Accenture to cut 19,000 jobs

Tech consultancy giant Accenture plans to cut 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce, and has lowered its annual revenue and profit forecasts, becoming the latest behemoth to trim... Read more »

How to spot investment-worthy founders: Look for mindset, competence and confidence

Sanjay Reddy Contributor Sanjay Reddy is a co-founding partner of Unlock Venture Partners, a firm focused on early-stage technology investments in Los Angeles and Seattle. More than 102,000 workers... Read more »

Workera double downs on AI for upskilling with $23.5M infusion

Workera, an upskilling platform geared toward enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $23.5 million in a Series B round led by Jump Capital with participation from existing investors... Read more »

Relativity Space’s first launch fails to reach orbit, but proves its 3D-printing rocket tech works

Relativity Space achieved a massively important milestone at just before 11:30 PM ET on Wednesday, with the first ever flight of its 3D-printed rocket technology. Its Terran 1 rocket... Read more »

Reselling marketplace Kream’s valuation rises to $742M with $168M Series C

The startup funding environment is more challenging right now, but some companies and industries still draw investors’ attention and money. The luxury fashion resale market is one of them... Read more »

Rwazi to scale its market intelligence platform backed by $4 million seed funding

In emerging markets like Africa, offline retail dominates most product sales, driven by informal trade, and cash-based transactions. This makes the sourcing of data on the true market value... Read more »

YouTube shutting down Indian social commerce app Simsim

YouTube is shutting down its live social commerce app Simsim less than two years after acquiring the Indian startup, but insists that it’s committed to building “a seamless shopping... Read more »

Vue Storefront snaps up $20M to grow its open-source based ‘frontend-as-a-service’ e-commerce toolkit and platform

The current slowdown in e-commerce growth, and in some pockets straight declines in spend, might not seem like the most opportune time to build an e-commerce tooling startup —... Read more »

IntegrityNext raises $109M for a platform to audit supply chains for ESG compliance

The funding landscape remains very tough for technology startups, but there are still some pockets, and specific companies, driving a lot of interest right now among investors because they... Read more »

India government-backed open e-commerce network expands to mobility

Open Network for Digital Commerce, the Indian government-backed initiative that is attempting to “democratize” e-commerce, has set its eyes on another industry it would like to disrupt. ONDC, a... Read more »
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