TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2022

Twiga , a B2B e-commerce food distribution platform, has today announced the launch of its new subsidiary, Twiga Fresh, through which it will farm and distribute its own agricultural produce to traders.

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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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Perficient

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing B2B e-commerce, enabling capabilities such as personalized product recommendations, dynamic pricing, and predictive analytics. As AI adoption grows, B2B companies must address data quality issues to leverage AI’s benefits fully.

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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. . Kenya’s MarketForce raises $2M, plans to focus on its B2B retail marketplace RejaReja. MarketForce raises $40 million Series A, introduces BNPL merchant stock financing.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Amazon’s transition to include B2B transactions through Amazon Business exemplifies how digital innovation can open new market segments and revenue streams. Successfully fostering such models requires a comprehensive understanding of digital forces and bold leadership to make strategic decisions that promise long-term success.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Fashinza’s B2B supply chain marketplace. There’s also sustainable sourcing platforms like Sourceful , which slot somewhere alongside supply chain finance platforms including Tradeshift. .

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Manila-based Humble Sustainability is a circular economy startup that wants to keep it out of the Philippines’ landfills. Humble Sustainability founders Niña Opida and Josef Werker. Image Credits: Humble Sustainability. Neither of us are environmental scientists or sustainability experts at all,” Werker said. “We

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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 Partner vendors range from small shops to B2B players with much larger volumes of devices. Novi is building a B2B marketplace for brands that care about sustainability.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Shelf Engine fits into one of PLUS Capital’s core investment areas of sustainability. Shelf Engine’s approach of leveraging technology to aid in sustainability efforts was attractive to all of the investors, as was their method of scaling within grocery clients without affecting consumer behavior.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

With toilet paper and kitchen rolls in its product portfolio for now, and a lot more coming down the pipe, Cloud Paper is a sustainable, bamboo-based alternative to toilet paper made from whatever toilet paper is usually made from. We knew we wanted to get into sustainability in a big way. What are we going to do?

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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

MARCH 2, 2022

AgriAku , a Jakarta-based B2B marketplace for farmers, announced today it has raised a pre-Series A of $6 million. After spending years trying different models, including direct-to-farmer and retail stores, Kolonas said he realized it was not sustainable to sell directly to farmers. Series B round.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Let’s rethink how we approach growth models; maybe we don’t have to include a trial or free version of our products — especially when not every company is able to sustain the investment and resources required for trial products. This year, marketers should resolve to embrace this resurgence, but in a modern, differentiated way.

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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. Perhaps as a result, business ecosystems — while profitable — have a high failure rate.

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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. Measuring up.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Down rounds are prevailing as power shifts to VCs again TechCrunch+ roundup: AI ethics investor survey, B2B SaaS KPIs, don’t frown on down rounds by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch I don’t see any reason for this trend to suddenly arrest, let alone reverse,” he writes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Grow in a way that’s smart and sustainable for the long run,” advises Michael Sidgmore, a partner at Broadhaven Ventures. “We 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.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

One of those companies, Oakland-based Mighty Buildings , just raised $40 million in Series B funding for its quest to create homes that it says are “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” using 3D printing, robotics and automation. In fact, the company already has secured contracts with developers for its single family housing product line.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

It operates on a B2B SaaS model and the company is testing the platform in four upcoming pilots. It operates on a B2B SaaS model and has a waitlist of 600+ business users. The hope is to reduce chemical fertilizer use, increase crop yields and help farmers grow sustainably.

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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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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

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

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

JANUARY 3, 2023

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. AlterPacks can manufacture containers at scale with automated machines that clean raw materials, mix its formulation and then press it into different shapes of containers.

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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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Sunflower Lab

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sunflower Lab Makes Clutch’s Top 100 List of Fastest Growing + Sustained Growth Software Development Companies in the World. They called our offices to tell us that we had just been named one of the top Clutch 100 fastest growing firms and the Clutch 100 sustained growth firms! is the premier name for B2B reviews. Related Posts.

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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. It also built smart farming software and hardware for farmers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Sustainable e-commerce startup Olive now ships beauty products, in addition to apparel. Ironically, Faust said the B2B approach was something Olive’s brand partners had asked for when the company launched its business-to-consumer service in 2021. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

SoftBank Investment investment director, AdvisersAlexia Yannopoulos, said, “in the face of sustained macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility, feeding the world is one of the most important challenges facing society. It is this importance to the country’s economic livelihood that makes the sector a key area of focus for innovators.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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. Whether the team chooses to reboot or revive Vine, they must answer questions about sustaining a business in the world the app abandoned in 2016.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

This process-based service model is, in our opinion, the only way to grow a business in a sustainable way. The process we’ve designed works for B2B startups, scaleups and SMBs. For instance, we recently helped a B2B SaaS platform increase demo requests by 350%. That last category can benefit greatly from the way we work.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

Even so, several VCs who are active in the space told Anna Heim that other insurtech startups can still make inroads if “they can build a sustainable business model.” That said, getting it right is likely the most important thing you can do for your business.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

B2B 2 Connect: Are you working on products that make it easier for businesses to thrive? Join this networking session focused on sustainability, green tech and clean tech projects. . Meet and share ideas and others with the SaaS and Enterprise community. Planet/Impact: Passionate about making an impact on our planet?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

As more tech companies go public, the necessary disclosure has meant that with access to more information on the financial condition of many startups, mainstream investors have begun questioning just how profitable and sustainable these startups are.

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