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SumUp raises $895M in debt to double down on its B2C payments business

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We’ll cover every aspect of company building: Fundraising, recruiting, sales, product-market fit, PR, marketing and brand building. You’ll hear firsthand how some of the most successful founders and VCs build their businesses, raise money and manage their portfolios.

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Talent Hack raises $4.7M for its B2C fitness platform, Spaces

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Rather than creating its own front-end, curated platform, however, the New York-based startup’s Spaces is designed to offer a B2C platform for fitness instructors and studios. Talent Hack says this round will go toward increasing its marketing, improving the customer experience and expanding recruiting.

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HSBC invests in Singapore’s customer intelligence and risk assessment startup

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The problem we’re trying to solve is to empower and enable, whether they are a financial institution, a fintech company or any kind of a B2C company that’s trying to acquire or onboard new customers,” said Hayk Hakobyan, CEO and co-founder of Bizbaz, in an interview with TechCrunch.

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Nigeria’s Termii raises $1.4M seed led by Future Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures

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billion B2C communications market estimated to grow 6% annually , Termii runs a B2B2C model. We’ll cover every aspect of company-building: Fundraising, recruiting, sales, product market fit, PR, marketing and brand building. More than 1,000 businesses and developers are also using Termii’s API. Playing in a $3.6

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Gravy raises $4.5M for its service that helps subscription businesses recover failed payments

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These clients either operate in the B2B space — like B2B content subscriptions or tech education and certification, for example — or in the B2C space. “But the reality is, it became a huge advantage for us because our strategy has been to recruit the best people in small towns across the United States.

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Storytelling Is The ‘Make Or Break’ Skill Founders Are Lacking

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While its not a founder’s job to be a publicist or marketer they already wear 10 other hats having the story down is the starting point to being successful in every single other area (recruiting, fundraising, customer targeting, etc.). but public relations and marketing are rarely given the spotlight thats warranted.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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We are sector-agnostic in our approach, and we invest both in B2B and B2C tech/digital companies from various industries. However, the pandemic has allowed an acceleration in the adoption of remote work organization, enabling the search and recruitment of talents from abroad. Giulia Giovannini, partner, United Ventures.