Real estate software and data company VTS acquires Rise Buildings, which develops a mobile app for managing properties, sources say for about $100M (Peter Grant/Wall Street Journal)

Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal:
Real estate software and data company VTS acquires Rise Buildings, which develops a mobile app for managing properties, sources say for about $100M  —  Real-estate firm VTS is buying startup Rise Buildings in $100 million deal  —  Investors are pouring money into phone apps that enable companies …

Sources: no deep integration between Facebook and Gojek nine months after the $300M deal; source says Gojek's planned merger with Tokopedia is a factor (Mercedes Ruehl/Financial Times)

Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times:
Sources: no deep integration between Facebook and Gojek nine months after the $300M deal; source says Gojek's planned merger with Tokopedia is a factor  —  Rollout of integration between platforms delayed after $300m deal struck in June  —  Facebook's partnership with Indonesian technology start …

Twitch API changes suggest it is testing a system that automatically rates streamers on a "Brand Safety Score" to pair them with advertisers (Jessica Conditt/Engadget)

Jessica Conditt / Engadget:
Twitch API changes suggest it is testing a system that automatically rates streamers on a “Brand Safety Score” to pair them with advertisers  —  Twitch appears to be toying with a program that automatically rates streamers based on a handful of factors — including age …

Qualtrics reports FY 2020 revenue of $763.5M, up 29% YoY, and Q4 revenue of $213.6M, up 24% YoY, in its first quarterly report since its IPO (Tiernan Ray/ZDNet)

Tiernan Ray / ZDNet:
Qualtrics reports FY 2020 revenue of $763.5M, up 29% YoY, and Q4 revenue of $213.6M, up 24% YoY, in its first quarterly report since its IPO  —  Qualtrics's quarterly revenue was as expected, while profit came in a little better than Wall Street expected.  —  Qualtrics, the “experience management” …

Paytm to equip 50 lakh merchants with IoT devices

Digital payments major Paytm has launched a new version of its 'Soundbox' along with other solutions that ease acceptance of payments as part of its efforts to equip 50 lakh merchants with IoT (Internet of Things) enabled devices. https://ift.tt/3buegNA

Zego, an insurance provider for gig economy workers that uses telematics-based driver behavior data for pricing, raises $150M Series C at a $1.1B valuation (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch:
Zego, an insurance provider for gig economy workers that uses telematics-based driver behavior data for pricing, raises $150M Series C at a $1.1B valuation  —  Zego, the insurtech that got its start by offering flexible motorbike insurance for gig economy workers but has since expanded …