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The U.S. insurance technology market is hot and has been for years now. Back in early 2020, to pick an example, TechCrunch reported on a wave of funding events among domestic insurtech marketplaces. Those companies have since gone on to raise hundreds of millions of dollars more. And after a long period of incubation, we’ve…

NEW YORK and BOSTON and CARY, N.C., June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Churchill Capital Corp II (“Churchill II”) (NYSE: CCX.U), a special purpose acquisition company, and Software Luxembourg Holding S.A. (“Skillsoft”), a global leader in digital learning and talent management solutions, have announced today the completion of their business combination and subsequent acquisition of Albert DE…

French startup Lydia is better known as the dominant app for peer-to-peer payments. But the company has been adding more features, such as a debit card, account aggregation, donations, money pots and more. This week, the company is adding savings accounts thanks to a partnership with French fintech startup Cashbee. If you aren’t familiar with…

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Fixed-term-funds (FTFs) have historically been a bank-to-bank market. FTF products allow for investing into some of the safest assets including, UK Government bonds, US Government bonds and highly-rated corporations. They allow holders of large amounts of cash (such as charities, private funds, family offices etc) to reduce and diversify their risk, but also increasing returns.…

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —  Paychex, Inc., the HR software and services company that provides the power of simplicity for increasingly complex workplaces, earned a second consecutive HR Tech Award on the strength of the company’s client support during the pandemic. Paychex Flex ®, the company’s all-in-one HR software, won for Best Small…

One clear outcome of the pandemic was that it pushed more people to do their shopping online, and that was as true for B2B as it was for B2C. Knowing which of your B2B customers are most likely to convert puts any sales team ahead of the game. Slintel, a startup providing that kind of…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Artist’s conception of the Relativity Terran R rocket. Relativity Space Relativity Space is on track to launch its first rocket at the end of the year. But that hasn’t stopped the company from looking ahead to the future. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles-based rocket startup announced that it’s…

Every startup is trying to fix something but Terraformation is tackling the only problem that must matter to all of us: Climate change. This is why it’s in such a big huge hurry. Its mission — as a ‘forest tech’ startup — is to accelerate tree planting by applying a startup-y operational philosophy of scalability…

French startup Pennylane has raised a new $18.3 million funding round (€15 million). Interestingly, this is Sequoia Capital’s first investment in France after they announced ambitious expansion plans in Europe. If you’re not familiar with Pennylane, the startup has been developing an accounting platform that improves accounting for both clients and their accountants. Focused on…