{"id":1598,"date":"2020-06-26T19:46:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/blog\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2020-06-27T20:52:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:22:15","slug":"saas-weekly-roundup-25-slack-connect-salesforce-anywhere-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-25-slack-connect-salesforce-anywhere-and-more","title":{"rendered":"SaaS weekly roundup #25: Slack announces a new way to \u2018Connect\u2019 businesses, Salesforce introduces Salesforce Anywhere, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week&#8217;s picks are all about some impressive features that have been rolled out by popular SaaS products along with some significant fund-raising activities. We follow that up with some interesting podcasts and videos that are worthy of your time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-25-slack-connect-salesforce-anywhere-and-more\/#News_of_the_week\" title=\"News of the week\">News of the week<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-25-slack-connect-salesforce-anywhere-and-more\/#SaaS_companies_that_got_the_funding_this_week\" title=\"SaaS companies that got the funding this week\">SaaS companies that got the funding this week<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-25-slack-connect-salesforce-anywhere-and-more\/#Check_out\" title=\"Check out\">Check out<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-25-slack-connect-salesforce-anywhere-and-more\/#Must_reads\" title=\"Must reads\">Must reads<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-25-slack-connect-salesforce-anywhere-and-more\/#Listen_to\" title=\"Listen to\">Listen to<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-25-slack-connect-salesforce-anywhere-and-more\/#Watch\" title=\"Watch\">Watch<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"news-of-the-week\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"News_of_the_week\"><\/span>News of the week<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slackhq.com\/slack-connect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Introducing Slack Connect: the future of business communication<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Slack Connect\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9cxGhcpGpfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/slack\" target=\"_blank\">Slack<\/a> has long been suggested as the tool to replace emails, and it seems that the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/collaboration-software\" target=\"_blank\">collaboration software<\/a> is moving in that direction. With Slack Connect, businesses will be able to communicate with other organizations, right from Slack itself. The feature supports up to 20 organizations to come together in a single Slack channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/slack-connect-email-stewart-butterfield-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Slack\u2019s CEO doesn\u2019t want to \u2018Kill Email\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/06\/24\/aws-launches-honeycode-service-for-simple-app-development.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Amazon launches cloud service to help non-coders build apps<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The no-code platform space is getting a lot of attention these days, and now Amazon is throwing its hat in the ring. Dubbed Honeycode, the service offers a visual interface to help people build applications without having any knowledge of coding. The service is free for up to 20 users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2020\/06\/22\/introducing-features-microsoft-teams-connect-friends-family-available-mobile-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Introducing new features in Microsoft Teams to connect you with friends and family\u2014now available in mobile preview<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Redmond giant had announced <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/microsoft-teams\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft 365<\/a>, it was evident that it&#8217;s settings its sight on the personal usage of its offerings and not just the professional use-cases. Worth noting that Microsoft isn&#8217;t announcing a new version of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/microsoft-teams\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Teams<\/a> for consumers; it&#8217;s offering consumer-focused features. Users simply need to add their personal account to use these features, and these capabilities will roll out in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/company\/news-press\/press-releases\/2020\/06\/salesforce-trailheadx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Introducing Salesforce Anywhere: Technology Enabling the All-Digital, Work-From-Anywhere World<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At its Trailheadx Conference, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/crm-software\" target=\"_blank\">CRM provider<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/salesforce\" target=\"_blank\">Salesforce<\/a> announced the launch of Salesforce Anywhere. As the name indicates, the tool lets the team collaborate and share data from any device and anywhere. It&#8217;ll be available as a beta starting next month, with a public rollout scheduled for Q4 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.flock.com\/flock-update-zoom-integration-feedback-emoji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>What&#8217;s new on Flock? Zoom integration, feedback tools, emoji, and more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workplace collaboration software <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/flock\" target=\"_blank\">Flock<\/a> recently added some interesting features. These include the ability to do a Zoom call directly from the app, record video calls (made via Flock), and the option to set up emojis as a channel avatar. Users can also request features using the Flock Feedback tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-06-23\/retail-software-maker-bigcommerce-is-said-to-seek-u-s-ipo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Retail software maker BigCommerce to seek U.S. IPO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/ecommerce-software\" target=\"_blank\">E-Commerce software<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/bigcommerce\" target=\"_blank\">BigCommerce<\/a> is planning to go public this year. The company is valued at approximately $1billion, and has seen a huge spike during the ongoing pandemic. Founded in 2009, it has raised over $200million to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/dell-explores-options-for-81-vmware-stake-11592942687?mod=djemalertNEWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Dell explores spinoff of $50billion stake in VMware<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dell Technologies is looking at options for 81 percent stake in cloud software VMWare in a bid to pare down its debt and increase its market valuation. The stake is worth ~$50billion, though the deal wouldn&#8217;t happen before September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scalefactor.com\/scaleblog\/a-message-from-the-founder-and-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ScaleFactor, a fin-tech SaaS startup to wind down its operations in August<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/ecommerce-software\" target=\"_blank\">ScaleFactor<\/a>, a buzzy financial services company, has raised $100million over the course of a year from renowned names such as Bessemer Venture Partners and Coatue. However, due to coronavirus, the demand for its software diminished. The company will be laying off half of its employees immediately, while a few would remain till August when the Texas-based company will formally close its operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"saas-companies-that-got-the-funding-this-week\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SaaS_companies_that_got_the_funding_this_week\"><\/span><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blogsaas-companies-that-got-the-funding\" target=\"_blank\">SaaS companies that got the funding<\/a> this week<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/news\/pipe-brings-in-60m-seed-extension-to-power-saas-financing-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pipe brings In $60million Seed Extension to power SaaS financing platform<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was just in February that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/ecommerce-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pipe<\/a>, a SaaS subscription financing platform, raised its seed funding of $6million. But now, the company has announced a seed extension of $60million, which is quite unusual for, specifically in such a short span of time. The company is growing rapidly, and is planning to expand internationally as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2020\/06\/24\/ujet-raises-55-million-to-expand-cloud-based-customer-support-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ujet raises $55 million to expand cloud-based customer support platform<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cloud-based customer support category is gaining steam, and various companies in the space are getting benefitted. The San Francisco-based Ujet has raised $55million as part of its Series C round. The funding was led by Sapphire Ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hopin.to\/blog\/the-future-of-virtual-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hopin receives $40million Series A funding to accelerate the future of virtual events<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With virtual events coming to the fore amidst COVID-19, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/hopiin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hopin<\/a>, a platform for organizing such conferences, has announced its Series A fundraise. The round was led by IVP, and the company has received $40million to hire more. The company has seen the hockey-stick growth, with the no of attendees growing from 16,000 in March to 175,000 in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clickup.com\/blog\/series-a-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ClickUp: We raised $35million to make the world more productive<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/clickup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ClickUp<\/a>, a cloud-based productivity software, has garnered $35million funding. The Series A round was led by Craft Ventures, and the company will be using it for marketing, expanding to more geographics and hiring aggressively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2020\/06\/23\/nylas-nabs-25-million-as-the-api-economy-explodes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Nylas nabs $25 million as the API economy explodes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The API economy is very well here, and Nylas, which provides APIs for email, calendar, and contact to developers, is aiming to make the most of that. It has gotten $25million as Series B funding to expand further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rasa.com\/our-next-phase-of-product-and-community-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Rasa: Our next phase of product and community growth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/rasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rasa<\/a> is a machine learning platform that helps developers to build AI assistants easily. What separates it from others is that it&#8217;s open source, uses the power of community and applied research. It has raised $26million Series B which was led by A16z to continue its mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"check-out\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Check_out\"><\/span>Check out<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blogsaas-software-popularity-charts-impact-of-the-global-pandemic-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SaaS software popularity charts: impact of the global pandemic [Report]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SaaSworthy\u2019s first-ever report measures the impact of COVID-19 on SaaS software popularity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"must-reads\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Must_reads\"><\/span>Must reads<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kwokchain.com\/2020\/06\/19\/why-figma-wins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Figma wins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/companies\/people\/pandemic-may-force-saas-industry-s-consolidation-sridhar-vembu-11592874438592.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pandemic may force SaaS industry\u2019s consolidation: Sridhar Vembu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/aircall-fundraising-during-pandemic-4-lessons-learned-anguelov\/?trackingId=9HT9tqZkxSP27p\\%2BfZVCrQA\\%3D\\%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aircall fundraising during a pandemic: 4 lessons learned (and, the deck that helped us raise a $65M Series C)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ben-evans.com\/benedictevans\/2020\/6\/22\/zoom-and-the-next-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What comes after Zoom?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/9-questions-ask-candidates-your-first-head-customer-success-lemkin-1c\/?published=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9 questions to ask candidates for your first head of customer success<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"listen-to\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Listen_to\"><\/span>Listen to<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.factordaily.com\/how-notion-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>How Notion works<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there&#8217;s one podcast (series) that you should listen to this week, it has to be &#8220;How Notion works&#8221;. In the series, Outliers host Pankaj Mishra records conversations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/notion-so\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Notion<\/a>&#8216;s CEO Ivan Zhao, its COO Akshay Kothari, Head of Marketing Camille Rickets, Product Marketer David Tibbits on why the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/note-taking-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">note-taking tool<\/a> exists, how it operates, its story, and what makes it unique, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>State of SaaS in India ft. Nikhil Kapur, Partner at Strive VC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/embedded\/e\/b96d327fcd87400c86ddcd8648364fa6\/\" height=\"170px\" width=\"100\\%\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of SaaS companies are starting from India, but as Nikhil Kapur, Partner at Strive VC suggests, it&#8217;s important to understand the differences between the global-focused Indian SaaS companies and India-focused SaaS companies. He also shares about the evolution of the space in the subcontinent over the years, and where it can go from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jeroen Corthout of Salesflare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/embedded\/e\/b96d327fcd87400c86ddcd8648364fa6\/\" height=\"170px\" width=\"100\\%\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/salesflare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Salesflare<\/a> is one among hundreds of CRM software available on the market today. Its CEO Jeroen Corthout shares how Salesflare is able to stand out by focusing specifically on small businesses. He also talks about how he and his team created a &#8220;Customer Value Machine&#8221;, which helped the company&#8217;s growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PagerDuty CMO Julie Herendeen on attribution and accountability within marketing teams, the optimal relationship between marketing and product and more<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/embedded\/e\/f9c7c05c394a48e0931f289522e4314b\/\" height=\"170px\" width=\"100\\%\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/pagerduty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PagerDuty<\/a>&#8216;s CMO Julie Herendeen shares her journey to coming towards the enterprise world, how marketing can be made more accountable by tying it with revenue, how and why sales and marketing can work together, among others. She also discusses why customer success is an important facet of marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"watch\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch\"><\/span>Watch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cashing in on the new normal with Anand Jain, CSO and Co founder, CleverTap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Cashing in on the new normal with Anand Jain, CSO and Co founder, CleverTap\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/615WozoK44E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/clevertap\" target=\"_blank\">CleverTap<\/a>, a mobile analytics software, has grown significantly since its inception in 2013. 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