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Published on April 10, 2025

Rokt Raises $17.6M to Expand in NYC, Plans 300+ Hires

The company is expanding its headquarters to encompass more than 100,000 square feet of office space.

Updated on April 10, 2025

Why Serial Entrepreneur Jeff Dachis Is Building a Startup to Help People With Diabetes

In 2013, at age 47, Dachis was diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes.

Updated on April 10, 2025

Virtual reality just broke into the world of tennis

Today, ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced that the company will be collaborating with New York-based VR startup LiveLike to produce the first tennis experience in virtual reality.

Stephen Ostrowski Stephen Ostrowski
Updated on April 10, 2025

How Flexibility and Encouragement Enables These Pros to Shape Their Career Paths

Growing in one’s career requires a culture of support and the right resources to deepen skills. Here’s how these colleagues have found that at Riskified.

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Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on April 10, 2025

Belong.Life raises $14M Series B to help cancer patients — and their loved ones

The Belong app serves as a support system for people with cancer.

Updated on April 10, 2025

This tech company built a 'rooftop' at least 50 floors below the roof

When Undertone found themselves on the 8th floor of a Madison Avenue skyscraper, they got creative.

Cathleen Draper Cathleen Draper
Updated on April 10, 2025

Looking for an Engineering Job? These 4 NYC Companies Are Hiring

With job growth in tech surpassing finance and advertising, the industry is now the Big Apple’s most reliable source of new, well-paying jobs.

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Updated on April 10, 2025

TransferWise is worth $3.5B and hiring in a big way

It’s official: With a $3.5 billion valuation, TransferWise is the biggest fintech firm in Europe. The title was earned after the company, which is headquartered in London, closed a deal worth $262 million. In the deal, TransferWise offered employees and early investors an opportunity to sell a portion of their stake in the company.

Updated on April 10, 2025

Meet the startup that's teaching high schoolers how to code

ScriptEd aims to fill in the gaps in today’s education programs and provide technical and professional training that spans as long as three years — not just three months, like many coding bootcamps.

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