Angela Hawksford | October 16, 2019 | Recruitment
Professional networking site LinkedIn has launched a new “LinkedIn Events” feature that allows members to create, share and discover networking events in their local area. This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click the button below to...
Angela Hawksford | October 16, 2019 | Automotive, Financials / Deals
Andrew Demery will resign as chief financial officer of Australia-based autos site CarSales, the company announced Wednesday. This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click the button below to learn more....
Greg Spencer | October 16, 2019 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
Zerodown, a real estate site launched last year that offers a lease-to-own option in San Francisco's expensive Bay Area, has been valued at $150 million U.S., according to TechCrunch. This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click the button...
Rebeka Shaid | October 15, 2019 | Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced on Tuesday it will invest “at least” €500 million ($552 million U.S.) in a KKR-owned holding company that is conducting a public tender offer for the shares of German media giant Axel Springer. This content is...
Greg Spencer | October 15, 2019 | Automotive, People on the Move
Julie Scott, a former executive at the satirical news site, The Onion, has joined Cars.com (NYSE: CARS) as vice president and general manager of national sales. This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click the button below to learn more....
Cila Warncke | October 14, 2019 | Recruitment
JobAndTalent.com, the Spanish digital employment agency, has acquired two recruitment businesses to enhance its operations in Colombia. One, Su-Temporal, is a temp agency; the other, Servi-Oportunos, specializes in outsourcing. This content is part of our business...
Rebeka Shaid | October 14, 2019 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
Berlin-based property technology company McMakler has won over two new investors after raising more than €50 million ($55 million U.S.) in a series C funding round earlier this year. This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click the button...
Ben Salisbury | October 14, 2019 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
British hybrid real estate portal Yopa had a loss of £30.3 million ($38.3 million U.S.) in 2018, a significant increase on a loss of £18.3 million in 2017. Total revenue increased by around 60 percent from £4.3 million to £6.9 million but much higher overheads, £33...
Ben Salisbury | October 14, 2019 | Marketplaces
“As a start-up, it’s difficult to work on strategic plans as you are covering everything else,” said Gabriel Gruber, co-founder and CEO of Properati, part of OLX Group. “Now, I have the resource to look at the bigger picture and plan and implement strategies.” Gruber...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | October 14, 2019 | Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Japanese recruitment firm DIP Inc. reported a 10 percent year-on-year increase in its sales to Y22.8 billion for the first half of this year. This was primarily due to favorable performance of its job advertisement media in the personnel recruiting services division,...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | October 14, 2019 | Recruitment
Tokyo-based job boards operator Grooves Inc. and HR firm Mirai Works Inc. have established a joint venture (JV) company to take over the operation of Grooves' recruitment marketplace, Skill Shift. This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click...
Cila Warncke | October 13, 2019 | Real Estate
Pisos.com, which is owned by multimedia communications group Vocento, has become the second real estate vertical in Spain to add mortgage services. Finance options are offered in cooperation with a credit union, Union de Creditos Inmobiliarios (UCI), under UCI’s...
Cila Warncke | October 12, 2019 | Automotive, Financials / Deals
Spanish digital auto dealer Clicars.com announced that, after three years in business, it has reached profitability. The site has sold 4,000 vehicles, with a transaction value of €75 million ($82.8 million U.S.). This content is part of our business intelligence...
Greg Spencer | October 11, 2019 | Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Oil industry jobs site RigUp has raised $300 million in additional funding, marking it as one of Austin, Texas’ hottest startups. This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click the button below to learn more....
Cila Warncke | October 11, 2019 | Marketplaces
A new breed of sharing apps hope to change the Spanish second-hand goods marketplace. Gratix, from Madrid, and Barcelona-based LendiApp allow consumers to give away, swap or borrow items. However, their goal is community-building, not cash flow. Gratix was launched in...
Cila Warncke | October 11, 2019 | Automotive, Marketplaces
Milanuncios.com, the largest generalist marketplace in Spain, has published a report on used car sales that reveals the market is worth more than €7.7 billion ($8.5 billion U.S.) annually. This report marks Milanuncios' first major foray into PR. This content is part...
Lars Herlin | October 10, 2019 | Marketplaces, People on the Move
Christian Printzell Halvorsen (LinkedIn profile) is coming back to Schibsted as EVP of Nordic marketplaces and CEO of Finn.no. Printzell Halvorsen was previously CEO at Finn but left two years ago to become CEO of Cxense, a listed Norwegian software company that...
Alina Zaiets | October 10, 2019 | Marketplaces
Yandex recently met with the No.1 Russia-based horizontal Avito, No.1 Russia-based real estate vertical CIAN and other online platforms to share its new approach to search rankings. This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click the button...
Greg Spencer | October 10, 2019 | Automotive, People on the Move
Richard Cox Jr., a 16-year Cox Automotive veteran, has been promoted to senior vice president and chief information officer of parent company Cox Enterprises. In this role, he will oversee corporate IT and business leaders in their work with data analytics and...
Ben Salisbury | October 10, 2019 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
British online property portal OnTheMarket announced its financial results for the six months leading up to Sep., showing higher revenue, increased costs and a bigger operating loss. This content is part of our business intelligence service. Please click the button...
