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May 19

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Into the Twitterverse 🐦🌌

Destroy ALL friction 😵
An insightful thread from the ever insightful Elena Verna on growth teams and *their* business ⚡️

Product-led growth is not just a software philosophy 🧐
Distribution is equal if not more important than creation.
DO NOT build the SaaS world’s best kept secret 🙅🏻‍♂️
Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings
8. Bake Distribution Into The Product Build Creation and distribution should not be in isolation. With every episode we speak to 5+ references. Why? They are now content ambassadors who will promote the show when released.
9:44 PM ∙ May 12, 2022
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We’re amping it up to 11 at Amplify 🎛
Meet product-led growth leaders from the hottest PLG companies at the mixer we’re hosting at Amplitude’s Amplify - reserve your spot here.
Toplyne @Toplynehq
If you're in town for @Amplitude_HQ's #Amplify22 hit us up! Come say hi. Don't be shy. Reserve your spot today:
toplyne.ioProduct-led growth mixer at Amplify | 23 May at the AriaJoin 30 growth leaders from the hottest PLG companies in the market to talk all things growth, product, SaaS, and more
12:38 PM ∙ May 19, 2022

🔎 The PLG hunt

What was a pipedream is now Pipedream ☁️

The SF-based company is developing an integration and compute platform purpose-built for developers.

Why? Because as any developer will tell you, no one wants to write glue code to integrate one API with another.

Pipedream @pipedream

Pipedream Closes $20M Series A with @trueventures, @CRV, @felicis and @wilabcom.

pipedream.comPipedream Closes $20M Series AWe are excited to share we have raised $20M in Series A financing led by True Ventures, CRV, Felicis and WiL.

Which hot and upcoming PLG company are you most excited about? 👇🏻

Growth Stories 🚀

60,000+ stars on GitHub, 40,000+ models, and millions of monthly visits: Meet Hugging Face 🤗

…one of the fastest-growing projects in open source software history.

We take a peek under the hood of the gentle giant’s 🤗 growth engine - one of the most prestigious companies to work for, if you’re a data scientist today. 👇

Top of the Lyne

Transformers: The rise and rise of Hugging Face

“The original agreement on the European Economic Area was signed in August 1992.” Let’s try translating that sentence to French. Taking a first pass at the phrase “the European Economic Area”, you might be tempted to go word by word, arrive at “la européen économique zone” and be met with a confused stare from the Parisian you decided to bother on the TGV…

6 months ago · 4 likes · Rahul Krishnan, Arjun Rakesh, and Ruchin Kulkarni

Fundraising, Venture Capital and Exits 🤑

Sentry has now raised $217 million 💸
…and tripled their valuation on the back of their Series E round
Crunchbase News @crunchbasenews
San Francisco-based @getsentry was able to triple its valuation in less than 15 months after locking down a $90 million Series E co-led by @bondcap and @Accel. news.crunchbase.com/news/sentry-un…
5:13 PM ∙ May 4, 2022
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Kids, always use protection (for your APIs) 👮
Alissa Knight @alissaknight
So thrilled for team @traceableai in closing its series B round of funding of $60 Million! With Gartner recently projecting APIs will be the number one attack vector in 2022, this move by the VC community demonstrates how accretive it sees the market!
bit.lyTraceable AI nabs $60M to secure app APIs using machine learning - StartupLanes.comTraceable AI, a startup offering services designed to protect APIs from cyberattacks, today announced that it raised $60 million in a Series B round led by IVP with participation from BIG Labs, Unusual Ventures, Tiger Global Management and several undisclosed angel investors. The new capital values…
6:50 PM ∙ May 12, 2022
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Launches, events, and releases

Goodbye, context-switching. Hello, DoolyBar!
Dooly’s new update can be triggered with Cmd+J - sales teams can now update Salesforce notes directly from LinkedIn, Gong, or Gmail
DoolyHQ @DoolyHQ
Context switching wastes up to 60% of selling hours. We made DoolyBar so you can easily: 📝Turn notes into follow ups 🎨Personalize LinkedIn outreach ⚡️Update Salesforce anywhere Admin less, sell more. Start by getting the Dooly Chrome extension. #sales #salesforce
4:01 PM ∙ May 17, 2022

Miro’s new Web SDK kit just dropped 🔥
Miro @MiroHQ
Announced at #MiroNext: Miro Developer Platform 2.0! A new suite of tools, APIs, libraries, and documentation for you to develop on Miro quickly. Start building custom apps and integrations within minutes! ✨ miro.com/platform/
5:59 PM ∙ May 18, 2022

Stripe to Slowflake & Redshift in just a few clicks 🖱
Stripe @stripe
Introducing Stripe Data Pipeline—with a few clicks, sync your Stripe data and reports with @awscloud Redshift and @SnowflakeDB. 📊🔄 stripe.com/data-pipeline
4:03 PM ∙ May 18, 2022
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More Miro news from #MiroNext: Airtable now integrates 🤝 with Miro.

Airtable @airtable

#Miro and Airtable fans unite! 🤝 We're excited to announce our new integration with @MiroHQ as demonstrated today at #MiroNext. Head over to our blog to learn more 👉 ow.ly/Zm0R50JbyYk

ow.lyAirtable’s new integration with Miro | Airtable BlogThis latest integration lets you connect your ideas directly to your base–so you can turn brainstorms into concrete plans.

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Destroy ALL friction, rave in Vegas (RSVP), building the world's best kept secret, and more...

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