Notion Integrates with HomeAdvisor; Partnership Pairs Smart Home Technology With Plumbing Services for Instant Water Leak Support

Notion taps HomeAdvisor to help homeowners take immediate action and mitigate damages at the first sign of water

DENVER, April 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Notion, the complete home awareness solution powered by a multi-purpose IoT smart home sensor, today announced a first-of-its-kind integration with HomeAdvisor, the Colorado-based marketplace connecting homeowners to prescreened professionals for home projects. The integration with HomeAdvisor, called Plumber Matching, marks Notion's first partnership with a service provider to enable homeowners to immediately contact a local and available plumber when a water leak is detected.

Notion's low-cost and easy-to-install home monitoring system gives homeowners the flexibility to monitor and receive real-time alerts on things happening across their entire home—from motion and temperature changes to sounding alarms and water leaks. By utilizing HomeAdvisor's "Instant Connect" technology, Notion has layered on professional services to empower users to take action on water-related events quickly and easily, before significant damage occurs.

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Qmerit Secures $11.75M in First Funding

Qmerit, an Irvine, CA-based provider of cloud-based MRO supply chain solutions, raised $11.75m in its first venture capital financing. 

The round was led by Strandview Capital alongside strategic investors Schneider Electric’s fund, an investment vehicle of Schneider Electric, and innogy Ventures, the investment arm of Germany-based energy group innogy SE. In conjunction with the funding, Kevin Covert from Strandview and Heriberto Diarte from Schneider Electric will join Qmerit’s Board of Directors.

The company intends to use the funds to expand its sales efforts as well as increase and accelerate product development.

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Roli Puts The Blocks Together For Revolutionary Songmaker Kit

When you’re a relatively new 21st century musical instrument company, finding relevance can be a tough thing to do. UK music startup Roli was able to do that in a major way. The company, which creates next generation music creation instruments, not only attracted artists like Steve Aoki and The Wu Tang Clan, to create production packages for their Roli Noise App, but they also attracted iconic producer Pharrell Williams as an investor and company officer.

Roli is the creator of the Seaboard Rise which is a family of next generation keyboard/controllers that artists worldwide are using both in the studio and on-stage. They’re also the creators of their line of blocks, smaller musical instrument/controllers. The lightpad block is a square block that can be assigned via midi or used in conjunction with a smartphone or tablet to create music with infinite possibilities. The Seaboard block is a scaled down version of the full sized Seaboard that lets you take it on the go anywhere and everywhere.

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eGym buys Netpulse

Fitness kit and software supplier eGym has announced the acquisition of fitness app specialist Netpulse for an undisclosed sum. 

The two companies are sharing a booth at IHRSA this week in San Diego.

eGym announced in January that the European Investment Bank would commit funds to the tune of €25m (US$30m, £22.2m) to drive its R&D programme.

The company offers software-based electronic strength machines and has thousands of installations in gyms across Europe.

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MomentFeed Introduces Visibility Manager To Boost Brands’ Local Visibility

MomentFeed has released Visibility Manager, a solution designed to ensure multi-location brands appear as the first and most obvious choice for nearby consumers.

By improving the precision, consistency, quality and distribution of each store’s business information, Visibility Manager is designed to make a brand’s nearest location a nearby consumer’s first choice on any mobile device. These results can drive more online-to-offline actions, foot traffic and higher sales.

With Visibility Manager, marketing teams gain insights into the health of each store’s digital presence across more than 310 network directories, maps, navigation systems, social media sites and web services. This solution empowers centralized marketing teams by maximizing a brand’s mobile visibility and increasing awareness to each of their locations.

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