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Sarah Gamal, 32, of Egypt says she hasn’t heard ‘one negative comment or faced any obstacles to me being a veiled woman’ since she started refereeing

Greenlight, the fintech company that pitches parents on kid-friendly bank accounts, has raised $260 million in a Series D funding round that nearly doubles its valuation to $2.3 billion. The funding comes just months after the Atlanta-based startup landed $215

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Vena, a Canadian company focused on the Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software space, has raised $242 million in Series C funding from Vista Equity Partners. As part of the financing, Vista Equity is taking a minority stake in the company.

Interactive voice advertising startup Instreamatic, which can insert interactive voice ads into an audio stream, has raised $6.1 million in a Series A funding led by Progress Ventures led the round, joined by Accomplice, and Google Assistant Investments. SF-HQ’d Instreamatic

The White House COVID task force is holding a briefing at 12:15 p.m. ET today. Watch their remarks here.

Executives from a few major social media platforms will appear before a Senate Judiciary committee today, to testify on how algorithms can impact discourse online.

When history looks back on the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 will likely emerge as the year of testing, while 2021 (and likely 2022) will be the year of vaccinations. But that doesn’t mean testing no longer matters. In fact, testing will

The Paycheck Protection Program, which provided emergency loans to small businesses amid the pandemic, will wind down soon. Economists are divided on whether it saved enough jobs to justify its cost. (Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)