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Novi is building a B2B marketplace for brands that care about sustainability

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It’s that old chestnut: You are a fancy-pants brand wanting to make a product that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside because you only use fair-trade, sustainably grown ingredients and materials, but you don’t know where to turn. “Early in my career, I joined the Air Force and I wanted to work on hard problems.

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7 Practical Ways to Create a More Sustainable Organization

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How Small Businesses Can Do Their Part In Sustainability Today I talk with Cooper Wechkin Founder and CEO of RyeStrategy about the business case for a sustainable organization (even for small organizations). We discussed practical and important ways small businesses can do their part toward a more sustainable future.

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Topi raises $45M to power hardware subscriptions for B2B merchants

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A new company is looking to do for B2B hardware sales what a growing number of companies have been doing in the consumer sphere, by making it easier for businesses to pay for equipment in instalments through rentals and subscriptions. million in funding to do something similar for B2B transactions. Access over ownership.

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Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup Alerzo cuts 15% of full-time staff in second round of layoffs

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Alerzo , a Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform that digitizes commerce and payments processes between FMCG suppliers and informal retailers, has laid off 15% of its full-time workforce, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. This is the company’s second round of layoffs in seven months.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Plaid’s staffing story, RevOps for B2B sales, demo day’s demise

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Use RevOps to develop a customer-led approach to B2B sales. Use RevOps to develop a customer-led approach to B2B sales. IT can play a major role in driving sustainability. IT can play a major role in driving sustainability. Crypto mining is approaching a key inflection point. We call that RevOps.”.

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Namibian B2B e-commerce retail platform JABU raises $15M led by Tiger Global

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More venture capital keeps trooping into Africa’s B2B e-commerce retail, a space where startups are digitizing informal trade to get thousands of merchants to operate more efficiently. The round, which closed sometime in March, is Tiger Global’s second investment in the B2B e-commerce space after backing Wasoko in its mega Series B round.

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Kenyan B2B e-commerce platform Marketforce cut about 9% of staff in reorganization strategy

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Kenyan retail B2B and end-to-end distribution platform Marketforce laid off a chunk of its workforce in July, according to sources familiar with the matter. . Kenya’s MarketForce raises $2M, plans to focus on its B2B retail marketplace RejaReja. MarketForce raises $40 million Series A, introduces BNPL merchant stock financing.

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