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Peeba raises $4.2M to digitize Asia’s B2B wholesale market  

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Over the past two years, Asia’s retailers were forced to do virtual meetings instead of visiting in-person trade shows or conferences to source new brands and products due to the pandemic lockdowns. The startup has secured $4.2 million in seed funding led by Headline Ventures. Tundra, the zero-fee wholesale marketplace, picks up $12 million.

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Use RevOps to develop a customer-led approach to B2B sales

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The media is abuzz with articles telling us how to improve B2B sales, but at the same time, we also see headlines like “The end of B2B sales.” What’s clear is that there’s no more room for traditional B2B sales. In a recent survey, 43% of B2B buyers said they would prefer a buying experience that had no reps involved at all.

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In uncertain times, B2B sales teams must put value front and center

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Often the tech industry’s unsung heroes, B2B sales teams and the revenue they drive are even more important in times of economic instability. In fact, most sales leaders are saying that too many virtual selling tools have negatively impacted their own teams. Planning ahead reduces the risk of frustrating delays near the finish line.

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Duplo digitizes payment flows for African B2B enterprises, gets $4.3M seed funding

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trillion B2B payments market in sub-Saharan Africa is one where merchants commonly use manual invoices and inefficient processes that burden merchants and make them struggle with their businesses. pre-seed to build financial OS for B2B companies in Nigeria. The process of sending and receiving payments in a $1.5

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YC-backed Duplo raises $1.3M pre-seed to build financial OS for B2B companies in Nigeria

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Startups have sought to use technology to digitize processes in Africa’s B2B e-commerce and retail space over the past couple of years. Duplo , a Lagos-based fintech, is attempting to tackle these inefficiencies by digitizing payment flows for B2B companies, starting with those in this industry. Here’s why this is a critical problem.

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InEvent raises $2M for its virtual conference platform

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InEvent , a startup powering virtual and hybrid events, is announcing that it has raised $2 million in seed funding from Storm Ventures. “There’s an opening in the space space for us to be the leader that we want on B2B,” Góes said. “We don’t intend to compete with platforms in the B2C market.”

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Privacy.com rebrands to Lithic, raises $43M for virtual payment cards

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When Privacy.com was founded in 2014, the company’s focus was to let anyone generate virtual and disposable payment card numbers for free. million Series A last July, Privacy.com said it had issued 5 million virtual card numbers. Privacy.com, a virtual payment card startup, raises $10.2M At the time of its $10.2 in Series A.