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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

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metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. This week, we’ll highlight Via’s Series E funding round that was led by Exor. Via gets the “deal of the week” designation not just because its post-funding valuation is now $2.25 ” Layoffs in a time of COVID-19. Deal of the week.

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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

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But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest.

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Bird Shuts Down Operations In Middle East

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Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter company Bird has shut down its operations in the Middle East, according to reports, shutting down Circ, which it had acquired in January, and laid off all of its employees. Bird had only just acquired Circ in January, shortly before the world was hobbled by the pandemic. READ MORE>>.

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BetterWorks Shutting Down On May 31st

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In what is a huge blow to Silicon Beach, Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the software-and-technology-meets-employee-perks startup run by Paige Craig, told its users today that it is sunsetting its site on May 31st. BetterWorks--and Paige Craig--have been one of the companies driving the growth in Santa Monica's Silicon Beach.

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Friday roundup: More layoffs, venture roundup, growth at firms, and more

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In other funding new, Slacker has apparently raised a bridge financing worth $5M--no comment yet from the firm's investors. TheWrap --focused on Hollywood and entertainment news-- announced funding from Maveron on Monday.