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Salesforce launches Starter to ward off competition in the SMB segment

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Salesforce has made its customer relationship management (CRM) suite, dubbed Starter, generally available in an effort to garner more market share in the small and medium businesses (SMBs) segment as it faces stiff competition from rivals such as Zoho. So, what is Salesforce Starter?

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Katana, an ERP for SMB manufacturers, raises $34M

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ERP is a form of business management software that can serve any number of functions inside a company, from marketing and risk management, to supply chain management and beyond. “As manufacturing moves closer to the ever-increasingly conscious consumer, brands that rely on local production and inventory are gaining market share.

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Ukrainian startup Zeely raises $1M for SMB growth app aimed at US, UK, Brazil, Mexico

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This is especially true in emerging markets like Latin America, where SMEs comprise 99.5% Zeely’s users are so far spread across the US, UK, and emerging markets such as Brazil and Mexico. In the future, we plan to introduce more affordable pricing plans for the LatAm market. of firms in the region.

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Justworks files to take its SMB-focused, HR-themed SaaS business public

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The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. So, SMB-focused, HR-themed SaaS. In simpler terms, are SMB customers as churn-heavy as we’ve been historically warned by venture capitalists?). Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. Does the company have churn under control?

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Nexi, the Italian payments giant, buys Germany’s Orderbird for $140-150M to expand its SMB strategy

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Orderbird will continue to operate as its own brand, becoming a central part of Nexi’s push into the SMB segment. We want to be at the heart of its SMB strategy.” “Together with Orderbird, we underline our commitment to the integrated software market, while enhancing our offer to hospitality clients.”

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WizeHire lands fresh cash to expand its SMB-focused hiring platform

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WizeHire , a hiring service for small- and medium-sized (SMB) businesses, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global with participation from Amplo and Mercury. Comparing candidates in WizeHire’s dashboard. ” WizeHire was founded in 2014 by Upadhyay and Jay Niblick.

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Novo, the SMB neobank, nabs $90M at a $700M valuation

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There are a number of fintechs, some that describe themselves as challenger banks, in the market today catering to SMBs. (We’ve They are the only ones we are concerned with because they own 99% of the market,” said Michel Rangel, CEO of Novo, in an interview earlier this month.

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