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PerchPeek raises $11M to woo ‘great resignation employees’ with easy relocation Feb 22, 2022

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Relocating employees can involve up to 20-30 different complex processes, while many of the support packages on the market can be inflexible and expensive. Plus, relocating services are usually only available to company leaders, not staff.

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Better.com loses more senior execs as employees brace for another mass layoff Feb 22, 2022

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Things are getting worse at Better.

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Walmart is expanding autonomous delivery pilot with GM’s Cruise this year Feb 21, 2022

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Cruise plans to expand the self-driving delivery pilot it has with Walmart in Arizona, the company’s senior government affairs manager said in a recent public meeting with state legislators.

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Reusable packaging startup bags $3.1M to pick a fight with single-use packaging Feb 21, 2022

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Quick pop quiz: Is it better to recycle your cardboard boxes, or use a sturdier packaging bag that can be used again and again until it meets its maker again?

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New York’s Thrive Capital closes its eighth fund with a whopping $3 billion Feb 18, 2022

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Thrive Capital, the venture firm founded in 2009 by a then-25-year-old Joshua Kushner, says it has closed its eighth fund with approximately $3 billion in capital commitments, $500 of which it plans to invest in early-stage startups and another $2.5 billion that it has earmarked for later-stage companies.

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Amazon reaches deal to continue accepting Visa payments worldwide Feb 18, 2022

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Amazon and Visa have resolved their simmering dispute over payment fees in the UK and elsewhere, Reuters has reported. Amazon threatened to stop accepting Visa in the UK starting January 19.

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Blueland raises more money to avoid shipping water around and reduce single-use plastics Feb 17, 2022

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The cleaning products you use in your house are 99% water. Yes, the same stuff that comes out of the spigot at your house.

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New Waymo Via partnership gives it access to 200,000 shippers and carriers Feb 17, 2022

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Waymo Via, Waymo’s autonomous trucking and cargo unit, has found another long-term strategic partner to see it through to commercialization.

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Stronghold launches $100M venture arm to invest in underrepresented founders and fintech Feb 16, 2022

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Payments infrastructure company Stronghold has launched a venture capital arm to deploy $100 million of its balance sheet capital in startups and funds in three core strategies.

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Singapore-based alternative protein startup Next Gen Foods gets $100M Series A for U.S. growth Feb 16, 2022

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Alternative protein startups have attracted a lot of investor attention over the past couple of years and the trend looks set to continue.

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