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Apr 15, 2020 • 7min
UK tech job vacancies fall 31% in less than 4 weeks, according to job site data – so who is still hiring?
As the coronavirus crisis continues, hiring data is emerging that paints a mixed picture for U.K. tech, which, in the preceding months and years has been stuck on a growth trajectory of up and to the right. That appears to have changed almost over night. According to numbers shared exclusively with TechCrunch from job sites […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 14, 2020 • 6min
Layoffs are disproportionately impacting startup satellite offices
Layoffs have struck the startup world swiftly, hurting hospitality and travel startups, as well as recruitment and scooter companies. New data shows that some of those layoffs, brought on by COVID-19, might be disproportionately impacting satellite campuses. By nature, satellite offices are secondary to a startup’s headquarters. Opening smaller offices is a strategic move when […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 14, 2020 • 5min
Frank raises $5M more in its quest to get students max financial aid
Frank, a New York-based student-facing startup, has raised $5 million in what the company described as an “interim strategic round” led by Chegg, a public edtech company. According to Frank founder and CEO Charlie Javice, previous investors Aleph and Marc Rowan took part in the round alongside new investor GingerBread Capital. The education funding-focused startup […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 13, 2020 • 4min
Pangea.app raises $400K pre-seed round to help connect student workers with businesses
Pangea.app, a Providence, Rhode Island-based startup has raised a $400,000 pre-seed round, it told TechCrunch this week. The company’s new capital, raised as a post-money SAFE, comes from PJC, a Boston-based venture capital firm and Underdog Labs. Previously, Pangea.app raised money from angel investors. The company links “remote college freelancers,” per its website, to businesses […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 13, 2020 • 4min
Instacart’s hiring spree continues as it faces unprecedented demand
Instacart is adding more support roles to help its shoppers, customers, and retail partners, as the company faces unprecedented demand for its grocery delivery services due to COVID-19 shelter in place orders. Today Instacart announced that it has doubled its Care team, from 1,200 agents to 3,000 agents. Care team employees will work on answering […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 10, 2020 • 5min
Apply today to be a TC Top Pick at Disrupt SF 2020
Opportunity’s a hot currency, and every early-stage startup founder’s on the lookout for it. Anything and everything that can help bring the dream to fruition, right? You’ll find three days packed with opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2020Â on September 14-16. Care to know how you can super-size your Disrupt opportunity? We’ll get to that […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 10, 2020 • 3min
Stocks gain despite 6.6M new US unemployment claims
Domestic stocks rose today in the United States, with all major indices opening higher. TechCrunch has slowed its daily coverage of the US stock market as volatility has receded. We try to avoid covering the stock market too much, but there are days when doing so would be derelict. The value of public companies impacts […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 9, 2020 • 5min
Esports One launches its fantasy esports platform
Esports One is a startup betting that there’s a big opportunity in bringing a fantasy sports approach to the world of esports — particularly at a time when traditional pro sports are on pause. Co-founder and COO Sharon Winter told me that the company’s platform, which is leaving beta testing today, is the first “all-in-one […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 9, 2020 • 5min
Mom-focused content startup Motherly raises $5.4M as it expands into commerce
Motherly CEO Jill Koziol admits that it was a tough pitch when she and her co-founder Liz Tenety first tried to get investors on-board in 2015. “We wanted to create a brand first and foremost,” Koziol told me. “We did not want to go and build a media company or a [direct-to-consumer] company or Facebook […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 8, 2020 • 5min
Move fast, make things – UK fintech’s response to the coronavirus crisis continues
The U.K.’s fintech’s response to the coronavirus pandemic so far might best be described as “move fast, [and] make things,” as multiple and sometimes impromptu teams roll out financial technology solutions to help combat the crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
