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rali_cap gets backing from global VCs and launches $30M fintech fund for emerging markets

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Rali_cap , an early-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging markets fintech, has launched a $30 million fund. while the rest are spread across Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, markets where they deployed more than $6 million last year. About 40% are based in the U.S.,

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Canadian CIOs discuss driving a successful hybrid cloud roadmap

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B2C experiences such as online shopping, expedited delivery and superior security and data storage are expected as standard services by customers. Many agreed that securing new talent with the proper technology training was difficult in the current market. End user consumer technology expectation came up in the discussion.

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B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups

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They were already growing more quickly than most B2C marketplaces that predated them, and when COVID shutdowns hit, many companies scrambled to shift all purchasing online. This is particularly common in the commodities market, where futures contracts specify a commodity to be delivered on a certain date in the future.

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Motosumo scores $6M to spin up a challenge to Peloton

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The new funding will go on doubling its network of spin class instructors across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, expanding its tech team and upping its marketing. “We’ve recently made the move to our B2C offering (Motosumo),” CEO Kresten Juel Jensen tells TechCrunch.

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Mecho Autotech gets $2.15M to expand vehicle maintenance and repair services in Nigeria

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The company, in a statement, said it will use the capital “to expand its multi-channel service capacity, engineering team, and marketing budget for B2C acquisition.”. So what we did was create a network of vetted technicians across 35 states out in Nigeria to tackle the poor vehicle maintenance culture in Nigeria,” he said.

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For British agency Ascendant, growth marketing is much more than a set of tactics

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Growth marketing is often misconceived as a set of tactics when it’s much more: It is a process that startups need to put in place in their early days that will scale as their customer base and internal teams grow. ” (If you too have growth marketers to recommend, please fill out the survey !). If you are in the U.K.,

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StudyFree, an international student scholarships and grants platform, raises $3M seed

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StudyFree — which connects students with international educational opportunities via a community-driven B2C SaaS model — has raised a $3 million seed investment round led by I2BF Global Ventures, TMT Investments and Techstars. We estimate the international overseas education market is 15 million students per year.”. million in funding.

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