StretchDollar, a startup revolutionizing small business health benefits, has secured $6M in seed funding led by Fika Ventures and Oscar Health. The platform simplifies complex healthcare management through an innovative Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) model, enabling sma

Handl Health, an innovative AI platform designed to assist benefits consultants in creating affordable health plans, announced a successful $2.5 million Seed funding round led by Mucker Capital and Everywhere VC. The company aims to transform employer-sponsored healthcare through advanced analytics

Confetti, a New York-based startup, has raised $16 million in Series A funding, led by Entrée Capital and IN Venture, to revolutionize corporate team-building. Their platform, acclaimed for its ability to simplify the organization of corporate events through a vast vendor network, has earned the tr

Ontop, a YCombinator-backed startup established in 2020, offers innovative Employee of Record (EOR) services designed to help global companies reduce hiring expenses significantly. With its latest tool, the employee cost calculator updated in 2024, Ontop enables businesses to determine the cost of h

Dutch startup Bubty, specializing in freelance workforce management, has secured a €1.75 million seed investment to bolster its innovative, white-label external workforce technology. This platform enables companies to build custom talent pools for efficient freelancer management. The investment, l

South African recruitment startup JOBJACK has raised ZAR45 million (US$2.5 million) in pre-Series A funding to help it change the narrative of entry-level recruitment in the country.  Founded in 2018 by Christiaan van den Berg and Heine Bellingan, JOBJACK is a web-based platform that is fr

In the bustling world of startups, one name has recently caught our attention: CandorIQ. This innovative company, a proud member of Y Combinator's Summer 2023 batch, is on a mission to streamline headcount and compensation planning, promising to revolutionize the way businesses manage their most

Hitachi, Ltd. announced the establishment of a third fund for Hitachi Ventures (HV), the global corporate venture capital arm of Hitachi, for the purpose of accelerating innovation and initiating new business opportunities in the digital domain. The fund will begin with a size of $ 300m, an

Rippling raises $500M in Series E financing Rippling has raised $500M in a round led by Greenoaks. The round values the company at $11.25 billion, the same as the company’s Series D financing in May 2022. This was an unusual round, raised in record time and for a purpose that ultimately

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have for decades struggled with being able to offer their employees health insurance. Sana, a startup that wants to make offering health insurance plans more accessible to those businesses, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round. Trust Ventu