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Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market

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Yet, to a growing number of entrepreneurs in the Valley, when one physical door closes, a virtual one opens. With the goal of making remote work more spontaneous, there are dozens of new startups working to create virtual HQs for distributed teams. Companies within the virtual HQ world sit on a spectrum.

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Azure Virtual Machine Tutorial

The Crazy Programmer

So in this article, we’ll learn the following things: What is a Virtual Machine? Why we use Virtual Machines? How to create a Virtual Machine? How to use a Virtual Machine in your Computer System? What is a Virtual Machine? At a time we can run multiple virtual machines in a single computer.

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Walmart acquires virtual clothing try-on startup Zeekit

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Retail giant Walmart announced this morning it’s acquiring the Tel Aviv-based startup Zeekit , which allows consumers to virtually “try on” clothing when shopping online. Zeekit raised a $9 million Series A in 2016, and has raised a total of $16 million since 2014. Image Credits: Walmart.

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Event networking app Grip raises $13M, as pandemic forces events to stay virtual

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Since last year, Grip moved into an “omnichannel” experience, combining various event types across virtual, hybrid and live. Founded in 2016, Grip counts some large event organizers as clients, including Reed Exhibitions and Messe Frankfurt. The round was led by London-based growth equity fund Kennet Partners.

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YC and a16z back virtual reality basketball app Gym Class

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spending billions of dollars on virtual reality tech every fiscal quarter, the wider VR startup ecosystem has been having a tough few years coming down from the highs of 2016, when investors dumped money into the sector expecting Oculus-sized returns only to see most of their investments slowly wilt away. Despite Zuckerberg & Co.

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Healthie lands $16.5M to build the Stripe for virtual patient care

TechCrunch

The company provides their customers with templates they can customize to fit their needs all while allowing companies to provide users with virtual engagements. The company officially launched in 2016 and has been FCF net income profitable since 2018. Healthie also said they have been profitable for the past few years.

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Bicycle Health, the virtual opioid use disorder therapy service, will soon be available in 25 states

TechCrunch

A serial entrepreneur whose last company, Pulse News, was acquired by LinkedIn back in 2013, Gupta left LinkedIn in 2016 (around the time of the Microsoft acquisition) to pursue something more meaningful. Initially, the company worked out of a clinic in Redwood City, California, but as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the U.S.