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Virtual Bagel Brand Offers Consumers  ‘Inexpensive Luxury’ amid Inflation
Virtual Bagel Brand Offers Consumers ‘Inexpensive Luxury’ amid Inflation
December 05, 2022  |  Merchant Innovation

As consumers reevaluate their spending, direct-to-consumer (D2C) food brands have had luck selling affordable indulgences. For example, PopupBagels, a virtual brand launched during the pandemic as...

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French Location Analytics Firm Mytraffic Nets $30M for Expansion
French Location Analytics Firm Mytraffic Nets $30M for Expansion
November 08, 2022  |  Data

French location analytics company Mytraffic has raised 30 million euros ($30.1 million) in a Series B funding round. According to published reports Tuesday (Nov. 8),...

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Europe VC Dealmaking Slows in Q3, Startups Turn to Buyouts as Markets Cool
Europe VC Dealmaking Slows in Q3, Startups Turn to Buyouts as Markets Cool
November 03, 2022  |  Investments

Despite a continent-wide economic slowdown and comparatively deflated financial markets, Europe is on track to match last year’s record-breaking venture capital (VC) activity, which saw over...

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FoodTech Investments Help Streamline Africa’s Agriculture Trade, Connect Fragmented Supply Chains
FoodTech Investments Help Streamline Africa’s Agriculture Trade, Connect Fragmented Supply Chains
October 09, 2022  |  Supply Chain

Africa’s startup ecosystem raised nearly $5 billion in venture capital (VC) funding last year, twice as much as in 2020. For Zekarias Amsalu, founder and...

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Special Events Platform Carats & Cake Raises $10.6M
Special Events Platform Carats & Cake Raises $10.6M
September 22, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Carats & Cake, a financial operating system for the events industry, has raised $10.6 million in Series A funding. “With this latest financing, we plan...

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FTX Helps Raise Crypto Startup Mysten Labs Valuation to $2B
FTX Helps Raise Crypto Startup Mysten Labs Valuation to $2B
September 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency startup Mysten Labs has raised $300 million, bringing the valuation of the firm to more than $2 billion. As the Wall Street Journal reported...

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B2B Payment Funding Down — But Not Out
B2B Payment Funding Down — But Not Out
September 06, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Venture capital, private equity, seed and angel funding have been in the doldrums this summer, but there has been activity in the B2B payments space....

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El Salvador Weekly: Bonds Bounce Back
El Salvador Weekly: Bonds Bounce Back
August 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In late July, a Morgan Stanley analyst told clients that they should buy El Salvador’s badly distressed bonds, which have repeatedly been cut deep into...

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Female Entrepreneurs Poised for Boost From New Tech, Regulation, Interest in ESG
Female Entrepreneurs Poised for Boost From New Tech, Regulation, Interest in ESG
July 29, 2022  |  Startups

Female-led companies made meaningful gains in 2021, but the work of using digital technology to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs is just starting...

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