Next generation messaging platform startup for businesses 8seats has raised A$2 million in seed funding from a consortium of investors including Black Nova, former Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci, and tech entrepreneurs Mike Priddis and Greg Miller, with the funding to enable the homegrown startup to scale its platform and accelerate its go-to-market strategy in preparation for a public launch in 2025, following a successful early-access rollout.
Communications and messaging platform provider LeapXpert has successfully closed its Series A funding round, raising a total of US$14.1 million to date.
Cloud-based office productivity and messaging platform Slack has appointed computer science and mechatronic engineer specialist, Arturo Arrarte, as head of Growth for the Asia Pacific region.
Integration and analytics vendor Tibco is making its local and distributed messaging software available free of charge, and has introduced a new cloud-based messaging platform.
Cloud services provider MessageXchange has successfully demonstrated end-to-end transactions between the Australian Government and a private sector recipient, using the new Australian e-invoicing standard.
Belgium mobile network operator, Orange Belgium, is set to offer business customers an enterprise messaging platform from Australian global mobile software development company, Soprano Design.
Top games maker Animoca has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Tencent to publish its Armies of Dragons game across the WeChat platform in key South East Asian countries.