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Oyster bags funding from PayPal Ventures and HR Tech Investments

Oyster, the company that makes hiring talented people around the world compliant, human, and delightful, has announced investments from PayPal Ventures and HR Tech Investments, an affiliate of Indeed. The company has also launched ‘Oyster for Impact’ — a program designed to help mission-driven companies build thriving distributed teams and have a positive impact on the world. ‘Oyster…

Oyster raises $50 mn Series B round to expand its global work-from-anywhere HR platform

Oyster, the company that makes hiring talented people around the world compliant, human, and delightful, announced it has raised a $50 million Series B funding round led by Stripes with the continued participation of existing investors Emergence Capital and The Slack Fund and with the addition of Avid Ventures. On the heels of the announcement of Oyster’s $20M Series A just this past February, this new…

HR startup Oyster closes $20 mn Series A round led by Emergence Capital

Oyster, the HR platform for companies with globally dispersed workforces, announced it has raised $20 million in Series A investment round led by Emergence Capital. The startup will use the investment to help the company enable even more people to work from anywhere, the statement said. Earlier, the startup raised $4.2 million in seed round.…

International hiring startup Oyster acquires Carrom

Oyster, a US-headquartered software-based employment platform designed to fix the broken international hiring model, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Carrom, a player in the cross-border hiring enablement space. Financial details of the deal remain undisclosed. Post acquisition, Carrom founder and CEO Sooraj Chandran will join the Oyster product team to lead and…