LimeWire is Back - as an NFT Marketplace
LimeWire has announced it will relaunch as a "mainstream-ready, digital collectibles marketplace for art and entertainment, initially focusing on music" in May, confirming a Tuesday scoop by Slashdot that reported precisely the same thing. Engadget a.....»»
YC-backed Pangea discusses growth, fundraising ahead of demo day
Pangea, a marketplace startup that wants to connect college freelancers and companies in need of digital help, is seeing its growth rate accelerate as it races toward the impending Y Combinator demo day. It’s traditional around this time that s.....»»
eBay To Remove Dr. Seuss Books From Sale Over Offensive Imagery
Online retailer eBay has announced it is working to remove sales of some books from Dr. Seuss over offensive imagery. The Hill reports: A spokesperson for the company told The Wall Street Journal that it is "currently sweeping our marketplace to remo.....»»
Tufin Announces Vulnerability-Based Change Automation App
The newest app in the Marketplace combines Tufin’s security policy automation and vulnerability management capabilities BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$TUFN #automation—Tufin® (NYSE: TUFN), a company pioneering a policy-centric approach.....»»
Unraveling ThredUp’s IPO filing: Slow growth, but a shifting business model
What investors will be willing to pay for ThredUp is going to be very interesting. A bit like Oscar Health, it's a hard company to price. Another day, another venture-backed IPO filing. Today it’s ThredUp, a used-goods marketplace th.....»»
Amazon Rainforest Plots Sold via Facebook Marketplace Ads
Parts of Brazil's Amazon rainforest are being illegally sold on Facebook, the BBC is reporting. From the report: The protected areas include national forests and land reserved for indigenous peoples. Some of the plots listed via Facebook's classified.....»»
Amazon rainforest plots sold via Facebook Marketplace ads
Protected land reserved for Brazil's indigenous communities is being traded on the social network......»»
Why F5 spent $2.2B on 3 companies to focus on cloud native applications
It’s essential for older companies to recognize changes in the marketplace or face the brutal reality of being left in the dust. F5 is an old-school company that launched back in the 90s, yet has been able to transform a number of times in its.....»»
Spain’s Wallapop raises $191M at an $840M valuation for its classifieds marketplace
Through all of the last year’s lockdowns, venue closures, and other social distancing measures that governments have enacted and people have followed to slow the spread of Covid-19, shopping — and specifically e-commerce — has remai.....»»
BigCommerce customers can now sell on Walmart’s online marketplace
BigCommerce has partnered with Walmart to allow its customers to sell on the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer’s ecommerce marketplace, it announced this morning. Shares of Austin-based BigCommerce rose sharply in pre-market trading after th.....»»
EquityBee raises $20M to help startup employees actually afford their stock options
EquityBee, a stock option marketplace startup, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding. Group 11 led the financing, which also included participation from Oren Zeev Ventures, Battery Ventures and ICON Continuity Fund. It brings the comp.....»»
Spotify to launch Spotify Audience Network, an audio ad marketplace
Spotify provided more details today about how it plans to monetize its investments in podcasts. The company said it’s launching a new audio advertising marketplace, the Spotify Audience Network, which will allow advertisers to reach listeners a.....»»
Ageras nabs $73M at a $244M valuation for its accountancy marketplace and bookkeeping tech stack
Vertical marketplaces continue to be a key lynchpin in the digital economy, a centralized place where people providing certain goods or services can connect with those specifically looking to buy them, a position that has, it seems, become even more.....»»
Acast acquires podcasting startup RadioPublic
Podcast advertising company Acast is announcing that it has acquired RadioPublic, the startup that spun out of public radio marketplace PRX in 2016. At first, RadioPublic’s main product was a mobile app for podcast listening, and it still suppo.....»»
YC-backed Queenly launches a marketplace for formalwear
Queenly, a marketplace for formalwear, launched into a world where its core product of dresses and gowns had a massive competitor, bigger and more elusive than Poshmark: quarantine. The coronavirus pandemic has caused the fancy in-person events that.....»»
Wholesale marketplace Abound raises $22.9M
Abound, an online marketplace that helps independent retailers stock their shelves with new products from up-and-coming brands, is announcing that it has raised $22.9 million in its first institutional round of funding. CEO Bill Shope founded the com.....»»
KAR shifting TradeRev customers to BacklotCars, reports Q4 loss
CEO Jim Hallett said dealers seem to favor BacklotCars' 24/7 bid-ask marketplace, vs. the timed auction of TradeRev. The TradeRev brand name will live on in Canada......»»
Gumtree Shpock tie-up could raise fees and reduce choice, warns watchdog
Competition watchdog fears sale of marketplace Gumtree by eBay to owner of Shpock could raise prices......»»
Uber vet raises $5.2M for blue-collar logistics marketplace
After working as a general manager for Uber in Nevada, Jason Radisson realized the need for a way to connect blue-collar workers to companies looking to employ them. So in late 2018, the idea for Shift One — a marketplace aimed at pairing worke.....»»
Fake Amazon reviews being sold "in bulk" for £5 each online
Fake reviews for goods sold on Amazon's Marketplace are being touted "in bulk" for as little as £5 each, according to a consumer group......»»
Fake Amazon reviews "being sold in bulk" online
A Which? investigation found 10 sites offering fake Amazon Marketplace reviews from as little as £5 each......»»