IPOs 2021: Braze Expands Partnerships for its App Ecosystem

The Customer Engagement Solutions market was estimated to grow at 10% CAGR from $12.56 billion in 2021 to $21.95 billion driven by the increasing adoption of AI and machine learning, rapid deployment of IoT and connected infrastructure solutions. New York-based Braze (NASDAQ: BRZE), a leading player in this market, went public last month.

Cloud Stocks: C3.ai Expands Enterprise and Public Sector Presence

The global Artificial Intelligence (AI) market is expected to grow at 40% CAGR from $62.35 billion in 2020 through to 2028. Tom Siebel’s C3.ai (NYSE: AI) Is making big inroads in this market through partnerships and product innovation.

Cloud Stocks: Smartsheet Focuses on PaaS Growth

According to a recent report by Verified Market Research, the global enterprise collaboration market size is projected to grow at 9% CAGR from $29.45 billion in 2020 to $53.3 billion by 2028. Smartsheet (Nasdaq: SMAR) recently announced its third-quarter results that continued to outpace market expectations.

Cloud Stocks: DocuSign Targets $50B Market Opportunity in Agreement Cloud

Recently eSignature player DocuSign (Nasdaq: DOCU) announced its third-quarter results that surpassed market expectations. But its outlook for the fourth quarter was disappointing, which sent its stock down by more than 40%.

Cloud Stocks: MongoDB Focuses on Winning Government Contracts

The global cloud database and Database as a Service market is forecast to grow at 15% CAGR from $12.54 billion in 2020 to 2028. MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB), a leading player in the market, recently reported its third-quarter results that continued to surpass market expectations.

Cloud Stocks: Coupa Continues to Build on its PaaS

The Global Expense Management Software market is estimated to grow at 16% CAGR from $5.5 billion in 2020 to to $13.3 billion by 2026. San Mateo-based Coupa (Nasdaq: COUP) is building on its PaaS initiative to target this high growth market.

IPOs 2021: Freshworks Focuses on PaaS Capabilities

I have followed Freshworks (Nasdaq: FRSH) from the days when its founder, Girish Mathrubootham, met me in 2011 at a TiE Chennai event. I have always seen potential in its offerings. Freshworks, nee Freshdesk, has come a long way since then. What began as a CX offering, has expanded to employee and IT support, to

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IPOs 2021: Amplitude Focuses on Digital Optimization

Unlike most companies that go for a standard IPO process, digitization optimization services provider Amplitude (Nasdaq: AMPL) recently listed on the stock exchange through the direct IPO listing. Its IPO has been received well, and despite the market turbulence, the stock has been rising.