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Welcome to the 8th edition of Re:Vitalize, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things we’re seeing in the future of work.

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Top 3 Tweets

🥇 Rethinking Time Management

A thread from our very own Gale Wilkinson

🥈 Biggest Mistakes First-Time Founders Make

🥉 On Sending Investor Updates

Resources

• How to build a global HR strategy

• How to hire a marketer

• A reminder about who you’re selling to

• How to make smart decisions without getting lucky

• Marketing channels: explained in 10 minutes

Future of Work Reads

• The Future Of Work In 2022 And Beyond (Forbes)

• Ivanti’s 2022 Everywhere Workplace Report (Ivanti)

• The future of work: Companies open offices in the metaverse (Cointelegraph)

• Author Zoe Chance on Influence, Future of Work (Bloomberg)

• What Is the Gig Economy and How Will It Change the Future of Work? (yahoo!finance)

The World of Vitalize

• This week, The Vitalize Podcast featured Peter Liu, the Managing Partner at Revelry Venture Partners

• We’re hiring a CFO / Controller at Vitalize

• Vitalize portfolio company, Genomenon, raised a $20M Series B that will enable further development of their Genomics data hub

• Another Vitalize portfolio company, The Mom Project, was featured on the Forbes 2022 America's Best Startup Employers list

• Open jobs at Vitalize portfolio companies

Future of Work Funding Rounds

• Certa raised a $15M Series A

  • Operational management platform that provides a fully integrated suite of products for third-party lifecycle management. The company's automated SaaS platform for business-to-business interactions, including on-boarding, due diligence, risk mitigation and monitoring of their third party relationships.

  • Top Investors: Techstars, Point72 Ventures, MANTIS Venture Capital, Justin Kan, Stoic VC

• Instant Teams raised a $13M Series A

  • SaaS remote team marketplace that's focused on building high-quality customer support and operational teams. Their remote teams are built with military spouses and underserved talent communities enabling 24/7 support around the globe.

  • Top Investors: Plug and Play Tech Center, Tiger Global Management, Right Side Capital Management, Loyal VC, Brick Capital Ventures

• PTO Exchange raised a $5.4M Seed

  • PTO Exchange helps companies and employees transform the value of paid time off. With PTO Exchange, you can trade some of your unused time off for goods and services to make your next vacation even better, you can donate to any non-profit, or you can share some of your time with a fellow employee.

  • Top Investors: Fin Capital, TTV Capital, SpringTime Ventures, Forefront Venture Partners, WestRiver Group

• BearTax raised a $3.2M Seed

  • BearTax is an easy to use cryptocurrency tax software for individuals and accountants to calculate gains and file taxes on capital gains. BearTax is integrated with major cryptocurrency exchanges via secure APIs and file uploads. It can consolidate trades, review missing sources, match buys and sells smartly and can calculate gain-loss information.

  • Top Investors: Liquid 2 Ventures, Hustle Fund, Defy.vc, BAM Ventures, Sketchnote Partners

• Legion Health raised a $2M Seed

  • Legion Health connects telehealth companies with its network of clinicians based on expertise, availability, and credentials on-demand.

  • Top Investors: Robert Musslewhite, Y Combinator, UpHonest Capital, Soma Capital, Jeffrey A. Leerink

Written by Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing at Vitalize, a venture capital firm and 300+ member angel investing community for everyone investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders in the future of work. Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.