TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Indianapolis-based startup Socio , which helps plan hybrid in-person and virtual events. Socio provides a missing hybrid event management component for the company to add to its Webex platform. And the company believes that Webex provides the platform to make it all happen.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Butter , a startup registered in Denmark but operating fully remote, is building an “all-in-one” platform for planning and running virtual workshops. After the session, facilitators can access a “recap” in the room overview with a chat transcript, recording and poll results, etc. Toasty.ai, circl.es

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Events — when they haven’t been cancelled altogether in the last 12 months due to the global health pandemic — have gone virtual and online, and a wave of startups that are helping people create and participate in those experiences are seeing a surge of attention — and funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Engageli is a videoconferencing platform in that it connects students and professors over live video, but the real product feature that differentiates it, according to Avida, is in how it views the virtual classroom. Upon joining the platform, each student is placed at a virtual table with another small group of students.

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