservices.com Company Website https://cloudconventions.com

December 02, 2020 03:30 PM Eastern Standard Time

LambdaTest raises US$6m, targeting a million users in 2021

Stockwood Strategy

Cloud-based browser testing platform LambdaTest today announced it has secured US$6 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, a rapid scale-up program for startups in Southeast Asia and India. Blume Ventures, Entrée Capital and Leo Capital also participated in the round, along with Gokul Rajaram and Ramakant Sharma. With the platform, companies can test their website’s look, feel and performance on different browsers, operating systems and device combinations. Equally, in today’s development cycles where automation is crucial, it allows businesses to scale as their testing requirements grow. The fundraise will fast track LambdaTest’s mission of scaling its ecosystem and building the next-generation cloud infrastructure for the developer and tester community. The proliferation of devices and browsers has made it increasingly complex and fragmented for developers to test their websites and apps. Test automation is critical with today's agile development cycles, but building an in-house device lab can be prohibitively expensive for businesses. LambdaTest bridges this gap by allowing users to run both manual and automated tests on their websites and webapps across 2000+ different browsers and operating system environments. Since its launch, LambdaTest has been used to perform more than 12 million tests by its 350,000 users including individuals, SMEs and Fortune 500 companies such as Xerox, Cisco, Deloitte, Media.net, Coca Cola, Trepp, SurveyMonkey, Capgemini, HBR, Dashlane and Zoho. Founded in 2017 by Asad Khan and Jay Singh, LambdaTest is a testing infrastructure company that allows developers to seamlessly test their websites and apps on any browser or operating system environment. “Our ultimate goal is to bring the whole testing ecosystem to the cloud platform, where all testing processes are done in a seamlessly integrated infrastructure that is easy to scale up and helps for easy application, debugging, and ultimately helping to bring out the best quality products in the shortest amount of time,” said Asad Khan, co-founder & CEO, LambdaTest. The funding caps off a busy year for LambdaTest, which saw a huge increase in demand following the pandemic and the rapid migration to digital technologies - a trend that is here to stay. The company has seen 8-10% month-on-month growth in terms of sign-ups, customers, website visits, and revenue, and has more than 350,000 users from 132 countries using the platform. “This round of funding validates our efforts and strengthens our commitment to building a next-generation cloud infrastructure for the developer and tester community,” Khan added. Ends About LambdaTest LambdaTest is a testing infrastructure company that allows users to run both manual and automated tests on their websites and webapps across 2000+ different browsers, browser versions and operating system environments. The platform has been used to perform over 12 million tests in just three years, and is now being used by over 350,000 users across 132 different countries. About Surge Surge is Sequoia Capital India’s rapid scale-up program for startups in India and Southeast Asia. Surge combines $1 million to $2 million of seed capital with company-building workshops, a global curriculum and support from a community of exceptional mentors and founders. The program’s goal is to supercharge early-stage startups and give founders an unfair advantage, right out of the gate. For more information on Surge, visit www.surgeahead.com. Contact Details Bilal Mahmood +44 7714 007257 b.mahmood@stockwoodstrategy.com Company Website https://www.lambdatest.com/

December 02, 2020 07:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

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Comodo Announces Advise Cyber Solutions as Newest MSSP Partner

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Comodo, the world’s leader of next-generation cybersecurity announced a partnership with Advise Cyber Solutions, a Managed Security Services Provider with both public sector and commercial focus. Together Comodo and Advise Cyber Security will bring Comodo’s entire range of cybersecurity solutions, including the Dragon platform with advanced endpoint protection (AEP), SOC-as-a-Platform (SOCaaP™) and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) to the marketplace. “Our mission is to be the customer advocate for people, technology, process, and price. Our team is forward thinking and provides the best solutions in an ever-changing marketplace. Our customers must reduce and mitigate risk and they look to Advise Cyber to accomplish those requirements,” said Robert Sterling, Senior Partner at Advise Cyber Solutions. He continued, “Comodo is in line with our philosophy as a company. They have the right emphasis on creating evolution in the marketplace, especially endpoint management. Comodo ranks as the top end-to-end security solution we have evaluated. Their solutions make a big difference in how our customers can protect data and networks effectively. From a technology perspective, Advise Cyber needs to see into networks from end to end. Pandemically speaking, the new normal is networks are spread across geos that are very difficult for a CISO to manage. We believe Comodo will support us as we assist our customers in this major challenge.” Comodo’s Dragon platform with AEP is a complete cloud-native framework that delivers a zero-trust architecture to protect and defend endpoints. Its patent-pending auto containment technology has active breach protection that neutralizes ransomware, malware and cyber-attacks. The auto containment runs an unknown executable in a kernel API virtualized mode, thereby offering attack surface reduction (ASR) which neutralizes ransomware attacks. The Dragon Platform also utilizes a Default Deny security posture with Default Allow usability to provide a most comprehensive protection against zero-day threats, while having no impact on end-user experience or workflows. Comodo’s Valkyrie analyzes and gives a trusted verdict for every file – no other company will analyze and give trusted verdict for 100% of the files on a network. Robert continued, “Our customers are hyper vigilant, more than ever, about ransomware. It’s the ‘keep you awake at night’ problem. Advise Cyber needs to be armed with the capability for early detection of ransomware and malware for our customers. The Comodo suite will accomplish this for our deployments. We know Comodo’s auto-containment technology stops 100% of damage from ransomware or malware so we can focus our efforts on proactively stopping threats from attempting other attack vectors, which gives our clients a tremendous position of strength in their environments.” Comodo’s SOCaaP is the world’s first and only complete, next-gen SOC-as-a-platform offering, which includes people, process and technology. SOCaaP offers full white-label capability that makes it easy to add managed security services to a portfolio. The platform empowers an MSP to become an MSSP with one click and zero capital outlay. Comodo’s MDR is a 24/7 Security Operations Center delivered as a Service (SOCaaS). It provides a team of security researchers that extends a company’s IT team to safeguard IT systems and infrastructure. Using Comodo SIEM and endpoint management technologies along with threat intelligence from the Comodo Threat Lab, our security experts hunt for vulnerabilities, continuously monitoring IT systems for indications of compromise, and contain advanced threats. "The biggest benefit to Advise Cyber is speed. We are always looking for and building skill sets and awareness regarding speed. We cannot emphasis this enough. We must be first in everything we do. Comodo exceeds expectations for SLA’s, detections, deployments, updates and responses. This is a ‘no settling for’ ask made by our customers, and Comodo has delivered for Advise Cyber and in turn we deliver for our customers,” said Robert. Alan Knepfer, President and Chief Revenue Office at Comodo said, “Comodo offers the only cybersecurity that neutralizes zero-day threats. Our cloud-native solution with auto containment stops undetectable threats that AI, ML, and other technologies miss.” About Advise Cyber Solutions The Advise Cyber Solutions LLC team is here to adopt a security risk management approach to manage security concerns and compliance using best of breed integrated solutions that work together to provide security and efficiency. We provide the facility of all services, to include professional cyber security consulting services, managed security services and security solution to mid-enterprise commercial businesses, financial institutions, public sector agencies, healthcare organizations, and educational institutes. For more information visit https://advisecyber.com/ About Comodo Comodo is the world’s leader of next-generation open source cybersecurity, with the industry’s most disruptive innovations. We help customers stop breaches with groundbreaking auto containment technology that neutralizes ransomware, malware and cyber-attacks. Our complete cloud-native framework delivers a zero-trust architecture with active breach protection for the most comprehensive defense against zero-day threats. Comodo’s cybersecurity products maximize intelligent sharing between every component of the platform, therefore providing superior security. We are the only company that analyzes and gives a trusted verdict for 100% of files on a network. Comodo leverages innovation to celebrate and support the cybersecurity community by offering the very first open source endpoint detection and response (EDR). We believe that an open source model using community-powered collaboration will ensure that every organization has access to the industry’s most sophisticated EDR. Headquartered in Clifton NJ, Comodo’s global development team and threat intelligence laboratories deliver innovative, category leading, security solutions for thousands of companies’ endpoints, network boundaries, and internal networks. For more information visit https://www.comodo.com/ Contact Details Carolyn Muzyka +1 973-859-4000 carolyn.muzyka@comodo.com Company Website http://www.comodo.com

December 01, 2020 10:45 AM Eastern Standard Time

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GoGetTested's End-to-End COVID-19 Response Operating System Scales Nationally, Provides Infrastructure to Unite the Private and Public Sectors

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GoGetTested, the first end-to-end COVID-19 response platform in the country, exited beta today with more than 200,000 tests administered, and is scaling nationally. GoGetTested is currently available in Arizona, South Carolina, Washington D.C, Texas and, as of this week, Kansas. Over 10,000 Americans are now registering for tests via the platform each day. GoGetTested’s all-in-one testing solution offers free FDA-approved COVID-19 testing and delivers quick, accurate results for citizens. The company partners with local communities to make the testing, and public health process easy and accessible for everyone, regardless of geographic or socioeconomic status. The company’s operating system ensures a simple to manage digital experience for consumers, and public health professionals alike. Local residents schedule their COVID-19 test appointment online, complete the oral swab or saliva sample test in minutes at one of the testing sites, and have their results delivered via text or email within 48 hours. If a result is positive, a medical professional will call the patient to discuss their test results and suggested care next steps. For communities with existing COVID testing facilities in place, the GoGetTested platform is lab-agnostic, meaning that it can seamlessly integrate with existing healthcare platforms to create a citizen-friendly healthcare experience for local residents. "Our team has worked around the clock to develop the most innovative COVID-19 testing platform in the country--and one that provides a playbook for building out a public/private health infrastructure,” said Wellpay CEO Mohammad Gaber and a founding partner of GoGetTested. "I’m proud to officially exit out of beta today and look forward to serving tens of thousands of patients each day as we continue to grow. Our mission, since day one, has been to help as many citizens as possible and deliver the most accurate results. We believe that technology can play a critical role in the public health infrastructure of the future, our early results show what a modern digitally enabled public health experience can do to improve the health of our communities” As GoGetTested continues to scale nationwide, the company continues to forge innovative partnerships, including with Science 37, a clinical research company, to support continuing clinical vaccine trials. This partnership will support the research behind the vaccine’s efficacy. In addition, GoGetTested will also be supporting the scaled administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, utilizing its technology platform to ensure end-to-end vaccine and administration integrity. GoGetTested will continue to work with local communities across the country to set up COVID-19 testing sites. For more information on testing locations and to schedule a test, visit www.gogettested.com. About GoGetTested GoGetTested is the first national, digitally enabled Covid Response Operating System in the country with an end-to-end test scheduling and resulting management platform. Its complete COVID-19 testing experience will help keep the nation’s communities and economies open and safe. GoGetTested was founded as a unique public-private consortium of government, clinical, technology, lab, research and retail partners, including The consortium—which includes Precision Primary Care startup WellHealth, PE-backed Lab HealthTrackRx, event-management company Victory Marketing, inventory and warehouse management company Lead Commerce, and Silicon Valley-based healthcare fintech startup Wellpay. Its Covid-19 response units ensure geographical reach to rural areas and fast activation in virus hotspots. Testing is free for anyone and provides the most complete, adaptive and secure testing services nationwide. Contact Details April White +1 323-216-8589 gogettested@trustrelations.agency Company Website https://www.gogettested.com/

December 01, 2020 08:08 AM Eastern Standard Time

Let’s Dive lands US$1.7m to make remote working more human, tackling concerns of worker isolation

Stockwood Strategy

Let’s Dive a platform for remote employee engagement and building team culture has today announced it has raised US$1.7 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge. The funding round also saw participation from Village Global and several angel investors*. Let’s Dive will use the funding to further build experiences on the platform to help remote teams tackle isolation, distribute the product to thousands of companies around the world and build a cross-border product team. The on-going global pandemic has upended traditional ways of working, forcing businesses all around the world to set themselves up remotely. Let’s Dive’s founders, who have been building solutions for remote teams for over five years, know from experience that isolation and the lack of team bonding are the biggest obstacles to successfully sustaining a remote work culture. Let’s Dive is a platform that eliminates isolation by bringing teams together and recreating a social space where participants can connect through a range of exciting activities. This creates deeper bonds amongst remote teams who lack the advantage of personal connections. Teams can play games like poker, pictionary, icebreakers, trivias, chess, card games and organise YouTube watch parties. Let’s Dive has already attracted over 100 teams from 28 countries to its platform. Businesses currently using the platform include teams from Silicon Valley giants like Facebook, Airtable, and in India, some of the biggest tech companies like Swiggy and Hike. Currently, Let’s Dive is an invite-only experience. Companies can apply for access on www.letsdive.io. “Having founded and run one of the first 100% remote working businesses, I have personally seen the importance of togetherness and team camaraderie as core pillars of company culture. Remote working poses a significant challenge for businesses trying to maintain this. With Let’s Dive, we set out to solve this problem and drive real engagement and interaction amongst colleagues online,” said Nitesh Agrawal, Co-Founder, Let’s Dive. “Let’s Dive has already gained strong traction and attracted hundreds of teams to our platform - without any marketing. The product’s experience is so unique that teams feel connected within a few hours of usage. With the funding and partnership from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, as well as investors such as Village Global, we look forward to rolling out Let’s Dive to businesses globally to help them create the best possible remote team culture.” added Nitesh. The company was founded in July 2020 by Nitesh Agrawal and Om Prakash. Both have had previous experience with building and scaling startups and have worked with startups like Housing.com, Ola, Mykarma, Fitzoo. Before Let’s Dive, Nitesh led Indiez as founder and CEO, where he built a community of 10,000+ engineers from 50+ countries and was one of the first 100% remote organisations. Ends *Along with the marquee investors, top tier angels such as Utsav Somani from iSeed, Akhil Paul, Anand Chandrasekharan (Former Snapdeal CPO and Facebook Director of Messenger), Zvi Band (Founder, Contactually), Job Van (Founder, Remote.com), Ravish Naresh (Founder, Khatabook), Sai (Founder, Mobile Premier League), Cecilia Stallsmith, Sunita Mohanty (Facebook), OnDeck community and Kamir Kothari (SVB) also participated in the round. About Let’s Dive Let’s Dive is on a mission to build togetherness for businesses with remote working teams. The SaaS platform provides a social space for remote teams, and aims to help companies build their culture through fostering better human connections. Let’s Dive users can hang out, play games, or watch videos, all while sharing their audio and video with their colleagues. For more information, visit: https://www.letsdive.io/ About Surge Surge is Sequoia Capital India’s rapid scale-up program for startups in India and Southeast Asia. Surge combines $1 million to $2 million of seed capital with company-building workshops, a global curriculum and support from a community of exceptional mentors and founders. The program’s goal is to supercharge early-stage startups and give founders an unfair advantage, right out of the gate. For more information on Surge, visit www.surgeahead.com. Contact Details Bilal Mahmood +44 7714 007257 b.mahmood@stockwoodstrategy.com Company Website https://www.letsdive.io/

December 01, 2020 07:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

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Nintendo Holiday Gift Guide 2020:Gifts the Whole Family Can Share & Enjoy

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The holidays will look different for many families this year, but whether people are celebrating in-person or virtually, Nintendo has options for every gamer in the family. Recently, David Young, Nintendo spokesperson teamed with YourUpdateTV on a nationwide satellite media tour to discuss the hottest new Nintendo products and some great options for the holiday season. A video accompanying this announcement is available at: https://youtu.be/e9kyI6m_Q0s With the Nintendo Switch family of systems, families have the choice of a system that best fits their needs and personal play styles, with a broad range of games you can play together. Nintendo Switch can be played at home or on the go, while Nintendo Switch Lite is a handheld system perfect for players who love playing in handheld mode. Nintendo is also offering a special Black Friday deal with the Nintendo Switch system, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game and a three-month individual membership* to Nintendo Switch Online all in one package at a great value price of only $299.99 – that’s like getting the game and membership for no extra cost! Here are some of the hottest Nintendo games this holiday season. Super Mario 3D All-Stars: Play three of Mario’s greatest 3D platform adventures – Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy – all in one package! Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.: This new collectable device (and perfect stocking stuffer) plays classic Super Mario Bros. games and is inspired by the original Game & Watch systems first released in 1980. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit: Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is a new experience that lets players control a real-life kart and put themselves behind the driver’s seat by looking through the screen of Nintendo Switch. Pikmin 3 Deluxe: Pikmin 3 Deluxe is an adorable action game that can be played with one or two players. Grow a squad of adorable, plantlike Pikmin to traverse a strange world and save your planet. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is an over-the-top action game that takes places 100 years before the events of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Animal Crossing: New Horizons:: There are so many ways to create, enjoy and share your perfect island getaway. Explore and customize your island at your own pace, meeting new residents, discovering new activities, and sharing your unique island life with friends and family. Ring Fit Adventure: To keep families active, Ring Fit Adventure isfor both gamers and non-gamers alike. In the game, explore an adventure world and conquer enemies using the included accessories and the power of real-life exercises. Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise: Jab, uppercut and dodge to catchy pop tunes in this rhythmic boxing game! Pass a Joy-Con controller to an exercise buddy and box to the beat together. Just Dance 2021: Just Dance 2021 is the ultimate dance game, with 40 hot new tracks from chart-topping hits like “Rain On Me” by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande, “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd and “Ice Cream” by BLACKPINK x Selena Gomez. Nintendo Switch Online: This paid service lets you take your gaming up a notch with online multiplayer and exclusive benefits. With a Nintendo Switch Online membership, gain access to a large collection of NES and Super NES games that are great to play anytime, anywhere. For more information, visit https://www.nintendo.com/holiday/. * Included Nintendo Switch Online membership will auto-renew after three months. Terms apply. nintendo.com/switch-online About: David Young: Assistant Manager, PR at Nintendo A Nintendo veteran of more than 30 years, David Young is Assistant Manager of Public Relations working with media, celebrates and influencers. Young began his Nintendo career as a consumer service representative and game counselor and helped Nintendo launch every game system beginning with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to the current Nintendo Switch system. About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Nintendo Switch™ system and the Nintendo 3DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 5 billion video games and more than 779 million hardware units globally, including Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS™ family of systems, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™, Nintendo GameCube™, Wii™ and Wii U™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names, such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda and Pokémon. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Americas. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at https://www.nintendo.com/. Contact Details YourUpdateTV +1 212-736-2727 yourupdatetv@gmail.com

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