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Ex-Chime engineers raise $4M for B2B payments infrastructure startup Streamlined

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For de Souza, who was also a founding engineer at digital bank Chime and a product manager at Slack, the whole business payments space “has not really evolved” over the past several decades. But Streamlined is different, he claims, in that it has “custom built” transaction infrastructure for B2B “from the ground up.”.

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Japan’s B2B ordering and supply platform CADDi raises $73 million Series B funding

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CADDi, a Tokyo-based B2B ordering and supply platform in the manufacturing and procurement industry, helps both procurement (demand side) and manufacturing facilities (supply side) by aggregating and rebalancing supply and demand via its automated calculation system for manufacturing costs and databases of fabrication facilities across Japan.

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6 investors and founders spotlight SaaS, B2B and medtech as Wroclaw’s hot startup sectors

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In short, the city appears to be strong in areas such as B2B, SaaS, marketplace, B2C, gaming and medtech. Most of our VCs, in my opinion, are focused on B2B, SaaS or marketplace-like startups. Software development, project and product management, design, DevOps. There are also GlucoActive, LiveChat, Optimatik.

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Extra Crunch roundup: B2B marketplaces, edtech M&A, breaking into the $1M ARR club

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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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The Problem with Product Market Fit (and What to Use Instead)

Speaker: Daniel Elizalde - Product Executive and Advisor

Unfortunately, most B2B companies go through the innovation journey using abstract terms and intangible metrics, such as “trying to reach product market fit.” Our role as Product Managers is to eliminate confusion, not add to it. Our role as Product Managers is to eliminate confusion, not add to it.

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Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia backs cross-border payments startup Tazapay

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He began as a product manager for the e-commerce vertical at Indian bank ICICI, before moving onto position at NETS, PayPal and Stripe. Shinghal said the service supports a wide range of customers, including B2B operations, e-commerce platforms selling directly to consumers and B2B2C.

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Layoffs spell opportunity for some fintech startups

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Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. The B2B payments company raised $200 million at a unicorn valuation in 2021. billion valuation.

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