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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

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Founders : Before beU delivery, Hao Zheng, who leads the team as chief executive, was the founder and CEO of Yooul, a social networking app in China. What it says it does : Venmo for B2B in Africa. pre-seed to build financial OS for B2B companies in Nigeria. Location : Lagos, Nigeria. YC-backed Duplo raises $1.3M Team size : 8.

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Qualified raises $95M to help Salesforce users with sales pipeline generation

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Today, a startup that’s building tools for businesses to help with that lead generation specifically in B2B sales is announcing a big round of funding on the back of strong growth in the last year. “That market alone is hundreds of thousands of B2B customers and allows us to speak their language.

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Unleashing Commerce Potential with Shopify Plus

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B2B and B2C made easy Organizations can sell wholesale and DTC inventory from one integrated admin. They can also provide a personalized buying experience for customers with specific catalogues, pricing, and net payment terms. We tailor solutions to your unique objectives, covering B2B, B2C, and enterprise solutions.

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Fintech startup Brex was among the bidders for SVB’s early-stage and growth portfolios

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That’s why we have so many repetitive neobanks, social investing apps, etc. ” He called buy now, pay later offerings “one of the last B2B payment frontiers to be done in software.” That compares to a net loss of 19 cents per share on net interest revenue of $167 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.

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UnitQ raises $30M in Accel-led round to help companies improve product quality

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For one, it gathers user feedback from public sources like app reviews and social media and from private sources such as support tickets, support chats and surveys. The startup is mostly focused on consumer companies, but also has some B2B clients. Specifically, unitQ says it identifies actionable insights in a variety of ways.

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Mobile security startup Oversecured launches after self-funding $1 million, thanks to bug bounty payouts

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Toshin netted more than $1 million in bug bounties in a year using his scanner, in large part thanks to Google’s security rewards program , which pays security researchers far more for security bugs found in Android apps with over 100 million installs. But how Toshin funded his startup was somewhat unconventional.

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UK’s greenworkx takes aim at the domestic retrofit skills challenge

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“The urgent ramp-up needed in the green workforce is a unique opportunity to build a fairer, more equitable future by bringing millions into a rapidly-growing sector of huge social and environmental importance,” added Matt Penneycard, founding partner at Ada Ventures, in another supporting statement.

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