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Top Hat lays off 16 employees — May 12, 2020

Top Hat, a education company based in Canada, laid off 16 employees on May 12, 2020. At the time, the company was at the Series D stage. The layoff was reported by this source.

Company
Top Hat
Employees laid off
16
Date
May 12, 2020
Industry
Education
Country
Canada
Company stage
Series D
Total raised (pre-layoff)
$104M

Source: https://betakit.com/top-hat-restructures-makes-staff-reductions-as-covid-19-affects-higher-education/

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