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Growth Companies Month 2021
In March 2021, Technical.ly is focusing extra reporting on software-based or otherwise tech-enabled growth companies, defined this way:
- Outpacing growth within a given industry or the economy at large
- Roughly 50 to 500 employees
- Series A or beyond in growth capital
- Pre-exit and pre-IPO; no growth stocks
In our reporting this month, expect company check-ins, profiles on technologists leading interesting projects within them and stories on venture capital trends. We'll be asking: How is leadership plotting further growth? What are mature tech companies contributing to the local economy?
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Startups
What does it mean to be a Philly-based growth company in a remote world?
By Paige GrossCompanies that are rapidly adding employees — some from across the world — will have to consider how their local roots will play into the future of their business.
How Piano’s CEO is thinking about growing the B2B software company’s workforce during the pandemic and beyond
The majority of Piano's U.S. employees are in Philadelphia. A year into the pandemic, CEO Trevor Kaufman shares what he's learned about remote vs. IRL work.
goPuff’s $1.15B raise is a big deal. Here’s what VCs and founders say it means for Philly
For one, it's the biggest non-pharma round one investor can remember happening in the region "by a pretty comfortable margin."
Startups
Pie Insurance raises $118M Series C, with plans to keep hiring lots of tech talent
It's the second year in a row the insurtech company has raised a round of more than $100 million. This time, the Series C was led by a familiar name in global financial services.
Startups
goPuff just raised $1.15B in one of the biggest investment deals Philly has ever seen
The on-demand delivery company announced Tuesday that it is now valued at $8.9 billion.
Startups
ID.me raised a $100M Series C, reaching unicorn status. Here what that means for the DC region
Founder and CEO Blake Hall said the raise puts the McLean, Virginia-based online identity verifier's valuation at $1.5 billion: "We're just getting started."
Startups
Shorties Roundup: Inc. 5000 Regionals listed these fast-growing DMV tech companies
Plus, big funding news, company updates and social impact moves from around the D.C. region that you might have missed this week.
Startups
Founder Nick Bayer on how Saxbys’ new B Corp certification will help with growth
The pandemic offered the coffee chain the time to assess its social impact practices.
Diversity & Inclusion
A coalition of Baltimore companies is working to build a more diverse tech workforce. Here’s how they’re starting
Baltimore Tracks is launching with 20+ companies and five initiatives focused around hiring, from DEI audits to removing degree requirements from job postings.
Startups
3 years in, Gettacar founder Yossi Levi is ready to embrace growth mode
And the advice he'd tell new founders.
Startups
ChurnZero raises $25M to grow customer success, and the software that powers it
JMI Equity led the Series B funding round. The downtown D.C. company is hiring.
Startups
What even *is* a growth-stage company?
In March 2021 — Growth Companies Month — look for coverage on tech companies that are hiring and scaling. But first, let’s define this category of businesses.
Startups
VC trends: Why Philly’s deal flow bounced back quickly in 2020
Strength through a diversified economy likely helped the region have its second-best quarter ever for venture capital deals, per PACT's latest trends report.
Startups
Common business models that venture capital firms invest in, explained
SaaS, marketplaces, metered services, direct to consumer — here's how they work, as well as pros and cons of each, and local examples.