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Eva Roethler Eva Roethler
Published on April 08, 2025

How to Get Inside the Minds of B2B Prospects

These sales professionals maximize their potential with empathy

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on April 08, 2025

Logistics Unicorn Project44 Raises $420M, Bringing Valuation to $2.2B

The company is expanding its global team by 400 with the fresh capital.

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on April 08, 2025

Kin + Carta Hires New VP, Amount Raised $81M, and More Chicago Tech News

Last week, Chicago tech companies saw innovations in finding parking spaces as well as virtual gift giving. Read Built In Chicago’s weekly refresh to find out what else is new in the Chicago tech space.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on April 08, 2025

dough Raises $20M for Its Commission-Free Brokerage Firm

That's a lot of dough.

Andreas Rekdal Andreas Rekdal
Updated on April 08, 2025

To Akuna Capital's CTO, challenges are the best parts of the job

As CTO of a fast-growing derivatives trading firm, Chris Smith knows a thing or two about performance optimization. Akuna Capital’s trading systems have to withstand unpredictable moments of volatility and market moves, during which data throughput can be ten times higher than usual.

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