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Hyphenate raises $45M Series A following 86x revenue growth as CFOs move to autonomous finance
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Black Ore Unveils Robust Tax Automation for Small Firms
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Colare launches to help hardtech industries hire the right engineers, the first time.
Colare is the first technical screening platform for critical industries such as aerospace, manufacturing, energy and more that helps to validate hires faster. Working with multi billion dollar space companies to seed stage startups to find their first hire, it has launched with a $2.5M round to scale the first hiring platform designed around real-world […]
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