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Apr 17, 2020 • 5min
Everee raises a $10M Series A to scale its worker-friendly payroll software service
This morning Everee, a Utah-based software as a service (SaaS) startup focused on payroll, announced that it has closed a $10 million Series A. The funding event was led by Origin Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures. Previously, Everee had raised a $3.7 million Seed round in mid-2019. The company is therefore as well capitalized as […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 16, 2020 • 5min
Unicorn layoffs keep piling up as the economy gets worse
Earlier today a grip of new data presented a sharply negative picture of the American economy. And this afternoon, news broke that a trio of well-known, heavily-backed unicorns were cutting staff. With stocks down as well, we’ve received negative signals from the private market, the public market and the economy as a whole in the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 16, 2020 • 5min
Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2020
Disrupt San Francisco 2020, the OG of startup tech conferences, takes place at Moscone West on Sept. 14 – 16. It’s an event you don’t want to miss, and we’re here to tell early-stage founders one of the best ways to get the most out of the Disrupt experience. Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 15, 2020 • 3min
Rocket Lab inks deal to carry Japanese startup Synspective’s first satellite into orbit
The well-funded Japanese space startup Synspective has tapped launch provider Rocket Lab to take its first Earth observation satellite to orbit. Launch is planned for late 2020, and the company’s StriX–α craft will be the sole payload. Synspective was founded in 2018 and by mid-2019 had raised about $100 million, making it one of the […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 15, 2020 • 7min
UK tech job vacancies fall 31% in less than 4 weeks, according to job site data – so who is still hiring?
As the coronavirus crisis continues, hiring data is emerging that paints a mixed picture for U.K. tech, which, in the preceding months and years has been stuck on a growth trajectory of up and to the right. That appears to have changed almost over night. According to numbers shared exclusively with TechCrunch from job sites […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 14, 2020 • 6min
Layoffs are disproportionately impacting startup satellite offices
Layoffs have struck the startup world swiftly, hurting hospitality and travel startups, as well as recruitment and scooter companies. New data shows that some of those layoffs, brought on by COVID-19, might be disproportionately impacting satellite campuses. By nature, satellite offices are secondary to a startup’s headquarters. Opening smaller offices is a strategic move when […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 14, 2020 • 5min
Frank raises $5M more in its quest to get students max financial aid
Frank, a New York-based student-facing startup, has raised $5 million in what the company described as an “interim strategic round” led by Chegg, a public edtech company. According to Frank founder and CEO Charlie Javice, previous investors Aleph and Marc Rowan took part in the round alongside new investor GingerBread Capital. The education funding-focused startup […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 13, 2020 • 4min
Pangea.app raises $400K pre-seed round to help connect student workers with businesses
Pangea.app, a Providence, Rhode Island-based startup has raised a $400,000 pre-seed round, it told TechCrunch this week. The company’s new capital, raised as a post-money SAFE, comes from PJC, a Boston-based venture capital firm and Underdog Labs. Previously, Pangea.app raised money from angel investors. The company links “remote college freelancers,” per its website, to businesses […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 13, 2020 • 4min
Instacart’s hiring spree continues as it faces unprecedented demand
Instacart is adding more support roles to help its shoppers, customers, and retail partners, as the company faces unprecedented demand for its grocery delivery services due to COVID-19 shelter in place orders. Today Instacart announced that it has doubled its Care team, from 1,200 agents to 3,000 agents. Care team employees will work on answering […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 10, 2020 • 5min
Apply today to be a TC Top Pick at Disrupt SF 2020
Opportunity’s a hot currency, and every early-stage startup founder’s on the lookout for it. Anything and everything that can help bring the dream to fruition, right? You’ll find three days packed with opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2020Â on September 14-16. Care to know how you can super-size your Disrupt opportunity? We’ll get to that […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
