Recent Posts by Amy Sorrells

  The growth of BotSupply is white-hot, thanks in part to Oracle. Building on top of Oracle Cloud, the Copenhagen-based startup is using its multilingual bot platform and conversational AI to help create engaging and relevant customer experiences for Oracle clients around the globe. And as a member of Oracle’s global startup program, BotSupply is tapping into resources such as customer connections, marketing and media exposure. Co-selling with Oracle, BotSupply is currently in...

Image: Profit, Editor’s Choice: The Best of 2018   Oracle’s Profit Magazine covered hundreds of innovative companies and new technologies during the past year, from emerging businesses like Stitch Fix to perennial brands like Toyota. So, when the editors of Profit set out to choose their top stories of the year it was no easy feat. We are beyond proud that a startup in our global program, iGeolise, was chosen by Profit editors as a top story of 2018 for the “Matter of Minutes”...

  Indian fintech startup CashPundit is scaling their business and driving customer growth—and Oracle is playing a big role in their success. A member of Oracle’s global startup program, CashPundit is a cloud-based Cash Flow Management (CFM) solution that is helping CFOs across the globe better manage cash flow and identify potential shortfalls in cash balances to avoid cash flow problems and save money.  In short, this startup is making CFOs look like superstars, while...

A recent report noted a new and powerful growth hack for emerging startups. And it’s not cutting-edge technology or first-mover status. It’s startups collaborating with enterprises. Startups working with corporates and enterprises isn’t new—but it’s crucial. As the MassChallenge & Imaginatik report notes, “It’s shaping up to be a startup’s most powerful growth hack.” It turns out these relationships are pretty important for corporates, too. The report also revealed that 82% of...

Being cool is a moniker that everyone desires, but for a startup, we think being named a cool vendor by analyst firm Gartner takes the cake. We are super excited that our startup partner, Duel, has been named as a cool vendor in Gartner’s recent report, “Cool Vendors in Retail Merchandising and Marketing”. Duel delivers a super smart technology that can greatly benefit brands and retailers. It’s a key reason why they were selected as part of our inaugural cohort for our...

Signs of digital disruption are everywhere. However we’ve been talking about disruption for so long now, with many companies and industries still surviving, that a majority discount the warnings and put planning too far down the priority list. But with each passing day, emerging developments in technologies like AI, IoT, big data, blockchain, voice and computer vision are making disruption your new reality. Now is the time to change your mindset. Recognize and embrace this...

Coming off a successful inaugural cohort, including being named the No. 2 accelerator in the U.K., our Bristol-based Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator program is looking to partner with startups for cohort 2.  We want to be business enablers—helping our startups grow their businesses, generate revenue, garner reference customers, and drive cloud-based innovation. The inaugural Bristol cohort did just that—and we’re looking for startups for an even better cohort 2.    “I’m so...

It was Albert Einstein that famously said, “Once you stop learning, you start dying.” All startups better take heed. For emerging and growing businesses, there is no such thing as too much information, at least as it pertains to strategic and relevant resources. That’s why Oracle is pleased to offer members of our Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator program access to new and vital learning and development resources through our partnership with the Oracle Human Resources Virtual...

Oracle has announced selections for the first class of startups for its programs in Paris, Sao Paulo and Tel Aviv. For two intense days, the top 15 startups in each market pitched their best cases for being one of the five selected to each program. The competition was tough, with Paris and Sao Paulo having to award a sixth slot, but the results are tremendous: Vibrant and mature startups representing a variety of technologies, across many industries, and all addressing big...