BrumBrum raises $22.5 million
Italian vehicle marketplace BrumBrum has raised €20 million ($22.5 million) in a Series B round led by Accel. The site allows customers to complete the entire car purchasing process online.
Impairment tanks Schibsted’s Q4 profits
New Schibsted CEO Kristin Skogen Lund has delivered her first quarterly results and while they were better than expected, the company could have done better.
Meet the RecPlus Speakers: Jonathan Kestenbaum
Can you spot the fake trends in talent acquisition? Jonathan Kestenbaum, managing director at Talent Tech Labs, a US institution that connects Talent Acquisition technology founders, buyers, investors, and enthusiasts, will be “separating myth from reality” in his presentation at the RecPlus Conference in Barcelona. Greater transparency is going to shake up reticent classified players, as the industry shifts from job rec focused to people focused – a combination of tech and touch. Get a preview here!
Recruitment platform Grooves raises $920,000
Tokyo-based social recruiting platform Grooves raised $920,000 U.S. from equity fund PNB-Inspire Ethical Fund (PIEF) to source talents from Malaysia and other countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Grooves has so far raised more than…
Divar.ir hires Snapp’s ex-chief
Iranian No. 1 general marketplace Divar.ir has appointed Shahram Shahkar to lead a new auto vertical targeting high-end cars, its chief told the AIMG…
Writer-Station introduces chat feature
Writer-Station.com, a Japanese recruitment site dedicated to writers, has introduced chat feature to ensure smooth interaction between…
U.K. carmakers expect to own car data
Most U.K. automotive executives expect carmakers not owners or drivers to own the data generated from connected cars in the future, according to KPMG’s Global Automotive Executive Survey 2019. Just 35 percent of executives said the owner/driver should own the data generated compared to 47 percent of customers who believe the owner or driver should be the sole owner of generated data. “Personal data is...
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HatarActive expands to Nagoya, Fukuoka
Temporary job site HatarActive.jp, which is owned by Leverages Inc., has started doing business from Nagoya and Fukuoka branch offices, bringing its total outreach to…
Recruit Holdings earns $485 million in Q3
World’s leading HR company Recruit Holdings reported a 15.1 percent year-on-year increase in profit to ¥53.7 billion ($485 million U.S.) for the three-month period ended Dec. 31, 2018. Profit for the nine-month period was…
En-Japan’s profit up 28.3% in nine months
Japanese tech-focused staffing firm En-Japan Inc. reported a 21 percent increase in net sales to ¥34.801 billion ($315 million U.S.) for the nine-month period ended Dec. 31 as both…