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Breef raises $16M to match brands with marketing agencies

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Breef , a platform that allows brands to manage and service marketing agency projects, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series A round (an undisclosed portion of which was debt) led by Greycroft with participation from BDMI, UTA.VC, Afterpay’s Touch Ventures and UC Berkeley’s The House Fund.

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Okra Solar is bringing renewable energy to underserved markets

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Okra Solar walked away with the trophy and a giant check at our 2019 Shenzhen Hardware Battlefield event. The Sydney-based company creates hardware and software solutions designed to bring solar-based power to developing markets. million new round (it’s a nice photo; we used it on this post , too).

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Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform

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“Soci became an essential partner to brands for this transformation, which led to an increased need for brands to turn to technology to manage their presence in local digital market channels.” Khoury says he was inspired to found Soci by the dearth of options for brands to manage their presence across digital marketing channels.

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Kenya’s AIfluence closes $1M for its AI-powered influencer marketing platform

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Influencer marketing is one of the fastest-growing and one of the most impactful media channels today. Marketers have now realized that their customers trust the recommendations of people they relate with. AIfluence is a two-year-old startup with an AI-driven influencer marketing approach to measuring these campaigns.

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South Korean online secondhand marketplace Danggeun Market raises $162M at a $2.7B valuation

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Danggeun Market, the publisher of South Korea’s hyperlocal community app Karrot, announced it has raised $162 million in a Series D round of funding with a valuation of $2.7 The latest funding officially makes Danggeun Market a unicorn, with $205 million total raised. Danggeun Market launched Karrot in Canada and the U.S.

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The air taxi market prepares to take flight

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.” Just consider some of the expenses accrued by the biggest eVTOLs last year: Joby Aviation spent a whopping $108 million on research and development, a $30 million increase from 2019. million, though, of course, neither company has brought a product to market yet. Meanwhile, Joby’s net loss last year was $114.2

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Schneider Electric leverages AI to help develop employees’ careers

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It even enables employees to market their skillsets internally. “I I remember sitting in an auditorium in the office in the US in late 2019 when I was relatively new to the company,” says Shannon Booth, senior talent development partner at Schneider Electric, of the company’s initial presentation for OTM.