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Paro raises $25M to match freelance financial experts with firms

In 2015, Michael Burdick and Dan Wywrot, who’d spent years working at large accounting firms, founded a startup — Paro — to deliver finance and accounting solutions to businesses thr

Paro raises $10 million to offer corporate finance expertise on demand

As any CFO can attest, corporate finance is extraordinarily complicated. From tax preparation, to financial controls, to cash flow estimation and more, the finance department of any major company ofte

With its third fund, Revolution Ventures stays true to its mission

Revolution Ventures raises another $215 million to invest outside of the hotbeds.

Shortly, even the CEO will be outsourced to an online labor marketplace

Over the past decade, there has been a ferocious rise in the freelance economy in the United States. Millions of people today work on platforms ranging from Uber and Lyft to Taskrabbit and Fiverr, acc

Taking on the Big 4 accounting giants, Paro receives $5m for its labor marketplace for financial professionals

Accounting and financial controls are some of the most important functions of a modern company, but they are also serious cost centers. Hiring a full-time bookkeeper can be prohibitively expensive, an

Video: Fujitsu's care bear robot in action

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/fujitsu_robot_bear.jpg" /> Last month, we've shown you a <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/04/05/fujitsu-develops-robotic-care-bea

Paro, the robotic seal for the elderly, is shipping in April

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/paro_image.jpg">Remember that crazy robotic seal for the elderly? The one with the hole in its snout for "charging?" Well, you can now bu

Hands on with the Paro Robot Seal: Awwwwwww!

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/paro_image.jpg"> I totally wanted to hug this little hug machine! Also, it has a hole in its mouth to allow for the insertion of a charge