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Bambee Raises $15 Million for HR Platform

L.A. Business Journal

Santa Monica-based Bambee Inc. has raised $15 million in Series B funding for its human resources platform for small businesses.

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5 Keys to Ensuring Credibility, Trust, and Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

As a long-time business executive and adviser to entrepreneurs, I see a definitive shift away from customer trust in traditional business messages, and the executives who deliver them. Today’s digitally distracted consumer is led to trust only things that they see with their own eyes, senses, so they can render their own judgement. They want the raw data versus a polished message.

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Bambee Raises $15 Million for HR Platform

L.A. Business Journal

Santa Monica-based Bambee Inc. has raised $15 million in Series B funding for its human resources platform for small businesses.

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Tastemade Acquired By ChefsFeed

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Santa Monica-based Tastemade , which produces a series of food and travel videos, as well as related content, said this week that it has acquired Chefsfeed. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to ChefsFeed, it will work together with Tastemade to expand more of the livestreamed classes, chef documentaries, recipes, and more.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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ClickUp Taps BuzzFeed, Cheddar Exec As Creative Head

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San Diego-based ClickUp , which develops productivity software for the business market, says it has tapped a veteran of the online media industry as its new Chief Creative Officer. The company said Melissa Rosenthal will serve as its first Chief Creative Officer, to shape its brand strategy, community engagement, and other efforts. Rosenthal was most recently Executive Vice President at Cheddar, and was Global Vice President of Creative at BuzzFeed.

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Whatnot Collects $4M In Seed Funding Round

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A new, Los Angeles startup, Whatnot , which operates a online live stream shopping service and marketplace for collectors, said late Thursday that it had raised $4M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Scribble Ventures, Wonder Ventures, Operator Partners, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Twenty Two Ventures, and others. The company said it has built an online marketplace which addresses the issues of fraudulent activity on existing marketplaces.

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Tastemade Acquires Chefsfeed

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Santa Monica-based Tastemade , which produces a series of food and travel videos, as well as related content, said this week that it has acquired Chefsfeed. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to ChefsFeed, it will work together with Tastemade to expand more of the livestreamed classes, chef documentaries, recipes, and more.

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Broadvoice Gets Private Equity Injection

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Los Angeles-based Broadvoice READ MORE>>.

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