Omnipresent, which helps companies employ remote-working local teams worldwide, has closed a $15.8 million Series A funding round. The fundraise was led by an undisclosed
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Instacart is eliminating the jobs of unionized workers
Instacart plans to lay off nearly 2,000 of its workers, including the 10 workers from the Kroger-owned Mariano’s who unionized early last year, Vice reports.
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These are the 20 companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator’s 26th Demo Day today
The enterprise-focused Alchemist Accelerator is hosting its 26th Demo Day today, with twenty companies expected to debut. This is Alchemist’s third Demo Day to
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8 VCs agree: Behavioral support and remote visits make digital health a strong bet for 2021
In TechCrunch investor surveys of years past, we’ve seen a big focus on fixing what’s broken or bringing the infrastructure into the modern era. But
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Plaid launches FinRise, an incubator for underrepresented fintech founders
Plaid is launching FinRise, a nine-month incubator for early-stage fintech founders from underrepresented backgrounds. Inspired by an internal hackathon amid Black Lives Matter protests last
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Hot IPOs hang onto gains as investors keep betting on tech
This morning, while checking the latest price for shares of recent IPO Poshmark, I noticed that they were down from their first-day results. The company’s
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