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Cybersecurity training startup Hack The Box raises $10.6M Series A led by Paladin Capital

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million, led by Paladin Capital Group and joined by Osage University Partners, Brighteye Ventures and existing investors Marathon Venture Capital. Talent and capital are shifting cybersecurity investors’ focus away from Silicon Valley. It will use the funding to expand. Most recently it launched Hack The Box Academy.

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Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises $100M on a $640M valuation

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Billie says that this is the largest round yet in the B2B BNPL space — which itself is also getting pretty crowded: competitors in this category include Resolve , a spinout of Affirm; and Tillit , which is backed by Sequoia (which also backs Klarna). says Josh Bell, General Partner at Dawn Capital, in a statement. .

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UK-based Playter closes $55M round for its BNPL platform aimed at SMEs

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is launching BNPL to a B2B market with €4 million. The latest to enter the BNPL field attacking the B2B/SME market is Playter , a London-based BNPL platform aimed at SMEs. Tranch in the U.K. Berlin-based Billie raised about €86.2 The list goes on!

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

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As a result, they lack the ability to extract valuable engagement metrics, integrate content and data with their existing marketing / CRM technology stacks, or effectively atomize and recycle their content in a highly engaging manner across marketing channels.

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ManoMano raises $355 million for its home improvement e-commerce platform

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and Germany in particular — they are Europe’s two biggest markets for home improvement and gardening. ManoMano sells products to hobbyists and also targets the B2B market with ManoManoPro. Recommendations and advice will be key to gain market shares. Overall, customers have initiated 2.3

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Revolution Ventures backs Casted in B2B-focused podcast play

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For Lindsay Tjepkema — who has been entrenched in the world of B2B marketing for more than 15 years — the opportunity was massive. So in 2019, she founded Casted , an audio and video podcast product aimed at B2B marketers. And now Casted has raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Revolution Ventures. .

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

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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.