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TrueBlue Appoints Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy to Board of Directors
Appointment October 27, 2026
California-Based Colare Raises $2.5M in Pre-Seed Funding
Funding October 27, 2026
Hexagon Bio Raises $62M in Series C Funding Led by The Column Group
Funding October 27, 2026
Nevis Raises $70M in Series B Funding Led by EQT Ventures
Funding October 27, 2026
DropGenie Raises $5M in Seed+ Funding for Gene Editing
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TRISTAR Insurance Group Appoints Viviane Ruiz as Senior Vice President
TRISTAR Insurance Group, Inc. has appointed Viviane Ruiz as Senior Vice President of Managed Care, effective immediately. The company is the largest privately held independent third-party claims administrator in the United States. Ruiz joins TRISTAR from Davies North America, where she served as President of Workers’ Compensation, Casualty and Managed Care, overseeing financial performance across […]
October 27, 2026
TrueBlue Appoints Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy to Board of Directors
TrueBlue, Inc. has appointed Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy as an independent director on its Board, effective October 26, 2026. She will also serve on the Board’s Audit Committee. The appointment is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to refresh its board, following a search led with the help of an independent firm. Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy has […]
October 27, 2026
California-Based Colare Raises $2.5M in Pre-Seed Funding
Colare, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a simulation-based technical assessment platform for screening hardware talent, has raised $2.5 million in a Pre-Seed funding round. The round saw backers including Afore Capital, Garage Capital, and Acadian Ventures. The company plans to use the funding to scale its hiring platform, which helps businesses assess engineering candidates […]
October 27, 2026
The Story of Whatnot: The Livestream Marketplace Redefining Online Shopping
Grant LaFontaine and Logan Head founded Whatnot in December 2019 in Los Angeles. Before Whatnot was founded, the founders had a history of selling collectables. Lafontaine used to sell Pokémon cards in middle school, and in his 20s, he used to sell Sneakers, whereas Head was a senior product manager at Sneakers Marketplace. Path to […]
October 27, 2026
Hexagon Bio Raises $62M in Series C Funding Led by The Column Group
Hexagon Bio, a Menlo Park, CA-based biopharmaceutical company providing new payload mechanisms for antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), has raised $62 million in a Series C funding round led by The Column Group. The round also saw participation from Nextech Invest, Deviation Capital, 8VC, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). The company plans to use […]
October 27, 2026
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Nevis Raises $70M in Series B Funding Led by EQT Ventures
Nevis, a NYC-based provider of an AI operating system for wealth management, has raised $70 million in a Series B financing round, bringing the total amount to $110 million. The round was led by EQT Ventures with participation from The Charles Schwab Corporation, QuantumLight, Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ, and Ribbit Capital. The company will use the […]
October 27, 2026
DropGenie Raises $5M in Seed+ Funding for Gene Editing
DropGenie, a Cambridge, MA-based functional biology company that generates decision-ready discovery data from patient-derived cells, has raised $5 million in a Seed+ funding round. The round saw backers including BDC Thrive Venture Fund, Skeleton Key, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, CQDM, Real Ventures, and Anges Quebec. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate […]
October 27, 2026
FedEx Appoints Jamere Jackson as Chief Financial Officer
FedEx Corp. has appointed Jamere Jackson as it’s new Chief Financial Officer, effective November 30. He will replace Claude Russ, who has served as interim CFO since June 1. Jackson most recently led Finance and Store Development at AutoZone, where he served as CFO from January 2021. He brings experience in financial management, investment planning […]
October 26, 2026
Tractian Secures $130M in Series D Funding at $1.4B Valuation
Tractian, an Atlanta-based provider of Physical AI technology for industrial asset management, has raised $130 million in a Series D funding round at a valuation of $1.4 billion. The round was led by Sapphire Ventures and co-led by M&G’s Catalyst, also participating investors include N47, General Catalyst, Bosch Ventures, 53 Stations, Monashees, Endeavor Catalyst, Norte […]
October 26, 2026
Star Therapeutics Raises $200M in Private Financing
Star Therapeutics, a San Francisco-based biotechnology company developing treatments for diseases with unmet medical needs, has raised $200 million in a private financing round. The round was co-led by OrbiMed and Janus Henderson Investors, with participation from Agent Capital, Catalio Capital Management, Cormorant Asset Management, New Leaf Venture Partners, NYBC Ventures, RA Capital Management, Redmile, […]
October 26, 2026
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