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Qwick raises VC money to match gig workers with hospitality jobs

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Leisure and hospitality workers are quitting at the highest rates of any industry. Seasonality, low pay and monotonous work are among the reasons for the hospitality industry’s churn rate, as well as a perceived lack of career advancement. So what are hospitality businesses to do? Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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This startup just raised $320M to make long-term care inside hospitals obsolete

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provider of healthcare inside people’s homes augmented by a platform that allows carers to monitor a patient’s health and potentially flag problems, has raised $320 million (£260 million) in an equity and debt financing round, split roughly 50/50. More than 88% of hospitals and health orgs in the U.S. Cera , a U.K.

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OTA Insight books $80M for its hospitality business intelligence tools, used by 55K hotel properties globally

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“One of the unique things about the hotel and hospitality industry is that generally tech providers focus a lot of their energy on the larger chains, because that’s where they believe the opportunity is,” he said.

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Boutique hotel tech platform NUMA raises $45M growth financing round led by DN Capital

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Sonder is a tech-driven hospitality company. We first covered the NUMA Group (then called Cosi) back in 2019 when it raised €5 million for its “full-stack” hospitality alternative to boutique hotels, and then later on when it raised €20 million. Based out of the U.S., It’s raised $529.6

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Scene Health Secures $17.7 Million Series B Financing Led by ABS Capital Partners

American Entrepreneurship

million Series B growth financing led by ABS Capital Partners with participation from existing investors Claritas Health Ventures, as well as Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, PTX Capital, and Kapor Capital. and the leading cause of preventable hospitalizations.

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The Good News You Need Today

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When the events industry paused in her area, Andrea’s company shifted focus to provide tasty dishes for families and first responders at hospitals, police stations, and fire stations as well as meals to those who are food insecure in their community at homeless shelters. In just 10 days, they provided more than 500 meals !

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[DarioHealth in Yahoo Finance] DarioHealth Self-test Blood Glucose Meters Can Now Be Utilized Within Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic Per Recently Issued Emergency FDA Guidelines

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(Nasdaq: DRIO), a global digital therapeutics (DTx) innovator, announced today that in an effort to reduce contact between healthcare providers and patients in hospital settings, limit COVID-19 exposure, and preserve personal protective equipment (PPE), the U.S. Food and Drug. Read more here.