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Bench lays off 450 employees — December 27, 2024

Bench, a finance company based in Canada, laid off 450 employees on December 27, 2024. At the time, the company was at the Series C stage. The layoff was reported by this source.

Company
Bench
Employees laid off
450
Date
December 27, 2024
Industry
Finance
Country
Canada
Company stage
Series C
Total raised (pre-layoff)
$109M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/27/bench-shuts-down-leaving-thousands-of-businesses-without-access-to-accounting-and-tax-docs/

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