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July 5, 2021

Sick of working from home? This startup lets you choose from over 5k offices

Startups building services to support the 'new normal' are raising funds: Hubble is the latest.


Freya Pratty

4 min read

Whether you think employees should be coming back into the office five days a week or one, it’s clear that post-pandemic work will be at least some combination of the two. Naturally, startups building services to support the 'new normal' are raising funds. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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