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Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Published on March 20, 2025

Varo Money Raises $241M, National Bank Status Pending Approval by the FDIC

The fee-free banking platform will begin adding credit card and loan offerings to its product roster upon approval of its national bank charter application.

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Updated on March 20, 2025

Nylas Raises $25M to Expand Communications Platform

Over the next year, the 100-person business aims to double its headcount. It’s hiring engineers, customer success, marketing professionals and more in San Francisco, New York City and Denver.

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on March 20, 2025

Descope Launches Authentication Tech With $53M Seed Round

The company’s cybersecurity solution aims to make implementing passwordless sign-in easier for developers.

Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

CircleCI Raises $100M Series F, Acquires Release Orchestration Platform Vamp

The continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) platform helps developers rapidly release code by automating the build, test and deploy process. Alongside the funding news, the company also announced its acquisition of release orchestration platform Vamp.

Updated on March 20, 2025

Database Company Aerospike Raises $109M in Funding

The capital from Sumeru Equity Partners will help fuel product innovation and go-to-market capabilities.

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Robert Schaulis Robert Schaulis
Updated on March 20, 2025

These Two Local Teams Are Ensuring Sales Pros Thrive

Here’s how CrowdStrike and Achieve are setting their sales reps up for success.

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Lucas Dean Lucas Dean
Updated on March 20, 2025

Now Hiring: Why Team Members Chose to Join These Growing SF Companies

At two San Francisco organizations, authentic people and ambitious missions are attracting top tech talent.

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Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

Patreon Raises $90M at $1.2B Valuation to Grow Membership Platform for Creatives

The newly minted unicorn will use the additional capital to expand its international operations and continue enhancing the user experience with new tools for creators and their fans.

Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

Near Protocol Raises $21.6M to Expand MainNet Platform

The company launched its latest blockchain software, MainNet, in late April.

Updated on March 20, 2025

Fintech Company Chime Appoints Its First CPO

Madhu Muthukumar is joining the company as its new chief product officer.

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