Paraform, a San Francisco, CA-based marketplace built for elite recruiters, raised $20M in Series A funding. The round was led by Felicis, with participation from A*, BOND, DST Global, Liquid 2, and angels including the co-founders of Canva, Instacart, YouTube, and xAI along with Shyam Sankar, Harley Finklestein, Mark Pincus, and others. The company intends to use the funds to scale its platform to meet surging demand from startups and enterprises alike, deepen product development, and grow its ...