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Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

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Rec Room , the Seattle-based development studio behind the fast-growing VR application Rec Room , has raised $145 million in new funding, bringing its current valuation to $3.5 While Rec Room has been available since 2016, when it first arrived on Steam, its community grew dramatically over the course of 2020. (Rec Room Image).

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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

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Kizilbash is a recent hire at the Seattle-based company, joining in June as vice president of corporate development. Founded in 2006, RealSelf saw its business impacted early in the pandemic but bounced back later in 2020. based social media management platform Hootsuite announced Tiziana Figliolia as its new CFO.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

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How one company is embracing agile Washington Technology (Today) - CivicActions harnesses open agile software development in its bid for the GSA's 18F agile blanket purchase agreement. Census hopes mobile approach works in 2020 - FCW.com (blog) FCW (Today) Census hopes mobile approach works in 2020FCW.com (blog)WHAT: The U.S.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

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Meanwhile, the 2022 State of Tech Diversity: The Black Tech Ecosystem report from the NAACP and Kapor Center, a nonprofit addressing racial inequities in STEM education and the tech industry, found that the proportion of Black students receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer science decreased between 2016 and 2020, going from 9% to 8%.

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Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

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based social media management platform Hootsuite named Tom Keiser as its new CEO. Cambia Grove announced its 2020 Innovator Fellows. The program’s second cohort is focusing on data in digital health care transformation. He joined the 11-year old company in 2019 as senior manager of business development.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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He co-founded Room on Call (now Hotelopedia) in 2015, where he set up the complete technology infrastructure, development, product management, and operations. He brings expertise in developing IT strategy, digital transformation, AI engineering, process optimization and operations. Kamal Goel Web Werks. December 2021.

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Tech Moves: B.C. startup Thinkific adds CMO from Hootsuite; Amplero founder departs Zulily

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Based in Seattle, Campher was most recently VP of corporate marketing at social media management platform Hootsuite. He is also a Hootsuite alum and was director of software development for the social media management tool after it acquired Brightkit, which McGuire co-founded. Tony Small. Wiliot Photo). —

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