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Listen Up! Why Revolution Ventures is Investing in Indianapolis-based Casted

Revolution

As short-form media consumption and the effectiveness of influencer-style marketing have increased, and as enterprises continue to search for better customer acquisition and engagement channels, podcasting has been fueled to a multi-billion-dollar category with nearly 2M shows hosted in 2020ยน.

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B2B social management platform Oktopost raises $20M growth round with Expedition

TechCrunch

Today that changes with a growth funding round of a $20 million minority investment from London-based growth equity firm Expedition Growth Capital. It can also handle social listening and analytics.

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VertoFX picks up $10M for cross-border payments play in emerging markets

TechCrunch

VertoFX , a global B2B payments platform that allows small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to make payments to their suppliers, today announced that it has closed $10 million in Series A funding. Quona Capital , an emerging fintech-focused venture capital firm, led the round.

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Wire grabs fresh funding for secure messaging tech thatโ€™s big with G7 governments

TechCrunch

While the relatively modest size of the Series C versus last year’s B looks to be a reflection of Wire’s rising revenues mediating its need for external capital — with turnover up 2x since last year and the co-MD saying it’s aiming to double revenues again over the next year.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: weโ€™re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . 2) Market .

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Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: weโ€™re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most funds raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . 2) Market .

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YC-backed Amenli raises $2.3M to provide insurance to Egyptian consumers

TechCrunch

Recently, some startups such as Lami , Ctrl and Naked have sought to take on each regional market by storm, armed with the necessary capital to scale. And these providers focus on the B2B market because they lack the tools to access the mass retail market. Life after YC has been great for Amenli.