Silicon Valley Journals 
Wally Health, which provides dental cleanings and preventative care, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Bling Capital. Other investors include Myelin VC, GFR, and Jack Abraham, the founder of Atomic, which built the digital-health company Hims & Hers. Burnett had launched media and fintech companies in his native Canada years before … Read more
SalesRiver, a Lexington, Kentucky-based company that provides an enterprise sales enablement platform for distributed sales teams, has raised $3.95 million in Series A funding. Mucker Capital led the round. The funds will be used to accelerate growth, expand product offerings for new and existing customers, and grow the company’s team. SalesRiver, led by Koby Hastings, … Read more
BlockJoy, a startup that provides white-label blockchain nodes as a service, raised a total of $12 million in seed and Series A funding, according to information shared exclusively with TechCrunch. The funds will be used to launch BlockVisor, which is currently in beta mode. According to the two co-founders, Sean Carey and Chris Bruce, the … Read more
Pinterest laid off about 150 workers on Wednesday, making it the latest tech company to lay off workers amid economic concerns. According to Bloomberg News, the layoffs affect less than 5% of Pinterest’s workforce and span multiple teams. “We’re making organizational changes to further set us up to deliver against our company priorities and our long-term … Read more
Ruffalo Noel Levitz, a marketing firm, has closed its Cedar Rapids office and laid off 21 employees nationwide, citing reduced revenue and challenging market conditions. According to Rob Ackley of Marion, RNL’s vice president of human resources and administration, the layoff will affect only a few RNL employees in Cedar Rapids, where 150 to 200 … Read more
Okta will lay off 300 employees as a result of customer identity execution challenges, the third-largest round of layoffs of any cybersecurity company during the current economic downturn.
Getaround, a peer-to-peer car-sharing company, is laying off 10% of its employees beginning Thursday. The layoffs are part of a restructure designed to put Getaround on the path to “sustainable profitability and long-term growth,” according to a statement from the company. According to LinkedIn, Getaround has 421 employees, so the layoffs should affect approximately 42 … Read more
Lavender integrates with email providers to provide context on a sales prospect and advise on how to optimize the message to elicit a response. The company announced today that it raised $13.2 million in a Series A round led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from Signia Venture Partners and a seed round led by … Read more
Re:course AI, the artificial intelligence (AI) flight simulator for healthcare training, has received $4.3 million in seed funding from Par Equity, Northern Gritstone, the GMC Life Sciences Fund By Praetura, Rob Wood, and the Current Health founders. The company is looking to expand its engineering team and enter new markets at a time when the … Read more
Invacare Corp. and two of its subsidiaries in the United States have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas. The Elyria, Ohio-based medical equipment manufacturer and distributor has already reached a “restructuring support agreement” with nearly all of its debt holders, the company announced on Wednesday. Such agreements typically include an agreed-upon framework for … Read more