LimeWire is relaunching...as an NFT marketplace
Remember all those hours spent on LimeWire, sorting through "free" albums and downloading 2000s cult films? Well, the file-sharing service is making a return – only this time, as an NFT marketplace.The defunct platform is getting a crypto makeo.....»»
Factory14 raises $200M to jump into the Amazon marketplace roll-up race
It doesn’t feel like a week goes by at the moment that another startup doesn’t emerge armed with a huge wallet of cash to pursue a strategy of consolidating and then scaling promising brands that have built a business selling on marketpla.....»»
Twitter to revamp user profiles with About tab, support for pronouns, ‘confirmed’ status and more
Alongside news that Twitter is relaunching its account verification system to the public, the company previewed a slate of changes that will soon come to Twitter profiles. In addition to your name, photo, banner, bio and other features available toda.....»»
Zoom Events Will Try To Re-create the In-person Conference Experience
Zoom is announcing an expanded live events product today that's launching this summer. From a report: Zoom Events builds on Zoom's previous paid event marketplace, OnZoom, by layering in features that can support larger multiday events and non-video.....»»
Back Market raises $335M for its refurbished device marketplace, now valued at $3.2B
French startup Back Market — a marketplace for refurbished electronics goods — has raised a $335 million Series D funding round led by General Atlantic. Today’s funding round values the startup — which says it now has 5 million cu.....»»
Egyptian furniture marketplace Homzmart lands $15M Series A for MENA expansion
In most parts of Africa and the Middle East, a consumer journey and experience in buying furniture is not fun. A typical shopping process would entail looking out for the best price and quality and asking for recommendations and checking offline stor.....»»
Ankorstore raises another $102 million for its wholesale marketplace
French startup Ankorstore has raised a $102 million Series B funding round (€84 million). Tiger Global and Bain Capital Ventures are leading today’s funding round with existing investors Index Ventures, GFC, Alven and Aglaé also participating. T.....»»
Gojek and Tokopedia merge to form GoTo Group
Ride-hailing giant Gojek and marketplace Tokopedia said on Monday they have combined their businesses to form GoTo Group, the largest technology group in Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation that is currently navigating to contain the economic.....»»
India’s Moglix valued at $1 billion in $120 million fundraise
Moglix, an industrial business-to-business marketplace in India, said on Monday it has raised $120 million in a new financing round at $1 billion valuation, becoming the 13th firm from the world’s second largest market to attain the unicorn sta.....»»
Revamped EPA website shows increased climate change risks
After a gap of more than four years, the Environmental Protection Agency is relaunching a website highlighting evidence of climate change in the United States, including rising temperatures, increased ocean acidity, sea level rise, river flooding, dr.....»»
Vinted raises $303M for its 2nd-hand clothes marketplace, used by 45M and now valued at $4.5B
The circular economy — where consumers themselves are both the suppliers and buyers of goods and services — has come into its own in the last year of lockdown living as a popular and trusted way to buy and sell things. Now one of the larg.....»»
Webinar: How to fuel your DevSecOps in AWS
SANS and AWS Marketplace webinar: How to fuel your DevSecOps in AWS Learn how to build a strategy that encompasses visibility and automation for the DevSecOps pipeline in AWS. Register Now!.....»»
Walmart’s Flipkart to cover insurance for all sellers in India and waive additional fees
Walmart-owned Flipkart is exempting storage and cancellation fees for sellers on its marketplace and also providing them with insurance coverage as the top e-commerce platform in India looks to maintain cordial relationships with more than 300,000 se.....»»
Taking an invention from idea to the marketplace
Lockdown spurred many people to invent new products, but how did they get to market?.....»»
Following Apple’s launch of privacy labels, Google to add a ‘safety’ section in Google Play
Months after Apple’s App Store introduced privacy labels for apps, Google announced its own mobile app marketplace, Google Play, will follow suit. The company today pre-announced its plans to introduce a new “safety” section in Goog.....»»
Snap to launch a new Creator Marketplace this month, initially focused on Lens Creators
Snap on Wednesday announced its plan to soon launch a Creator Marketplace, which will make it easier for businesses to find and partner with Snapchat creators, including lens creators, AR creators and later, prominent Snapchat creators known as Snap.....»»
Metafy adds $5.5M to its seed round as the market for games coaching grows
This morning Metafy, a distributed startup building a marketplace to match gamers with instructors, announced that it has closed an additional $5.5 million to its $3.15 million seed round. Call it a seed-2, seed-extension or merely a baby Series A; F.....»»
Founded by former Carousell and Fave execs, Rainforest gets $36M to consolidate Asia-Pacific Amazon Marketplace brands
Singapore-based Rainforest is one of the newest entrants in the wave of startups that “roll-up” small e-commerce brands. Launched in January by alumni from some of Southeast Asia’s top startups, including Carousell, OVO and Fave, Rainforest acq.....»»
Una Brands launches with $40M to roll up brands on multiple Asia-Pacific e-commerce platforms
One of the biggest funding trends of the past year is companies that consolidate small e-commerce brands. Many of the most notable startups in the space, like Thrasio, Berlin Brands Group and Branded Group, focus on consolidating Amazon Marketplace s.....»»
Music mixing marketplace EngineEars raises $1M, with help from Kendrick Lamar
Music mixing marketplace EngineEars raises $1M, with help from Kendrick Lamar.....»»
IAC’s NurseFly rebrands to Vivian Health as it expands its healthcare jobs marketplace
NurseFly, the healthcare jobs marketplace owned by IAC, has rebranded to Vivian Health as it expands its range of services. Originally launched for traveling nurses (or nurses willing to travel for short-term positions), Vivian Health now includes li.....»»