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Tech has a homogeneity problem. Karla Monterroso — a longtime leadership coach, racial equity advocate and the founder of Brava Leaders — jumped on Equity last week to talk about how that issue was complicated by a bull cycle that saw power in visionary pitches — something now tested by a bea

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their drea

Crypto exchange Kraken today announced it’s letting go of 1,100 staffers. The announcement came from a company blog post and follows similar news from DoorDash that it was also cutting staff. News that Kraken is cutting staff — and therefore costs — is not a surprise, given a gen

Have you ever looked longingly at the website of a posh hotel or resort and thought, “Man, I wish I could hang out there.” Well, thanks to startup ResortPass, that might not be as out of reach as you might think. The six-year-old company gives people the option to purchase day p

When developers are creating a new application, they may build security features over time or take advantage of commercial offerings or open source libraries to implement certain security functions such as authentication or secrets management. Pangea Cyber wants to change that with an API-driven ap

Talent acquisition professionals and hiring managers are facing several headwinds, especially when it comes to hiring and retaining data analytics professionals. The traditional challenges are finding the right allocation of challenging and inspiring work, providing compensation and growth opportun

Airbnb really wants you to Airbnb an apartment. So its latest step is to find renters a place, which they can also list on the travel booking platform. Today, the company introduced a new program called “Airbnb-friendly apartments” in the U.S. It allows renters to find an apartment in m

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Black, Latina and Native American women represent approximately 16% of the total U.S. population, but make up only 4% of students obtaining bachelor's degrees in computing. On this trend, women of color receiving computing degrees will

Over the past 11 years, eFounders has refined the startup studio model in Europe. The company has contributed to the launch of more than 30 startups, including three unicorns — Spendesk, Aircall and Front. While things seem to be going well for the startup studio, eFounders is pivoting — sort o

Prismforce, an India-U.S. startup that provides IT and tech services companies with tools to build better talent supply chains, has raised $13.6 million in a Series A round led by Sequoia Capital India. IT providers spend a large part of their variable costs on hiring skilled employees. But finding

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Cloud tech companies are facing a significant cloud skills shortage, making it hard to hire people and difficult to make sure their current workforce's skills are up to date. Australia- and U.S.-based Saasguru wants to narrow the gap with an edtech platform designed for new graduates and tech w

There’s no question about it: The market going into 2023 isn't going to be what it was when 2021 ended, when growth at all costs sometimes trumped common sense. But the market isn't as “down” as it may seem. There's plenty of money to be invested, and founders who have the rig

Coworking and warehouse space company Saltbox announced today the closing of a $35 million Series B led by Cox Enterprises and Pendulum. The news comes more than a year after Saltbox closed a $10.6 million Series A, bringing its total funding to $56 million. As technewss previously reported, Saltb