Startups

As companies look to build diverse workforces, the biggest problem seems to be sourcing candidates from historically underrepresented groups, often because companies don't know where to look. TaTio, an Israeli startup from a couple of HR veterans, has built a platform to help connect companies

Uniswap Labs has raised $165 million in a new funding round as the parent firm of the world’s largest decentralized exchange looks to broaden its offerings. The Series B funding was led by Polychain Capital, the startup said. The news confirms a technewss scoop from late last month that said

Social engineering attacks are on the rise. These low-tech but high-impact attacks — where hackers manipulate employees into granting them access to companies' services and data — increased by almost threefold last year, and have so far this year claimed several high-profile victims, from T

Data engineers have a big problem. Almost every team in their business needs access to analytics and other information that can be gleaned from their data warehouses, but only a few have technical backgrounds. Redbird was created to help everyone in an organization create and run analytics without

Kenya has the largest and most thriving furniture industry in East Africa, but the sector's potential is hindered by several challenges, among them production inefficiencies and quality concerns, forcing most major retailers to settle on imports. MoKo Home + Living, a Kenya-based home furniture

Zen Educate, an online marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, has raised £19.3 million ($21 million) in a Series A extension round of funding. Founded out of London in 2017, Zen Educate is setting out to supplant the traditional approach to recruiting t

Focused on Southeast Asia, Ayoconnect's APIs make it faster for businesses to launch new financial services, instead of needing to build their own tech infrastructure. It is also licensed by Indonesia's central bank, enabling it to offer more services. The open finance startup announced tod

Pillow aspires to be an all-in-one platform that says it helps even newbie users save, spend and invest in crypto currency. The Singapore-based startup announced it has raised $18 million in Series A financing co-led by Accel and Quona Capital, with participation from Elevation Capital and Jump Cap

Katana, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, has raised €35 million ($34 million) in a Series B round of funding. ERP is a form of business management software that can serve any number of functions inside a company, from marketing and risk man

FOLX Health, a telehealth company catering to the LGBTQIA+ community, closed a fresh $30 million round of funding, which it will use to expand its new support groups feature. The company provides affirming and inclusive care through services such as hormone replacement therapy, PrEP prescriptions,

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The venture capital industry doesn’t have the best track record when you’re talking about ethics. Like most professions involving power and wealth, venture capital also sometimes attracts people for whom doing the right thing isn't a concern. Limited regulatory oversight and a lack

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TripActions, a corporate travel and expenses company, has raised a combination of equity and debt at a post-money valuation of $9.2 billion, up from its prior valuation of $7.5 billion. The funding is a $154 million equity round from investors, including returning investors Andreessen Horowitz and