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Novi is building a B2B marketplace for brands that care about sustainability

TechCrunch

It’s that old chestnut: You are a fancy-pants brand wanting to make a product that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside because you only use fair-trade, sustainably grown ingredients and materials, but you don’t know where to turn. “Early in my career, I joined the Air Force and I wanted to work on hard problems.

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Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform Cartona raises $12M to scale and explore new verticals

TechCrunch

We will use this money for sustainable growth and only sustainable growth. Providing loans, working capital, or BNPL to micro and small businesses is the sweet spot of B2B e-commerce and retail marketplaces in Africa. MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B food and grocery delivery startup, raises $40M for expansion. Cartona gets $4.5M

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7 Practical Ways to Create a More Sustainable Organization

Let's Grow Leaders

How Small Businesses Can Do Their Part In Sustainability Today I talk with Cooper Wechkin Founder and CEO of RyeStrategy about the business case for a sustainable organization (even for small organizations). We discussed practical and important ways small businesses can do their part toward a more sustainable future.

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Topi raises $45M to power hardware subscriptions for B2B merchants

TechCrunch

A new company is looking to do for B2B hardware sales what a growing number of companies have been doing in the consumer sphere, by making it easier for businesses to pay for equipment in instalments through rentals and subscriptions. million in funding to do something similar for B2B transactions. Access over ownership.

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Coatue, Robert Downey Jr. fund cove.tool’s design tools for sustainable building

TechCrunch

While there is plenty of technology out there to help make a building more sustainable, the ability to incorporate features into its design can be easier said than done. Enter cove.tool , a startup that wants to make sure buildings are sustainable by design from the moment of inception. million raise in November of 2020.

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Orb, which helps B2B companies price their products, raises $19.1M

TechCrunch

” Saam Motamedi, a general partner at Greylock who led Orb’s seed round, had this to add via email: “SaaS companies must drive sustainable and profitable growth and need solutions that deliver value without requiring additional seats or active usage. Orb, which helps B2B companies price their products, raises $19.1M

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Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup Alerzo cuts 15% of full-time staff in second round of layoffs

TechCrunch

Alerzo , a Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform that digitizes commerce and payments processes between FMCG suppliers and informal retailers, has laid off 15% of its full-time workforce, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. This is the company’s second round of layoffs in seven months.

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