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VTEX has been around since 1999, but it hasn’t had the need to raise a significant amount of capital thus far, mostly operating off of its own revenues. . Brands and retailers want reliability and the ability to test their own innovations. At the end of the day, e-commerce software is a combination of knowledge.

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APRIL 5, 2017

Product Management Software Startup Akeneo In $13M Series B. Frédéric de Gombert, CEO of software startup Akeneo , first noticed the problematic methods by which brands managed product information while working at an IT company helping clients manage or maintain their transitions to eCommerce.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Yet, small business (SMB) banking wasn’t the only highlight of this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, with the two largest fundraises showcasing China’s rising B2B FinTech ecosystem in areas like expense management and invoicing. As part of its rebrand , blockchain payments firm BitPesa is now AZA Group.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Software -as-a-Service (SaaS) providers have also done well as cash-strapped businesses look for ways to reduce upfront capital costs and as many in the workforce are telecommuting and requiring their in-office software at home. Founder and CEO Nadim Sadek said he had no idea that just months after the company raised $2.7

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APRIL 19, 2017

But in a world where consumers can virtually buy any product from any retailer with a few clicks, apparel brands have found themselves to be far less influential than they once were. Brands can’t afford to bet wrong on what products will appeal to customers. “You Brands immediately wanted to do two things,” Fields said.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

San Francisco FinTech Brex announced a $200 million debt capital raise from Credit Suisse that will be used to expand its eCommerce business and credit offerings to new companies, Brex announced in a press release on Thursday (Dec. Brex deals in business-to-business (B2B) payments with corporate cards tailored to specific industries.

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JULY 23, 2019

The company is offering a complete end-to-end, cloud-based software-as-a-service platform, allowing any restaurant to provide its own mobile engagement, loyalty and omnichannel digital ordering offerings to its guests.

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JULY 24, 2019

An Indonesian startup that provides consumer brands with omnichannel marketing and sales products, including cash-back rewards, has raised $3 million in a Series A-2 funding round, according to a report by TechCrunch. The funding round for Pomona was led by Vynn Capital. The company was started in 2016 by Budiman and CTO Ari Suwendi.

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JUNE 22, 2020

The hiring comes on the heels Lunchbox’s most recent capital campaign, which raised $2 million in seed funding. Her experience includes working with brands like Jamba Juice, ThinkFoodGroup and B.Good. The former director of enterprise solutions engineering at Toast, Kabakoff oversaw the company’s enterprise solutions team.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

The New York- and Paris-based company has been a favorite of several high-end brands, and bills itself as a “social selling solution (B2B) enabling brands to activate their network of social sellers with a turnkey business to inspire on social media, sell online and connect with consumers anytime, anywhere.”

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JULY 22, 2019

India’s PayMate announced it has raised a new round of growth capital to accelerate expansion within India and internationally to Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). . Investors in this Series D round include Visa, Recruit Strategic Partners, Brand Capital, and others, the Economic Times reports. .

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APRIL 8, 2020

The raise, which was led by D1 Capital Partners, brings the shipping platform’s total funding to $59 million. Union Square Ventures, Version One, Uncork Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners also participated in the round, according to an announcement.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Restaurant management platform Toast unveiled a $400 million Series F funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Greenoaks Capital, Tiger Global Management and TPG. Also participating were TCV, Durable Capital Partners LP, G Squared, Light Street Capital, Alta Park Capital, funds and accounts advised by T.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Salsify , a startup that helps companies and their brands “win on the digital shelf,” has just raised another $155 million as it doubles down on product development and expands globally. 23) that they have closed on a deal with the Boston-based software and eCommerce company for $155 million in a Series E round of financing.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The card bridges companies in the eCommerce space, including online brands and eRetailers, to 60-day payment terms, interest-free financing and no foreign transaction fees. In October the firm closed a $125 million Series C funding round from Greenoaks Capital, DST Global and IVP, valuing the firm at $1.1

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Gresham House and Force Over Mass Capital led the round to bring Moteefe’s total financing to $12.5 Moteefe has built its own proprietary production software and plans to use the additional funding for expanding into new markets, including Australia.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

CompuCom sells IT services to small and mid-sized businesses (SMB), and helps them procure, install and manage the hardware and software. . In Q4, Office Depot said, capital expenditures totaled $27 million. In the same quarter one year earlier, capital expenditures totaled $66 million.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

These emotional attributes can usually stem from a bank’s brand. If a bank’s brand is strong, it is then easy to impart this layer of psychological and emotional attributes to a product. Tesla is another shining example of how a brand imparts this halo of emotional connection to its product.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The investors followed a Series C investment round closed by Veritas earlier this year, which was led by CDC, Pai and Lok Capital. This holding company offers a suite of INDUS-branded services targeting the legal cannabis market with tools like sales, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and more. The Credit Junction. W2 is a U.K.-based

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Investment in B2B FinTech startups came through a variety of channels this week, from venture capital to growth equity. In total, backers placed $273 million across companies operating in alternative finance, treasury management, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and B2B sales tech. Software-as-a-Service. trillion market.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The company’s solution works with multiple aspects of clients’ media strategies (including branding and communications across multiple channels, analytics, competitive research and creative services), which creates 40,000 monthly invoices on average.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Existing investors American Express Ventures, Canaan Partners, F-Prime Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, and Goldman Sachs also participated. In addition, the company will add solutions for mortgage, insurance, and student loan marketplaces to its platform and will continue to build out its software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering. “At

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The addition of 6 River Systems’ cloud-based software and collaborative mobile robots to the network will increase the speed and reliability of warehouse operations. Earlier this year it launched a new retail hardware collection to improve in-person shopping for some of the world’s fastest-growing brands and their customers.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Singaporean Software-as-a-service company Anchanto took home S$16.6 We are a capital-efficient company. Asendia CEO Marc Pontet said the company “intends to continue its journey along the cross-border eCommerce value chain and support the growth of an innovative technology company serving the international growth of global brands.”. “We

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Digitization is essential to helping to expand the parameters of availability for global traders, though FinTechs haven't been able to fully capitalize. DBS Bank recently teamed with business cloud software platform Infor in order to add new digital trade finance capabilities to Infor's network, with an eye toward speeding up payments.

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APRIL 25, 2018

BigCommerce , the eCommerce platform for retailing brands, announced news on Wednesday (April 25) that it has closed a $64 million round of funding. In a press release , the company said the fundraising round was led by Goldman Sachs and included participation from current investors General Catalyst, GGV Capital and Tenaya Capital.

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

FinTech Software-as-a-Service company HighRadius , which works to automate the order-to-cash process, has added a new chief financial officer in Scott Buxton , a press release says.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

Investors at Malachi led the seed round, while Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, DeepWork Capital, LAUNCH Syndicate and others also participated. million funding round in a press release this week, with the seed investment led by Aya Peterburg of Haim Sadger and S Capital. based Hourly announced a $7.15 In the U.K.,

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JUNE 1, 2020

Bloomberg News reported NEOU , the New York-based live streaming and on-demand platform for trainers, has raised $5 million in capital from investors including Ares Management Corp., Bloomberg said NEOU’s popular workouts include “The Program,” often led by the New York American video game company Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.’s

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MARCH 2, 2018

Payroll and human capital management company Paychex is growing through the acquisition of industry peer Lessor Group. The companies said Thursday (March 1) that small business (SMB)-targeting Paychex will acquire the payroll software company, which is based in Denmark.

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APRIL 5, 2017

Frédéric de Gombert, CEO of software startup Akeneo, first noticed the problematic methods by which brands managed product inventory information while working at an IT company helping clients manage or maintain their transitions to eCommerce. We know that the quality of the product information has a direct impact on sales,” he said.

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MAY 20, 2016

Last week’s venture capital spree in the B2B startup arena has fizzled out, and we’re left with but a few investment rounds. Genecast, Core Capital, Kinetic Ventures and Revel Partners participated as well, reports said on Thursday (May 19). Software-as-a-Service. You win some, you lose some. Platform-as-a-Service.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

based early growth, FinTech-focused venture capital firm. Instead of being loyal to one brand, 71 percent of respondents said they would consider opening an account with a new bank if they were presented with an offer they found relevant. The round brought the company’s value to nearly $1.7

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JUNE 12, 2019

Huawei is the second ranked smartphone brand in the world, but its computer business is fairly new. Huawei’s consumer division accounted for almost half of its revenue in 2018, and the company has previously said that it wants to pass Samsung as the globe’s number one smartphone brand.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Blockchain Capital. Blockchain heavyweight Ripple made headlines this week when it announced a $25 million investment in Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm focused on backing blockchain startups. The funding comes in the form of Ripple’s own cryptocurrency and will be used to fund startups selected by Blockchain Capital.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 4, 2018

A growing wave of AI-infused Expert Automation & Augmentation Software (EAAS, pronounced /?z/) Below is a detailed breakdown of the many industries and jobs that Expert Automation & Augmentation Software platforms are changing ranging from finance to journalists to HR managers. Software Developers. What is EAAS?

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

With Mastercard putting a 49 percent tag on the eCommerce spike for the holidays, this year will be the toughest on record for handling what is a resource- and capital-intensive task. In the process, they are capitalizing on a chance to drive loyalty and enhance the brand.

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