TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

million led by Greylock) rounds to date, which Morales says is being put toward customer acquisition, go-to-market and R&D efforts. Orb, which helps B2B companies price their products, raises $19.1M Orb today revealed that it’s raised $19.1 million across Series A ($14 million led by Menlo) and seed ($5.1

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

In March 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the company pivoted from B2C to B2B and used the technology rails it had built to create the e-commerce marketing platform that Givz is today. The company plans to use the new capital toward that hiring, and to do some marketing of its own. “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Kenyan retail B2B and end-to-end distribution platform Marketforce laid off a chunk of its workforce in July, according to sources familiar with the matter. . Some roles in the Kenya market will become redundant, and new ones will emerge; all our other markets will not be impacted, he said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

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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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Fashinza’s B2B supply chain marketplace. The round brings Fashinza’s total raised to $135 million, which Gupta says is being used to refine the company’s supply chain technology and expand into new markets, including raw materials procurement. ” An expanding market. billion by 2026, up from $19.58

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

“What we have seen is that many younger generations are very much open to the idea of sustainable consumption,” co-founder Philip Franta told TechCrunch. “We Back Market reaches $5.7B Partner vendors range from small shops to B2B players with much larger volumes of devices. valuation for its refurbished device marketplace.

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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. Even so, according to Merritt Hummer, a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, “B2B marketplaces cannot simply remain stagnant, serving as simple transactional platforms.” Details here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, Tariq Musa, founder and CEO of Miferia, notes that despite that growth, over 90% of retail in Mexico still takes place in just 2 million physical stores, and less than 1% of B2B transactions have moved online and are largely still dependent on cash transactions, which often requires retailers to pay upfront for merchandise.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

AgriAku , a Jakarta-based B2B marketplace for farmers, announced today it has raised a pre-Series A of $6 million. The funding will be used on hiring and increasing AgriAku’s market penetration. Other B2B marketplaces include TaniHub Group, which focuses on connecting farmers with customers to sell their produce. Series B round.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The voluntary carbon market for agriculture includes U.S. We also believe Agreena can become the dominant internet marketplace for facilitating online B2B commerce within farming, a nut which no one has yet cracked.”. The startup has some competition in the space. scale-up Indigo (U.S. unicorn), Nori (U.S. &

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

We’ve had phenomenal growth last year, some of it from our mid-market customers, but mostly from customers like Target and Kroger,” Kalb said. Shelf Engine fits into one of PLUS Capital’s core investment areas of sustainability. That is the strategy shift from B2B to a movement for our community.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year. Challenging market conditions drive a sense of discipline and perspective that can be a gift. But the markets will bounce back at some point. Are you still closing deals at the same velocity?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Packaging is a trillion-dollar-per-year industry that, by and large, has some sustainability challenges. Impacked is a B2B company that’s bringing green tech to the forefront for everything from jars, tubes and pouches to bottles. noissue raises $10M Series A to expand its global sustainable packaging platform.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

There is no authoritative playbook for marketing these days. Every company must find its own voice, and as it grows and evolves, its marketing needs to evolve as well. A growth marketing agency based in Amsterdam, this company focuses on LinkedIn marketing, content marketing, marketing automation and email marketing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Business-to-business (B2B) companies are generating an increasing percentage of their revenue through partner ecosystems. Research by BCG found that fewer than 15% were sustainable in the long run. But in 2020, the startup began to broaden its product strategy, targeting marketers seeking to create and convert sales leads.

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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. In fact, the company already has secured contracts with developers for its single family housing product line.

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Ivanti

APRIL 13, 2021

At the beginning of 2020, most of us in the marketing industry had a pretty solid – and siloed – understanding of B2B and B2C marketing. B2B is rational. B2B is about long-term partnerships and moving along the funnel. B2B hinges on appealing to a group of stakeholders. And B2B marketing is ancient history.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

While 2020 was atypical and a rebound this year is not surprising, the report goes one step further, arguing that there is an increasing gap between the haves and have nots of B2B software. Nowhere is this more apparent, the authors claim, than when you look at public B2B SaaS companies. ” OpenView Partners. Measuring up.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In October 2022, after completing the acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk asked his team to work toward bringing Vine back to market. This article uses my own experience working on high-throughput B2B and B2C stacks during a similar time period that Vine was around, and I’m making some assumptions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Depending on the market, landing a new customer can be 5-25 times more expensive than retaining an existing one. I planned to visit the United States for the first time next month to check out the market and applied for a visitor visa. I’m not an economist, but this seems more like a market correction than the start of a bleak winter.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Greenlabs, founded in 2017 by Scott Sungwoo Choi, Shin and Luke Donghyun Ahn, wants to digitize the entire value chain of agriculture space from crop production to distribution with a mission to address the global food supply problem in a sustainable way. Greenlabs currently has 320 employees, Shin noted. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The new funding will be used for AlterPacks’ commercialization, including production and supply, in markets like Asia, Australia and Europe. Its go-to-market strategy is a B2B model and includes working with distribution partners that sell supplies to F&B businesses like restaurants and hotels.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

And given the current emphasis on achieving cost efficiency to extend runways in the broader startup ecosystem, it appears investors are open to insurtech startups that can build a sustainable business model, regardless of it including embedded insurance. And the current market is rather reinforcing our investment thesis.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture , which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by the end 2022 and to introduce other products that deliver more value per acre of land. The agritech is scouting for growth opportunities in East and West Africa. “We

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Terraa , a Moroccan B2B tech-enabled food distribution platform, has raised $1.5 million pre-seed funding in a round led by FoodLabs, a European early-stage VC investor and venture studio for food, sustainability and health. Retailers using Terraa will benefit from consistent prices and supplies of high-quality goods.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

In 2023, most VC meetings focus on whether a business can deliver sustainable, efficient growth during the downturn. But as cash becomes more expensive, investors are giving more and more attention to resource-focused, shrewd founders who can handle the hard times ahead.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

A wholesale e-commerce platform based in Kenya, with hubs in the Americas, Asia and Europe, Powered by People , has secured $5 million in seed funding to increase its transaction volume by growing the number of small brands using its B2B online marketplace to reach international buyers. which is our primary market.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

“If you saw VCs dumping dollars — in a tougher fundraising market, no less — into a technology like AI that you could implement into your own business, why wouldn’t you? .” That said, getting it right is likely the most important thing you can do for your business.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

ERA has thus far had more than 226 companies go through the program that have raised more than $1 billion in capital and collectively share a market cap over $5 billion. It operates on a B2B SaaS model and the company is testing the platform in four upcoming pilots.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The group has already invested in startups in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, including Aleph (B2B SaaS for e-commerce), Apperto (social commerce), Choiz (healthtech), Exactly (DeFi), Elevva (e-commerce brands), Inipay (fintech), Leef (sustainability), Wibson (e-privacy) and Yerbo (wellness).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

“We want it to be more of a ‘buy one, sell one’ behavior that gets items into that secondary market easier and faster when the items still have a more usable life,” he added. Sustainable e-commerce startup Olive now ships beauty products, in addition to apparel. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

Now is the right time: with increased cycling infrastructure, public discourse and political will across Europe to create more sustainable cities, we can help more people choose a more sustainable commute.”. Finally, Dance wants to address the B2B market with a new Dance for Business offering. Image Credits: Dance.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The ability to raise capital is less impressive than finding sustainable ways to build a base of paying customers. The right coaching and a strong network can help many entrepreneurs land a sizable seed round, but that money reflects investor confidence, not market demand. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

since 2017, and is present in 21 Indonesian cities, where its services are currently used by about 100 B2B clients and more than 3,500 households. Junerosano said Waste4Change differentiates from traditional waste management solutions by providing an end-to-end solution, with a focus on sustainability and zero waste.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

A growing number of people are looking for ways to live more sustainably amid increasing concerns over the environment and what we humans keep doing to pollute it. That growth has been riding on several concurrent market trends. “It’s a huge business, one that is even overtaking primary in some markets.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. The B2B payments company raised $200 million at a unicorn valuation in 2021. billion valuation. Nium is hiring and has a dozen open roles.

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