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

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By Revolution Ventures Managing Partner David Golden and VP Alex Shtarkman As voracious consumers of podcasting content, we could not be more excited to announce our investment in Indianapolis-based Casted , a company reinventing the traditional digital content marketing playbook. Stay tuned! [1]

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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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London’s D awn Capital, a specialist in B2B startups, led the round, with internet giant Tencent and Klarna also participating; previous backers Creandum, Speedinvest, Picus and GFC are also in the round. . Klarna’s investment comes on the back of a major strategic deal between it and Billie.

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

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French startup ManoMano has raised a Series F funding round of $355 million led by Dragoneer Investment Group. In addition to Dragoneer Investment Group, Temasek, General Atlantic, Eurazeo, Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund, Aglaé Ventures, Kismet Holdings and Armat Group are also participating. billion ($1.42 billion at today’s rate).

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

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million to expand its B2B BNPL solution. 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. The investment follows seed funding of $1.7 Berlin-based fintech startup Mondu has taken in €39.9

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

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Cybersecurity training startup Hack The Box , which emerged originally from Greece, has raised a Series A investment round of $10.6 Haris Pylarinos, Hack The Box co-founder and CEO said: “Everything we do is geared around creating a safer internet by empowering corporate teams and individuals to create unbreakable systems.”.

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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. Founded in 2013, Oktopost has only ever registered an $800,000 early-stage funding, and has run on revenues and profit ever since.

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Goalsetter raises $15 million to go B2B with children’s financial literacy app

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The platform even recently introduced a feature called Goalsetter Invest, which allows users to buy and sell stocks. This Series A financing is important in that it marks the company’s entrance into the B2B market. Van Court explained that the decision to move into B2B literally came to her in the middle of the night.