Billion Dollar Unicorns: Stitch Fix Delivers a Surprisingly Fresh Take on Shopping for Fashion

According to a Tech Navio report published last year, the market for online fashion retail in the US will grow 14% annually through to 2020 driven by increased security measures for online payments, improved logistics with reference to product delivery, better online customer service, and easy-to-navigate shopping websites. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Stitch Fix, that I

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What is Paytm’s Exit Strategy?

According to the Internet Trends 2017 report by Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the number of Internet users in India increased 28% to 355 million and internet penetration grew to 27% in 2016. About 80% of Internet usage is through mobile phones. A major beneficiary of this trend is leading wallet company

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Modernizing Medicine Crosses $100 Million Revenue Threshold

According to a Mordor Intelligence report published last year, the global Electronic Medical Records (EMR) market is estimated to grow 10% annually to be worth $22 billion by the year 2021. The industry’s revenue was estimated at $13.64 billion in 2016. Boca Raton-based Modernizing Medicine is making big strides in this high growth market to

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2017 IPO Prospects: SailPoint, Ping Identity Reassured After Okta’s Listing

According to a MarketsandMarkets report, the Identity Access Management market is expected to grow 17% annually over the next five years. The industry is estimated to be worth $14.3 billion in 2017 and projected to grow to $31.75 billion by 2022. Austin-based SailPoint Technologies is counting on this growth as it prepares to go public.

India’s First Billion Dollar Unicorn Turns Profitable

According to eMarketer, worldwide digital ad spending will reach $223.74 billion in 2017. Mobile will account for 63.3% of digital in 2017 and is expected to grow to a 77.1% share of digital in 2021. InMobi is an Indian Billion Dollar Unicorn that has recently achieved profitability in this sector.

2017 IPO Prospects: Adaptive Insights Not Worried About the Oracle and NetSuite Merger

According to Gartner, the Corporate Performance Management (CPM) market is essentially made up of two key components: Financial CPM (FCPM), and Strategic CPM (SCPM). Gartner believes that 70% of organizations will benefit from additional business value generated from these services and will continue to invest in the market through 2020.

High-Performing Workday Veers Toward Machine Learning

SaaS-based enterprise application services provider Workday (NYSE: WDAY) reported an impressive first quarter performance. The company attributes its performance to a “great product” and customer satisfaction.

Apptio Valuation Recovers After Post IPO Dip

According to a MarketsandMarkets report, the global cloud-based ITSM industry is expected to grow 15% annually over the next five years to be worth $8.78 billion in 2021. Bellevue, Washington-based Apptio (Nasdaq: APTI), which listed last year is trying to make its mark in this industry.