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Venture CapitalairSlate completes $51.5 million financing round with G Squared, UiPath for $1.25B valuation
airSlate has completed a $51.5 million financing round led by venture capital firm G Squared. At the same time, airSlate extends its strategic partnership with UiPath , a leading enterprise automation software company. This round of fin
Venture CapitalCanditech Raises $9 million Seed Round to Create a World without Resumes
TEL AVIV, Israel , June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canditech, the Israeli startup helping companies accurately assess job candidates with the world's first online job-simulation platform, today announced that it has raised $9 million in s
Venture CapitalAI-powered Talent Acquisition Platform CEIPAL Secures $16.5 Million in Series B Funding
Camden Partners Leads Series B Funding Round for Industry Leading Talent Acquisition Automation Platform June 16, 2022, Rochester, NY – CEIPAL, the industry-leading AI-powered talent acquisition platform, announced it has closed its Series
Venture CapitalTransfr VR Raises $35M to Help Workers Explore Careers in High-Growth Industries
Transfr has harnessed the power of VR and AR to help workers-in-transition make the leap to higher paying careers in partnership with states, colleges, Fortune 500 employers NEW YORK , June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Transfr VR (Transfr),
Venture CapitalEmployee Benefits and Insurtech Platform Pazcare Raises $8.2M
Pazcare , a Bangalore-based employee benefits and insurtech platform, announced today it has raised $8.2 million led by Jafco Asia, bringing its valuation to $48 million. The funding also included participation from returning investors 3One
Company NewsMicrosoft is elevating Viva from pure employee portal to job support platform starting with sales
When Microsoft launched Viva last year , it framed the platform as an employee portal where you might go to find out parental leave policy or other internal communications directed more generally at company policies and culture. It further
Venture CapitalSana, which offers health insurance plans to SMBs, raises $60M and doubles valuation since October
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have for decades struggled with being able to offer their employees health insurance. Sana, a startup that wants to make offering health insurance plans more accessible to those businesses, has raise
Venture CapitalTango Announces $14M Series A and Launches Workspaces for Teams
Tango's Workspaces brings powerful collaboration and robust features to transform process documentation and scale business operations. LOS ANGELES , June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tango , the leading Workflow Intelligence Platform that s
Venture CapitalFountain Raises an Additional $100M to Extend its Series C Funding
The new Series C extension, led by B Capital Group, enables Fountain to continue powering high volume hiring June 15, 2022 (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) – Fountain , the world's leading applicant tracking system (ATS) for high volume hiring, to
Venture CapitalErudit Gets Investment from LLYC of over $200,000
LLYC Venturing, the company of LLYC SA (BME:LLYC), has made its first investment in Erudit for an amount of 200,000 euros (over 208,000 US dollars) that has developed artificial intelligence technology that empowers companies to improve tal
ColumnNew Research: Cloud-Based HCM Can Redefine Employee Experience
We just completed two years of research on cloud-based HCM (human capital management) systems and the results are striking. Among the 35+ implementations we studied, the findings are now clear: these systems do much more than clean up IT sy
OpinionIs Rehiring the New Hiring Strategy? Boomerang Employees Say Yes
The resignation wave caused talent shortages and internal upheaval in organizations for the past two years. In response, many organizations had to replace lost talent by hiring external talent fast and at volume to enable post-pandemic r
Venture CapitalRemote Talent Platform Revelo Acquires Mexico’s Largest Tech Talent Marketplace Listopro
With the acquisition of Listopro, Revelo, already the largest platform for sourcing, hiring and managing remote tech talent in US time zones, becomes the undisputed leader in providing US companies access to high-quality Latin American tale
Venture CapitalAdzuna acquires job search engine Getwork
NEW YORK , June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adzuna , the smarter job search engine, is pleased to announce the acquisition of leading US enterprise job search engine Getwork . The Getwork team, led by President Brad Squibb , will work alo
Venture CapitalTestGorilla secures $70m Series A funding to help companies eliminate hiring bias
We’re delighted to announce that TestGorilla has secured $70m in Series A funding, co-led by the London-based venture capital firms Atomico and Balderton Capital . The funding brings the company’s total investment to $80m following pre
Venture CapitalCoachHub raises $200M Series C Funding led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Digital coaching platform CoachHub plans to further expand in the Asia Pacific and other regions of the world after raising a $200 million Series C. The round, led by Sofina and Softbank Vision Fund 2, comes just eight months after the s
Venture CapitalGlobal Climate Career Platform Terra.do Raises $5 Million Seed Round Led by Avaana Capital
Company Raises $5 Million Round Led by Avaana Capital, with Participation from Notable VCs and 150+ Individuals in the Climate Community STANFORD, Calif. , June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Terra.do, a global climate career platform with th
TopicsHow the Future of Work will Improve the Employee Experience
Since the start of the internet, we have slowly transitioned from an analog species to a digital species: Homo Digitalis. Nowadays, for most of humanity, the internet has become the norm, and we spend many hours per day on the internet and
Venture CapitalEthena Raises $30M in Series B for Modern and Effective Compliance Training
We’ve grown so much in the past year, and we’re just getting started Less than a year ago, Ethena announced our $15.5 million series A , and we’re delighted to announce that we’ve raised an additional $30 million Series B to build out Ethen
Venture CapitalBryq AI Talent Intelligence Raises $4 Million in Pre-Series A Funding Towards Building the Future of Work
ATHENS, Greece — Bryq, the AI Talent Intelligence platform, announced today that it has raised a $4 million pre-Series A round, led by No Such Ventures along with existing investor Big Pi Ventures. In 2021, Bryq’s revenue increased by more
Company NewsHow to Solve the Challenges of Headcount Reconciliation
Finance and HR routinely produce headcount numbers that don’t match—and that’s a problem. A simple count of employees should be a fairly straightforward process. After all, how difficult can it be to get an accurate number of the people you
Venture CapitalWorkGenius, a freelance technology company, acquires US based JBC, a staffing company
NEW YORK , June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorkGenius, a freelance technology company has acquired US based JBC, a staffing company, in a landmark deal that together, will aim to transform the freelance staffing industry through proven opera
Venture CapitalAutomated Coaching Platform Cloverleaf Raises $9M in Series A Funding
CINCINNATI – June 9, 2022 – Cloverleaf has closed $9M in Series A funding. The round was led by Origin Ventures with the participation of ScOp Ventures, Mucker Capital, Queen City Angels, Airwing Ventures, 1809 and the JobsOhio Growth Capit
Venture CapitalNava Benefits Has Raised a $40M Series B
SUMMARY Nava Benefits is thrilled to announce that we have raised $40 million in Series B funding. Hear from our co-founders, Brandon Weber and Donald DeSantis, on what the Nava team has achieved in the last two years, and how we will use t
Venture CapitalFinch raises $15M Series A to power the future of connected and programmable employment
At Finch, our mission is to empower innovators to access the global employment ecosystem. Since starting the company in late 2020, we’ve been excited about building a future in which the employment sector is both connected and programmable.
Venture CapitalGen Z Recruiting Startup RippleMatch Raises $45 Million To Boost Job-Matching Technology
New York-based college recruiting startup RippleMatch raised $45 million in Series B funding, the company announced Wednesday. The investment values the company at $205 million as it bulks up to take on traditional job search giants like Li
Venture CapitalMultiverse Raises $220M Series D Funding to Expand Professional Apprenticeships
Editor's note: Multiverse - UK’s first ever EdTech unicorn - is building an outstanding alternative to university and corporate training via professional apprenticeships. It has announced a $220 million Series D funding round at a valuation
Venture CapitalRetail Employment Marketplace Reflex gets $4.5M Seed Funding
AUSTIN — Reflex , the online marketplace that helps brands find and connect with retail superheroes on-demand, today emerged from stealth and announced its $4.5 million oversubscribed seed funding round. Indicator Ventures led the round, w
TopicsMicrosoft announces four new employee workforce initiatives
Today, Microsoft is announcing new changes and investments aimed at further deepening our employee relationships and enhancing our workplace culture. Specifically, we are making changes to U.S. based policies and practices related to noncom
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