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

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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. Hardware-as-a-service.

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Duro drags hardware product development into the age of agile

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To software developers, the process of creating a hardware product can seem distinctly 1980s. Duro’s fundraising round was led by B2B SaaS investors Bonfire Ventures , with follow-on money from hard-tech investors Riot Ventures. “To simplify things a little, the hardware industry is dominated by a bimodal culture.

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Daily Crunch: Ledger locks down another $108M to double down on hardware crypto wallets

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How to build a sales development representative strategy that will fill your B2B pipeline Image Credits: kampee patisena (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Marketing teams deserve all of the credit for crafting innovative campaigns that break through the noise: Convincing someone to try out a new product or service takes real skill!

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Bosch picks up Five.ai after the self-driving startup pivoted to B2B and then put itself up for sale

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Today, Bosch announced that it would be acquiring Five.ai , the autonomous driving startup that started with big ambitions to build and operate its own fleet of robotaxis but ultimately pivoted to focusing on technology development as a B2B play. ” It will be picking up not just IP from Five, but also some 140 employees in the U.K.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Plaid’s staffing story, RevOps for B2B sales, demo day’s demise

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“Ethereum miners have a very high risk that their machines become obsolete overnight,” as PoS requires specialized hardware, which could leave Bitcoin as the major cryptocurrency of choice. Use RevOps to develop a customer-led approach to B2B sales. Use RevOps to develop a customer-led approach to B2B sales.

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Balance raises $25M in a Ribbit Capital-led Series A to grow its ‘consumer-like B2B checkout platform’

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Balance , a payments platform aimed at B2B merchants and marketplaces, has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Ribbit Capital. The motivation for starting the company was simple, said CEO and co-founder Bar Geron: “We wanted to create an online B2B experience that doesn’t suck.”

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On a mission to be the ‘Affirm for B2B,’ Vartana secures $57M in debt, equity

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While buy now, pay later startups have largely focused on the consumer, a growing group of them are now focusing on the B2B space. For example, in December, Affirm spinout Resolve, which specializes in “buy now, pay later” capabilities for B2B transactions, announced that it had raised $25 million in equity funding.

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