TextUs Secures $22MM Growth Equity Round to Scale Industry-Leading Text Messaging Platform
TextUs, an industry-leading enterprise texting solution that allows businesses to have engaging two-way conversations at scale, announced today it has raised $22M in Series C financing led by Atlanta-based Eastside Partners with participation from Colorado-based Access Venture Partners. The new investment will allow TextUs to accelerate its growth through increased product innovation and go-to-market expansion. “We’re excited to partner with TextUs to… Read more »
Blockchain Tech And The Internet Of Careers
This article from Dror Gurevich, CEO of Velocity Networks, discusses the universal database of career records Velocity is building on the blockchain. Dror describes what this public utility infrastructure will look like—a sort of internet of careers on the blockchain. Velocity Network™ is built to be the world’s network for verifiable and trusted career credentials,… Read more »
Filed under: Trends ReportRecruiting operations platform ModernLoop lands $3.3M to create better technical
Anyone looking for a job, even in the past decade, knows how difficult it can be or has been — applications going into a black hole of a CRM, no response and follow-ups or the process being drug out for months. Lydia Han and Christopher Triolo started ModernLoop in December 2020 after seeing the problem of technical… Read more »
Seattle HR startup Humanly lands $4.2M to help companies automate parts of the interview process
Humanly has raised more cash to fuel growth for its HR software that helps companies screen job candidates, schedule interviews, automate initial communication, run reference checks, and more. The company landed $4.3 million in a round led by Zeal Capital Partners, with participation from Spark Growth Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Moneta Ventures, and a group of angels… Read more »
Dover Raises $20M
Despite being one of the earliest adopters of using the world wide web to disrupt how its business is done and connect with more potential customers, the recruitment industry ironically remains one of the more fragmented and behind the times when it comes to using new, cloud-based services to work more efficiently. A new startup… Read more »
Yello Goes WayUp: Merging Yello and WayUp’s Recruitment Services
It’s rare that I write a blog post about mergers and acquisitions in the talent acquisition space these days given that I have a team of people now that are much smarter than me. But, I was so excited by this particular development that I wanted to get my thoughts out into the market and… Read more »
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