Our weekly recap of fundings, mergers & acquisition, partnership and other interesting news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace.
FUNDING
*This week’s Fundings: $770M+
League founder and CEO Michael Serbinis
- WeWork Receives $500M in Series B Funding To Grow in China
- Guild Education helps the Fortune 1000 prepare for the future of work with $40 million in Series C funding led by Felicis Ventures
- Even, an App Provider To Help Hourly Workers Manage Pay, Raises $40M
- DivvyPay Raises $35 Million led by Insight Venture Partners to Help Businesses Take Control of Corporate Spend
- Technology Learning Platform Galvanize Secures $32M in Series C Financing; Acquires Hack Reactor
- Skillshare finds its groove by helping freelancers learn and raises $28 million in Series C funding
- Impraise Lands Series A Investment of $10.6 Million to Fix ‘Broken’ Performance Reviews
- Taking the pain out of accounting and payroll for small businesses, ScaleFactor raises $10 million
- Digital Workplace Startup Happeo Raises $8M
- Venminder secures $5 million investment to accelerate growth of leading third party risk management solution
IPO
M&A
- HR tech is evolving quickly — more acquisitions are on the way
- Facebook acquires Redkix to enhance communications on Workplace by Facebook
- Riskonnect to Acquire Marsh ClearSight
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PARTNERSHIPS
- Talemetry and Indeed Join Forces to Enhance Recruiting Efficiency
- BountyJobs and Recruiting.com Announce Strategic Partnership
- Community Brands and Visibility Software Announce Talent Recruiting Technology Partnership
- Employee Benefit Consulting Group (EBCG) Partners With Worldwide Broker Network to Offer Enhanced Insurance Options for Employers
- Wipro and Alight Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership
MISC.
- Virginia Is America’s Tightest Tech Job Market, Newly Published ENGAGE Talent Research Reveals
- HRSG Launches Marketplace Wave One: HRSG’s World-leading Career Management Job Descriptions Are Now Available and Affordable for Organizations of Any Size
- EBI Makes Workforce Magazine’s Hot List of Background Screeners for the 12th Time
- Teams Are the Way Work Gets Done, But They’re Still Being Managed as Individuals – New Research from HR.com
- New Learning Modules Added to HR Genius for the Week of July 23, 2018 Including Best Practices in HR Planning, Workplace Sexual Harassment, and More
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