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Diligent Corporation Receives New Investment 0
- Raises and Exits, Uncategorized
- August 5, 2020
NEW YORK, NY, Diligent Corporation has received an increased investment from Clearlake Capital Group, and a new investment from funds managed by Blackstone.
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Go public now while software valuations make no sense 0
- Raises and Exits, Uncategorized
- August 5, 2020
Software valuations are bonkers, which means it’s a great time to go public. Asana, Monday.com, Wrike and every other gosh darn software company that is putting it off, pay attention. Heck, even service-y Palantir could excel in this market. Let me explain. Over the past few weeks, TechCrunch has tracked the filing, first pricing, rejiggered…
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Uber and Lyft sued for ‘unpaid wages’ by California Labor Commissioner over driver classification 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- August 5, 2020
California opened a new front in its battle against Uber and Lyft over their classification of drivers as contractors instead of employees, with the state’s labor commissioner on Wednesday filing suit against the two companies. The San Francisco ride-hailing firms decided from the start of their operations to “misclassify” their drivers “as a means of…
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Krisp snags $5M A round as demand grows for its voice-isolating algorithm 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- August 5, 2020
Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech, which silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls, arrived just in time. The company got out in front of the global shift to virtual presence, turning early niche traction into real customers and attracting a shiny new $5 million series A funding round to expand and diversify its…
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