New York-based Beauteeze launches its salon-booking service (exclusive)

In addition to booking appointments, Beauteeze is designed to be a useful marketing tool for the salons, and it integrates with existing scheduling and customer relationship management (CRM) software.

Hotel Ninjas launches its ‘Salesforce.com for the hospitality industry’ (exclusive)

Cofounder Avi Meir said he was inspired to start the company after realizing that most hotels still relied on "expensive, outdated, server-based technology."

RingDNA releases mobile call tracking app to ‘make sales reps smarter’

RingDNA released a voice communications platform today that provides sales reps with relevant data so they can make the most of their sales calls. The company also announced raising a $1.9 million seed round.

LevelEleven redesigns & rebrands its Salesforce app that cleverly gamifies sales

Detroit-based LevelEleven has rebranded and redesigned its flagship app that motivates sales people to generate more leads and close more deals.

Contactually 2.0 helps you make the most of ‘who you know’

Contactually, a startup that helps people stay in touch with their professional contacts, released version 2.0 today as well as an iOS app.

Bringing sanity to sales, Tylr Mobile promises to unify Salesforce with your inbox

Launching today, Tylr Mobile is a San Francisco-based startup that aims to improve how we work on a smartphone or tablet.

Booker gets $27.5M to brings its cloud tools to Main Street

Booker, the cloud-based service management startup formerly known as GramercyOne, has closed a $27.5 million funding round.

LevelEleven lands another $500K to gamify sales and CRM

Enterprise gamification startup LevelEleven has raised an additional $500,000 in new seed funds to motivate sales people around the world.

StellaService raises $15M for ruthlessly judging online retailers

Bad customer service? Slow shipping? Lame attitude from a company rep over IM? StellaService knows ... and knows how to make bank from it.

Infusionsoft gets $54M to help small businesses compete with heavyweights

Infusionsoft raises a whopping $54 million for its custom, all-in-one sales and marketing automation software.

Xtime drives off with $23 million to make automotive services sleek, fast, and modern

Enterprise management platform Xtime raises $23M to streamline the automotive services industry.

MindBody, a Salesforce for health and beauty, nabs $35M

MindBody provides marketing tools, scheduling, analytics, networking and point of sale services for health and wellness providers.

Salesforce worried more about Dropbox than its direct competitors, says COO

Salesforce may have some huge competitors like Netsuite and Oracle, but it's not the big dogs that keep the customer-relationship manger on its toes.

Zendesk branches into mobile with its customer service software

If you've got customers, then you've got mobile customers, and Zendesk wants you to take good care of them wherever they are, even if they're on the go. To that end, the company pushed its cloud-based customer service software into the mobile world today.

Playnomics launches PlayRM customer relationship management platform for games

Playnomics launches a customer relationship management platform for games that markedly improves player retention.