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This is the company’s first internal development studio. Nifty Games chose the Chicago area because of its rich connection to game developers, as well as sports franchises such as the Chicago Bears, Bulls, Cubs, White Sox, and Blackhawks. Game veterans Jon Middleton and Pete Wanat started the San Francisco-based company to make  sports games. Nifty Games had previously announced a…

On a Saturday in April, several executives from SoundCommerce rented a U-Haul, drove it to their office in Seattle and loaded up the truck with stand-up desks, 48-inch monitors and various other gadgets and personal belongings. For two days, they traversed town, dropping the items off at employees’ houses and apartments.

The lease expires July 31, and SoundCommerce CEO Eric Best said the company did not extend its contract…… Elevate Security, a 30-person start-up with offices in Berkeley, California, and Montreal, let both leases expire in June, saving the company about $10,000 a month.

Honorlock succeeded in accommodating the large influx of students who needed the system because it doesn’t require live proctors to watch each person taking an exam, which eased scheduling challenges for faculty and students. Instead, the technology employs artificial intelligence to monitor factors such as eye and head movement, and whether there are voices other…

When the pandemic hit, Thrilling, an online marketplace that offers vintage and secondhand clothing from small businesses around the country, cut its commissions for the first two months. After brick-and-mortar businesses were forced to close their doors, and thus lose their main source of income, founder and CEO Shilla Kim-Parker knew that those owners needed every dollar they could make.

Sephora created the “Clean at Sephora” seal in 2018 in response to the overwhelming demand from ingredient-conscious consumers’ need for an easy way to shop products free of controversial ingredients…. Sephora is now taking its commitment to clean a step further. Sephora has partnered with Novi, an ingredient technology platform, to help brand partners implement Sephora’s…

The new, Los Angeles-based online professional network for Black talent, Valence, has launched a new initiative called the Valence Funding Network to link Black entrepreneurs with top partners at firms including Accel, Sequoia, GGV, First Round Capital, Bessemer Ventures, Greylock, Upfront Ventures and Collab Capital.

“Pet parents use Pawlicy Advisor to instantly scan hundreds of policies across top providers, easily finding their own best-fit quotes based on their pet’s unique breed attributes, location, age, and more,” said Woody Mawhinney, Co-Founder & CEO at Pawlicy Advisor. “These unique statistics highlight both the importance and the urgency of having pet insurance as COVID-19…

One of the newer companies to enter the field is Nautilus Biotechnology, founded by Stanford professor Parag Mallick and tech entrepreneur Sujal Patel. Nautilus just announced a $76 million investment from investors that include Paul Allen and Jeff Bezos. Like SomaLogic, Nautilus aims to develop an inexpensive test that taps into a rich store of health information carried…

Verse.io offers a multi-channel conversion platform designed to help sales and marketing teams find qualified prospects within inbound leads. The company’s AI-powered software enables users to instantly contact and engage with leads, schedule appointments, send engagement history and create reports in real-time. Verse.io’s client base spans a broad range of sectors including real estate, education, insurance…