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Founders of well-funded Egyptian B2B startup Capiter fired following fraud allegations

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Last September, Egyptian startup Capiter raised $33 million in Series A funding to compete in the country’s growing B2B e-commerce and retail space. Others described a workplace with poor management and no structure and a company finding it hard to onboard merchants to its platform while running out of money simultaneously.

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8 investors weigh in on the state of insurtech in Q3 2022

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“Short term, it might be more difficult to raise at valuations we have seen before the public market adjustment, but with a strong business model and an experienced management team that understands the market and growth KPIs, it is possible,” she said. I see investor enthusiasm for B2B insurtechs with a recurring revenue model.

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How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

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However, a Kenyan B2B management startup founded by Yacob Berhane and Wossen Ayele wants to close the gap on three of the six factors — access to capital, knowledge, and talent. ” So , how is the team at Pariti setting out to solve these problems? So basically anywhere that doesn’t have a mature, healthy startup ecosystem.”

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Migrating Help Desks? 7 Questions to Ask for a Smooth Transition

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While some service desk vendors may tout a multitude of features, apps, and reporting capabilities that look impressive on paper, these features can be difficult to implement with a small team. Implementation costs, vendor-specific certifications, and other training costs associated with hiring developers can get expensive quickly.

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Slope brings on new CFO, customers, capital as it rises to offer businesses buy now, pay later

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Slope takes in first capital with visions of being ‘Stripe for global B2B payments’. and Mexico, and B2B merchant partners include PlastiQ, Frubana, Meru.com, Blue Pallet and Go4U. It has a small team of eight right now and plans to grow that to 30 over the next five months. We believed this was missing in the B2B category.

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Zonos banks $69M to develop APIs for democratizing cross-border commerce

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Checkout is the key to frictionless B2B e-commerce. He says while looking into international commerce, he found people wound up being charged additional fees after they have already purchased the item, leading to bad customer experiences, especially when a merchant is trying to build brand loyalty.