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Life-Sciences Manufacturer IDEX Shuts Down Connecticut Facility, Eliminating 73 Jobs in Two Waves
Founder News Team May 17, 2026 0

IDEX Health & Science, a life-sciences manufacturer of optofluidic products, announced plans to permanently close its Bristol, Connecticut facility at…

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Australian Defense Firm DroneShield Targets US Military Contracts as Counter-Drone Spending Surges
Founder News Team May 8, 2026 0

DroneShield Ltd, an Australian defense technology firm, is attracting investor attention as it expands its counter-drone systems portfolio and pursues…

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This SF tech firm went from a $1B cash grab to drama and layoffs
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This SF tech firm went from a $1B cash grab to drama and layoffs
Founder News Team May 6, 2026 0

FILE: Ryan Petersen, CEO of Flexport, talks at a conference in Toronto, Canada, on June 23, 2022. Harry Murphy/Sportsfile/Getty Images…

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Bay Area biotech firm Genentech cuts 93 just months after last layoff
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Bay Area biotech firm Genentech cuts 93 just months after last layoff
Founder News Team May 6, 2026 0

Genentech, a drugcreater based in South San Francisco, is laying off 93 more local workers just months after a 436-worker…

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Entire Bandcamp union team laid off in cuts to beloved Oakland firm
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Entire Bandcamp union team laid off in cuts to beloved Oakland firm
Founder News Team May 5, 2026 0

In this photo illustration, the Bandcamp application is seen displayed on an Android Sony smartphone. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images…

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Y Combinator alum Moritz raises $9m to build a law firm supercharged with AI
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Y Combinator alum Moritz raises $9m to build a law firm supercharged with AI
Founder News Team May 5, 2026 0

Norwegian legal tech startup Moritz has raised a $9m pre-seed round to build an AI-native law firm. The company closed…

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Motsepe firm, ooba merger before Tribunal
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Motsepe firm, ooba merger before Tribunal
Founder News Team May 5, 2026 0

Johannesburg – The Competition Tribunal will on Wednesday hear the proposed merger between billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital (ARC)…

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Unprofitable Bay Area tech firm lays off 170 workers
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Unprofitable Bay Area tech firm lays off 170 workers
Founder News Team May 5, 2026 0

Matterport, a Bay Area-based tech firm whose three-dimensional space imagery built it a pandemic-era real estate darling, is laying off…

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Struggling Bay Area biotech firm once worth $1B lays off most workers
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Struggling Bay Area biotech firm once worth $1B lays off most workers
Founder News Team May 4, 2026 0

Kronos Bio, a San Mateo biotech company, is losing millions of dollars a month and recently had to discontinue its…

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Bay Area biotech firm once worth billions guts staff with 73% layoff
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Bay Area biotech firm once worth billions guts staff with 73% layoff
Founder News Team May 4, 2026 0

In yet another early year blow for the Bay Area’s biotech workforce, IGM Biosciences is laying off almost three-fourths of…

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