INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The technology that runs our companies these days is staggering in its complexity
We have moved from a monolith to a microservices world, from boxes to SaaS, and while that has added agility to the enterprise, it has come
at the cost of a metric f-ton of services and software platforms required by every team in the building.CIOs need a place to commiserate and
get better recommendations on what tech works well and what should be placed in the proverbial recycle bin
the core of Pulse is a community of vetted CIOs and other tech procurers, currently numbering more than 15,000
On top of this core group of users, Pulse has built a series of products to help exploit their collective wisdom, including several new
products the company is announcing today.In addition to new product launches, the company is announcing a $6.5 million Series A round from
AV8 Ventures, which is exclusively backed by mega-insurer Allianz Group and launched last year with a debut $170 million fund
messaging and positioning before we sort of blow it up as a campaign
investors and market researchers, the company is also announcing the launch of Product IQ today, which takes the needs of a particular CIO
trying to imagine and rethink how decision-making is done for technology executives, especially in a world like this where teams are
StackShare, which raised $5.2 million from e.Ventures, has focused on helping engineers learn from other engineers about the tech they have
chosen for their infrastructure
Meanwhile, startups like Wonder and NewtonX, which raised $12 million from Two Sigma Ventures, have focused less on technical solutions and
instead answer business questions such as market sizing or competitive landscape.Pulse was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco,
and previously raised a seed from True Ventures, according to Crunchbase.
