Deel cofounder and CEO Alex BouazizGuerin Blask for Forbes T The heated rivalry between HR software startups Rippling and Deel, which accused each other of corporate espionage in lawsuits filed earlier this year, continues to play out in the private market as well. On Thursday, Deel announced a $300 million fundraise from Ribbit Capital, Coatue and Andreessen Horowitz. That was enough to boost the company’s valuation to $17.3 billion and make it more valuable than Rippling for the first time sin...