TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

CADDi, a Tokyo-based B2B ordering and supply platform in the manufacturing and procurement industry, helps both procurement (demand side) and manufacturing facilities (supply side) by aggregating and rebalancing supply and demand via its automated calculation system for manufacturing costs and databases of fabrication facilities across Japan.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2025

However, successful AI implementation requires more than cutting-edge technology. By ensuring consistent, high-quality product data, we enable businesses to unlock AIs full potential to drive growth, innovation, and exceptional customer experiences. Success stories from both B2B and B2C sectors demonstrate the platforms versatility.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CDO’s mandate extends beyond mere technology implementation; it encompasses the development of comprehensive digital strategies and the cultivation of a culture that embraces continuous innovation. This includes fostering a culture that values innovation and agility.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Fashion e-commerce startup, The Folklore Group , has today announced a shift from direct-to-consumer to B2B wholesale against the backdrop of a $1.7 We are developing our technology and building a sales team. The Folklore Connect is a B2B wholesale platform that links African luxury brands to retailers in the US.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

For years, the prevailing narrative for innovation in supply chain has focused on the disruptors: Upstarts that enter the industry with new technologies and business models to displace incumbents. But in verticals ranging from freight brokerage to B2B marketplaces, these enablers have repeatedly emerged after an initial disruption.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Novi is a B2B marketplace for sustainable, innovative ingredients and packaging, helping its thousands of customers bring products to market with more sustainable materials. “Early in my career, I joined the Air Force and I wanted to work on hard problems. ” The company collects its data in a few different ways. .”

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CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Augmenting employees, not replacing them Whether its through cutting costs, innovating new products and services or improving the customer experience, building a competitive advantage is at the core of most technology deployments, and AI is no different. I see this taking shape in 5 key areas. a month for a subscription service.

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Perficient

JANUARY 14, 2025

While it may seem a bit of a cliche, 2025 has several innovations taking hold that should prove exciting for anyone willing to grab the opportunity. The way businesses buy and sell is changing faster than ever, and B2B companies are at a tipping point. Its that time of year when everyone comes out with their trends to watch for 2025.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

Its technology automates how distributors and manufacturers create, execute and track rebates. The new funding will be used for product innovation and building sales and go-to-market teams. Including the new round, the company has raised a total of $62 million, which includes a $13 million Series A raised in 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

They saw a direct-to-consumer market that was becoming huge thanks to technology and innovation, but a wholesale sector that wasn’t seeing the same kind of growth. ZAX’s addressable market for B2B transactions, just in Brazil, is estimated to be BRL 2.4 trillion, or $445.6 billion, Ballardie said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Specifically, Visa said today it has expanded its Visa Fintech Partner Connect , a program designed to help financial institutions quickly connect with a “vetted and curated” set of technology providers. . As a result, a lot of innovation that is occurring in fintech is funded by venture dollars.

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2025

A true transformation journey for Heineken started in 2019, when Ralph Ostertag, director of digital and technology for Asia Pacific , joined after coming from Mercedes Benz, and years before that in other industries. Another key reason why a change was needed was we were coming from a very fragmented technology landscape.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Warburg Pincus led the round, with previous backers Atomico, Forestay Capital, G2VP, GV, Kreos, NGP Capital, Schneider Electric, Sony Innovation Fund and Swisscom Ventures all also participating. That, in turn, is driving a faster pace of innovation to speed things up even more. The company has now raised $300 million.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups. Marketplaces created for B2B activity are surging in popularity. The COVID-19 pandemic is helping startups that innovate in areas like payments, financing, insurance and compliance. B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Here are five specific areas to focus on regarding innovation and thought leadership. Innovation is critical despite economic cycles or company performance Especially in difficult times, the board may look for additional ways to improve profit margins and generally tighten the belt.

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Beyond B2B

MAY 6, 2020

When it comes to B2B Integration technology and partner management, you have to be careful what you chose to label as old, new, or out of date.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2024

As CIOs know, a highly acquisitive company will reach an inflection point when years of technology proliferation begin to stymie future growth. For this reason, paying down technical debt while innovating and supporting growth is one of the greatest challenges for the modern CIO. How are you approaching this modernization effort?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Vin Lingathoti is a partner at Cambridge Innovation Capital , where he focuses on technology investments. As a deep tech investor, I have often noticed that deep tech startups go through a different evolution cycle than a typical B2B or B2C company. Technology-first approach. Vin Lingathoti. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

TruePay’s mission is to build a B2B “buy now, pay later” network where sellers (industries) can grant credit without being exposed to default risk and where buyers (merchants) access credit to buy inventory from their suppliers seamlessly and costlessly. “The It comes just three months after Kaszek and Monashees co-led an $8.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

But as time passed, we saw a couple of use cases we could employ this technology to solve,” CEO Iselema told TechCrunch on a call. One thing which is the backbone of Bitmama is that we are very innovative. “We started Bitmama to make it easy for anyone across the African continent to buy and sell cryptocurrency.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Startups digitizing B2B e-commerce and retail in Africa continue to grab the headlines after the pandemic paved the way for widespread offline retail and commerce disruption. In the past five years, TradeDepot’s main work centred around building out the supply chain with technology and onboarding retailers one at a time.

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 13, 2025

From employees to entrepreneurs One quarter of unicorn founders previously worked in scientific research or technology development. Another 9% succeeded on their third attempt including Eric Ly , who co-founded LinkedIn after starting two B2B firms while 6% required four or more ventures before achieving unicorn status.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

International markets today account for 10% of the revenue Infra.Market clocks.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It is particularly focused on B2B-focused small businesses. “We These B2B SMBs have the same challenges as everybody else except that they invoice their clients and then they wait to get paid,” Fuloria told TechCrunch. It also integrates with other companies’ technology. Image Credits: Fundbox.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised a $12 million Series A to build out its B2B transactions platform. The round was led by AppWorks Ventures, with participation from strategic investor MUFG Innovation Partners (MUIP), a venture capital firm for collaborations between startups and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

As Deserve CEO Kalpesh Kapadia explains it, his company’s technology and open API platform will power Marqeta’s program management services, including origination , underwriting, bank and bureau Integration, customer service, compliance and risk management. . Providing card services to fintech companies around the world gives Marqeta a $4.3

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suzanne Xie is the business lead for B2B payments at Stripe and a former SaaS founder. In a recent Stripe survey, 63% of B2B recurring revenue businesses said they were confident of their growth in 2023. New technologies offer more ways than ever to grow revenue. It’s an unprecedented time to be in SaaS. The good news?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Last month, MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, raised one of the largest Series A on the continent , to the tune of $40 million. The startup is announcing the acquisition of Morocco-based B2B e-commerce and distribution platform WaystoCap for an undisclosed amount.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

The acceleration of B2B AI innovation has begun. Tiger Global just closed one of the biggest venture funds ever, with $6.7 Enterprise AI 2.0:

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

But as housing gets less and less affordable — especially in ultra-expensive markets such as the Bay Area — companies are getting creative in their quest to build more affordable homes using technology. Khosla was drawn to the Mighty Buildings’ innovative approach. “We

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Alongside that, the startup will also be making liberal use of APIs to bring in other white-label services, such as B2B and customer-focused payment services, starting first in the U.S. The evolution of financial technology continues to open opportunities for innovation and the emergence of new industry participants.

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CIO

JULY 5, 2024

Leading the charge is Sandeep Gupta, chief digital and information officer, who says the Indian oil and gas company is leveraging information technology and data as part of a massive transformation of its five core pillars: exploration for energy sources, surface, subsurface, asset optimization, and health, safety, and environment (HSE).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Spoiler alert: B2B payments and infrastructure remain on fire and most investors expect to see more flat and down rounds this year. We see tremendous opportunity for innovation in the world of B2B payments. We are excited to see how entrepreneurs leverage these tools to enhance our archaic B2B payments ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Since 2014, Twiga Foods has been using technology to build supply chains in food and retail distribution on the continent, starting with Kenya. The B2B e-commerce food distribution platform claims that over 100,000 customers use its services across Kenya while delivering more than 600 metric tons of product to 10,000+ retailers daily. . “We

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

In Africa, the innovation that allows people to access credit from their jobs doesn’t happen. It’s a typical salary structure in markets such as the U.S. but rarely used in markets like Nigeria. “In The company says its new funding will further strengthen its position as “Africa’s leading cloud HR and payroll platform.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

After building mobile technology for fintechs and payment companies for the past 20 years, Lori Shao, CEO of Finli, started the mobile-first payment management company nearly 3 years ago when she noticed that she was around technology all day but still using a checkbook to manage household services, like landscaping and after-school programs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

It was hard to precisely predict the delivery flows in the space, which is different from the B2B model, where deliveries are planned. . So that’s what we are trying to do to build — an infrastructure that can serve all B2B clients from warehousing and dispatching to the last-mile delivery.”. Image Credits: PAPS.

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