Dear friends,
While being in full speed in the new year already, we would still like to wish you a successful 2021. It goes without saying that the most important wish this year is for everyone’s good health and we have high hopes that 2021 will be a good year when it comes to business too. With a new fund raised, several companies approaching exit and above all, with solutions to the pandemic being in sight, we are very motivated to achieve even better and bigger things this year.
Enjoy the newsletter,
Jasmina Henniova, Communications & Investment Manager and the 3TS team
3 Key Things Sever Totia Highlights in His First 2021 Blog Post
Sever, US-based Partner at 3TS, put together some of the best highlights among our portfolio companies in 2020, some of his favorite blog posts from last year and he also offers an outlook and advice for 2021.
3TS and 0100 Conferences Podcast – Hiring and Retaining Diverse Talent with Gail McManus
In this episode, we talked to Gail McManus, Founder and Managing Director at PER. We discussed ways to set up a company culture in such manner to be able to hire a truly diverse team and lead them to success.
3TS PORTFOLIO NEWS
SALESmanago’s Most Awaited 2021 Features Launching
SALESmanago shares their newly launched features and explains how to use them for clients´ advantage. Among them are AI Search Engine Turbocharger, Loyalty Program for Online Stores and Command Center.
Tresorit Advices on How to Prevent Phishing Attacks
While technology solutions are getting better at preventing phishing attacks, and employees come across them less and less often, it also means they get worse at noticing them. Tresorit designs simulated attacks tests to train employees in recognizing even highly sophisticated phishing attempts.
Piano Shares Key Feature Releases and Customer Success Stories
In their “Year in Review” blog post, Piano talks about leadership during the times of crisis, but also sums up the recently launched key features as well as success stories from clients as The Daily Memphian, Mediahuis, The Spectator, DER STANDARD and other media outlets.
Solvoyo Listed as Sample Vendor on Gartner’s Supply Chain Report
Solvoyo, supply chain analytics, planning and optimization software, was listed by Gartner on The Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning Technologies, 2020 report, in the Algorithmic Supply Chain Planning section.
GOOD READS & GREAT IDEAS
Pricing Transformation in 2021 – Open View Partners
Kyle Poyar, VP of Market Strategy at OpenView, and Steven Forth, Partner at Ibbaka, discuss their pricing predictions from 2020 and how they believe it will develop in the post-pandemic economy in 2021.
Here’s What the New Normal Sales Stack Look Like – Venture Beat
Due to the pandemic, processes like team collaboration and sales changed dramatically. In this blog post you can find some data on the current market and B2B customers’ willingness to buy remotely, but more importantly also an analysis of the remote B2B sales tech stack which can come in handy this year.
Take Away Messages for the Judges from the Future 40: Diversity & Inclusion Leaders – PER
Earlier in 2020, our team member Jasmina Henniova was listed among Future 40: Diversity & Inclusion Leaders by Real Deals and PER. The judges Anu Adebajo (British Patient Capital), Harry Briggs (Omers Ventures) and Pam Jackson (Level 20) talked about the key messages we can take away from the inspiring leaders in a podcast.