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Truework, which helps lenders verify borrowers’ income and employment, raises $50M

TechCrunch

While a large part of the Trueworks platform is about supporting so-called “instant verifications,” sometimes it’s not always possible to do so, depending on the individual’s personal employment history and status, meaning that a lender has to revert to collecting paper payslips and documents.

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On Deck tried to do it all. Now, it’s trying to do less, better

TechCrunch

Erik Torenberg is no longer the co-CEO of On Deck, a tech company that is trying to productize the community in a way that helps founders secure capital and advice. Torenberg, an early Product Hunt employee and the founder of investment firm Village Global, assumed the role only a year ago.

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The First Generation of the Talent Software Wars

Tomasz Tunguz

Taleo and SuccessFactors grew very quickly after they entered the market, bringing novel delivery to the human capital market. SuccessFactor’s average customer value (ACV) was less than half of Taleo’s according to each company’s S-1 document, the filings related to an IPO. But they started in different places.