Today's B2B Growth Pulse
Cognism claims top spot as EMEA’s most GDPR‑compliant B2B data provider
Cognism positions itself as the premier EMEA B2B data source, emphasizing GDPR‑compliant sourcing, a five‑step verification process, and the deepest European coverage. The analysis contrasts Cognism with rivals ZoomInfo, which has limited DNC screening and fragmented local data, and Apollo.io, whose low‑cost freemium model sacrifices accuracy.
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By the numbers: Hong Leong Asia acquires Yong Tai Loong for $66M
JPLoft Expands Mobile App Development Services to Meet Growing Digital Demand
JPLoft announced an expansion of its mobile app development services, emphasizing scalable architecture, AI/ML integration, and industry‑specific solutions. The new portfolio adds native iOS/Android, cross‑platform, and progressive web app capabilities built on cloud‑native, microservices and API‑first principles. JPLoft targets high‑growth sectors such as healthcare, financial services, retail, and on‑demand platforms, offering modular designs that can handle millions of users. Flexible engagement models—including dedicated teams, project‑based work, staff augmentation, and ongoing maintenance—allow clients to choose the partnership that fits their digital transformation stage.
PayPoint’s Merchant Rentals Taps EIT to Expand Payment Terminal Options
Merchant Rentals, a PayPoint Group subsidiary, has signed a strategic partnership with European Information Technology (EIT) to broaden its payment‑terminal portfolio. The collaboration adds vendor‑agnostic devices from Castles, PAX and Verifone to Merchant Rentals’ financing catalogue, giving merchants greater choice....
Basware Appoints Chief Marketing Officer
Basware announced the appointment of Kira Mondrus as its new Chief Marketing Officer, joining the executive team reporting to CEO Jason Kurtz. Mondrus brings over 20 years of B2B technology marketing experience, most recently scaling Tricentis from $13 million to more than $500 million in...
Uneven Chocolate Bars Symbolize Cocoa Industry Inequality
I'm in Brussels maneuvering between people as I meander down the aisles of booths at the conference tradeshow. I'd just had coffee with someone who caught me as I stepped off stage. That's when I bumped up against the Tony's...
Revive Stale Marketing: Fresh Ideas with Mike Stelzner
Has your marketing become boring and repetitive? Has your team stopped suggesting new and interesting ideas? I break down why (and how to fix it) in this interview with Michael (Mike) Stelzner on the Social Media Marketing Podcast from Social...
Privy Acquires Sendlane to Strengthen Its Position as an Ecommerce Growth Platform
Privy announced the acquisition of Sendlane, an email and SMS marketing platform, to strengthen its unified ecommerce growth solution. The deal follows Privy’s 2023 purchase of Emotive and builds on a client base of more than 6,000 brands. Privy reports...
Momentus Technologies Announces AI-Powered Platform Enhancements for Venue and Event Operations
Momentus Technologies unveiled three AI‑driven upgrades—Ask Mo, Momentus Analytics, and Smart Imports—to streamline venue and event operations. The tools aim to cut manual effort, accelerate insight delivery, and improve data accuracy across the event lifecycle. The enhancements arrive after a...
Cooler Co. Moves Manufacturing to Canada
Cooler Co., a fast‑growing Canadian yerba mate and kombucha brand, has shifted all manufacturing to Canada, consolidating kombucha brewing in Coquitlam, B.C., and yerba mate production at National Dry in Toronto, Ontario. The move eliminates cross‑border logistics, cuts unit costs,...
Walmart Connect Canada Academy Ad Certification Designed to Educate and Empower Advertisers
Walmart Connect Canada has launched the Walmart Connect Canada Academy Ad Certification, a free, self‑paced program designed to teach advertisers and partners the fundamentals of retail media and Sponsored Products on its platform. The certification includes two initial courses—Retail Media...
Widdop & Co Showcases WiddopDropship Platform Spring Fair
Widdop & Co has launched WiddopDropship.co.uk, a dropship platform that lets independent retailers list its full product range without holding inventory. The service was demonstrated at Spring Fair’s Hall 4 Village stand, highlighting a low‑risk growth model where Widdop fulfills orders...
First Customer’s Offer Propelled Qualia to $100M ARR
Most founders say they're "close to their customers." Nate Baker took it further than anyone I've interviewed. When he started Qualia , he was 21 with zero industry experience. His first customer didn't just sign a contract. He made Nate...
French Connection Group Looking to Expand in North American Market
French Connection Group announced a long‑term licensing partnership with G‑III Apparel Group to design, source, and distribute men’s and women’s apparel and accessories across North America. The deal leverages G‑III’s extensive retail relationships and supply‑chain infrastructure, giving French Connection a...
Technology Brings Flexibility to Workspace Group
Workspace Group, London’s largest provider of flexible offices, studios and light‑industrial units, is leveraging technology to enhance customer service and operational efficiency. After five years of leading its connectivity programme, Head of Technology Chris Boultwood oversaw the rollout of enterprise‑grade...
AI Agents Are Choosing Our Software Vendors for Us
"More and more we'll pick the vendors our AI Agents just tell us to." @tbpn @johncoogan @jordihays "I picked Resend, WorkOK and other app -- because the AI Agent told me to." https://t.co/RiNx0d9UAQ
$26M Funding Round Backs Veremark’s International Expansion and Service Rollout
Veremark, a London‑based workplace‑trust platform, secured $26 million in Series B funding led by Gresham House Ventures, with existing backers and a debt facility from Salica Partners. The round follows Veremark’s acquisition of Agenda Screening Services, expanding its checks to over 180...
Banks Rethink Blanket Merchant Bans as Regulatory Guidance Evolves
Banks are reexamining blanket merchant bans after regulators removed reputational risk from exam criteria in 2025, prompting a shift toward nuanced, data‑driven underwriting. Maverick Payments’ VP Kyle Becker explained that clear risk‑appetite statements combined with automated KYC/KYB, AI monitoring and...
Covideo Announces New Suite of Generative AI Video Solutions for Dealerships
Covideo unveiled a generative AI video suite at the NADA Show 2026, introducing VIN Reels and AI Video Agent to automate dealership communications. VIN Reels instantly creates vehicle showcase videos using inventory data, while the AI Video Agent delivers lifelike...
Rate Rise Reality Check: Why Retailers Must Pivot to Productivity and Cash Flow
The Reserve Bank of Australia raised the cash rate to 3.85%, ending a brief period of monetary easing. The hike lifts borrowing costs for households and retailers, squeezing disposable income and prompting shoppers to trade down and chase promotions. Retailers,...
Q&A with Ashley Burkle, Director of Business Development at Identiv
In a February 2026 interview, Ashley Burkle, Director of Business Development at Identiv, outlined the company’s push to embed secure digital identities into consumer packaging through NFC, BLE and UHF RFID technologies. Identiv’s solutions turn everyday products into connected data sources,...
Wingstop UKI Appoints Former Ocado Executive as Group Finance Director
Wingstop UKI has appointed Alistair Fraser as its group finance director, adding to recent senior hires that include a chief growth officer and a chief brand officer. Fraser previously led finance at BKUK, Ocado, and Whitbread, bringing extensive strategic and...
Lulus Beefs up Its Wholesale Strategy with Nordstrom and Dillard’s Expansions
Occasionwear brand Lulus, celebrating its 30th anniversary, is accelerating its wholesale expansion. After a 140% jump in wholesale sales last year, the brand now sells in all 350 Nordstrom locations and has more than doubled its presence at Dillard’s to...
Why Canada’s Grocery Code of Conduct Won’t Lower Food Prices
Canada’s Grocery Code of Conduct became fully effective on Jan. 1, 2026, establishing an independent framework for retailer‑supplier relations among the nation’s five largest grocers. The code emphasizes transparency, dispute‑resolution and fair dealing, but it does not contain any mechanisms to cap...
Fintech Firm Pine Labs Strengthens Presence in Sri Lanka via Card Management Partnership with Pan Asia Bank
Pine Labs is expanding its fintech footprint in Sri Lanka by partnering with Pan Asia Banking Corporation to launch its cloud‑native Credit+ card‑management platform. The solution automates the entire credit‑card lifecycle, integrating with the bank’s core systems and enabling real‑time...
Real‑time Context Is AI’s Decisive Competitive Edge
Your AI models are starving for context. 58% of companies admit their data isn’t ready for AI. The other 42%? They’re getting data, but they’re getting it too late. In the AI era, context is the only differentiator. When a...
AI-Driven Competition Slashes Figma’s IPO Gains
Figma had one of the biggest IPO debuts in years. Six months later, its stock is down 75%. Here’s how AI crashed the IPO hype 👇 When Figma went public, the story looked clean. The stock jumped over 250% in...
B2B Sellers Rewire Operations as Ecommerce and EDI Converge
B2B manufacturers and distributors are stitching ecommerce platforms together with EDI networks and ERP systems to create a single, real‑time order‑processing fabric. The integration delivers consumer‑grade self‑service—contract pricing, live inventory, shipment tracking—while automatically converting online orders into standardized EDI documents...
Underinvesting in Brand? Search Data Shows Hidden Cost
Instead of being asked why we should invest more in brand, it might be more important to ask if we're actively underinvesting in it right now. Very typically, leadership takes the position that more (or any) brand marketing needs to...
AI‑driven Polish Makes B2B Content Beige; Stand Out
You’re not suffering from incompetence. We're drowning in the opposite. Welcome to the Beige Wall - B2B marketing in 2026. Look around. Everything is now polished. Everything is articulate. Everything is grammatically perfect. A two-person startup in a garage now...
New Podcast on AI Growth and Product Strategy
In this episode, Casey Winters explores how companies can achieve growth in the era of artificial intelligence, outlining effective AI product and growth strategies. He highlights the importance of integrating AI responsibly into product roadmaps, leveraging data-driven experimentation, and aligning...
Micro‑lists & AI Boost Cold Outreach Reply Rates
CEO Friend: Is cold outreach working for you guys? Me: It wasn't until mid-November. CEO Friend: What? How? Ours dried up. Me: We closed 50 customers from cold email over the past 60 days. CEO Friend: TELL ME HOW Me:...
We Choose Complexity to Avoid Simple Accountability
We resist simple changes with big impact. We retreat to complexity because it's safer. If the fix is complex and you don't do it, that's logistics. Resources. Timing. Reasonable. If the fix is simple and you don't do it, that's...
ZEDEDA Doubles Customer Acquisition Amid Fortune 500 Momentum
ZEDEDA announced it doubled its new customer acquisition year‑over‑year, with nearly half of those wins coming from Fortune or Global 500 firms. The company secured marquee contracts across automotive, telecommunications, energy and manufacturing, while expanding its global footprint with a...
Metrics Can Gamify Products, Distracting From Real User Value
Now that I'm tracking user and account metrics for Storybook , I'm really starting to appreciate how much they can make you gamify things that don't necessarily improve the user experience. For example, Storybook's data updates monthly, which means that...
Hiring Senior PLG PM In‑House Can Cost More Than Expected
Our Senior ProductLed Implementer, Henrique Soares, just watched a SaaS company spend 5 months learning an expensive lesson about hiring for PLG. They needed a Senior Growth PM focused on product-led growth. They looked at the OTE and thought: "We'll...
Moore Announces Dan Thain as Chief Integrated Creative Officer
Moore, a leading constituent experience management firm, announced Dan Thain as its new chief integrated creative officer. Thain will set the strategic direction for Moore’s integrated creative function and oversee the digital creative team, leveraging his background in nonprofit fundraising...
AI Ops Now Cost $50K Monthly Across Business
Our AI bill just hit $50K in a single month. This is what building with agents actually looks like. Support. Sales. Onboarding. Product. Every part of the business now runs on intelligence - and intelligence isn't free. Not gonna lie,...
Commitment, Teamwork, and Compounding Growth Beat Time
Lessons only time teaches you: 1/ A great team goes even further than you think 2/ The journey in the end, no matter how long, ends in the blink of an eye 3/ You win by being the most committed 4/ Each year compounds...
LogicGate Celebrates Landmark Year with Industry Recognition and Growth
LogicGate announced a landmark 2025, posting roughly 50% year‑over‑year ARR growth from large enterprises and earning a Leader position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for GRC tools. The company also collected multiple awards, including Best Risk Management Platform at the...
Effective SaaS Ads Require
Many SaaS teams believe more ad spend = more pipeline. But here are 3 layers they skip: 1. A pipeline strategy that starts at the bottom of the funnel, not the top. 2. A quality-first mindset that prioritizes best-fit leads...
Cyclotron Launches Strategy Office to Guide Enterprises Through AI-Driven Transformation
Cyclotron announced the launch of a new Strategy Office dedicated to AI‑driven transformation, pairing an Innovation & Strategy pillar with an AI Engineering & Delivery pillar. Led by Susan Moyer and Davis DeFontes, the office offers workshops, roadmap creation, and...
Miro Launches MCP Server to Connect Visual Collaboration With AI Coding Tools
Miro announced its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, a bidirectional integration that connects the visual collaboration workspace with AI‑powered coding environments. Developed with Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, Google and Windsurf, the server links Miro canvases to 11 AI coding platforms such...
How Digital Freelancing Is Reshaping the Way UK Businesses Work
The UK’s labour market is quietly pivoting toward digital freelancing as businesses seek cost‑effective, on‑demand expertise. Small and medium‑sized enterprises are leveraging freelance platforms to fill design, development, marketing and administrative gaps without long‑term commitments. Professionals are also embracing freelance...
Intuit Partners with Affirm to Provide Pay-Over-Time Offering for QuickBooks Online
Intuit announced a multi‑year partnership with Affirm, making the lender the exclusive pay‑over‑time solution within QuickBooks Payments. The integration lets eligible U.S. small and mid‑market businesses offer customers installment plans, including 0% APR options, while the business receives funds upfront....
Lyric Health Appoints Bill Schmitt as Chief Growth Officer
Lyric Health announced the hiring of Bill Schmitt as its inaugural Chief Growth Officer, a newly created role designed to steer strategic growth across the company’s AI‑driven virtual‑care platform. Schmitt will direct demand generation, partnership development, and customer success while...
Cognizant and Uniphore Partner to Deliver Smarter, Domain-Specific AI for the Enterprise
Cognizant and Uniphore have announced a strategic partnership to build industry‑specific AI solutions using small language models (SLMs) and AI agents. The collaboration will initially target the highly regulated Life Sciences and Banking & Capital Markets sectors, leveraging Uniphore’s Business...
AI-Driven Thought Leadership Turns SME Insight Into Sales
Thought leadership should be a sales tool, feed search results, and build authority. That's a lot. But what if AI could help you surface and scale that internal expertise? By pairing AI tools with intentional workflows, you can capture unique...
Close Your Pay Gap: 5 Revenue Streams for Independence
Your employer won't pay you what you're worth. They can't. Their model only works if there's a gap between what you produce and what you cost. A great way to close that gap is to work for yourself. Here are...
PDFgear Launches TextaVoice, a Truly Free Text-to-Speech Challenging Expensive TTS Subscriptions
PDFgear has launched TextaVoice.com, a completely free text‑to‑speech platform. The service converts up to 2,000 characters per request into natural‑sounding audio without sign‑up, ads, or usage caps. It offers over 30 languages, 236 voice styles, adjustable speed, pitch, emotion, and...
Tiny Sales Team Thrives by Chasing Small Deals
"We went from 8 humans in sales to 1.25. We do about the same. Why? The agents don't mind chasing small deals. They never quit." @tbpn https://t.co/FWKsr1UXzZ
Four Things to Think About When Targeting Mobile Monetization Strategy
Mobile app developers must move beyond acquisition to a nuanced monetization strategy that blends multiple revenue streams. A hybrid mix of in‑app purchases, ads, and subscriptions mitigates market volatility while increasing lifetime value. Understanding user segments and behavioral signals enables...