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Balance raises $56M to tip the one-click checkout scales in favor of B2B merchants

TechCrunch

There are many companies bringing one-click checkout to the direct-to-consumer marketplace, but few are developing similar tools for the business-to-business marketplace. B2B payment volume is five times the size of business-to-consumer retail payments, yet much of those payments are not being done online.

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Bangladesh agritech startup iFarmer raises $2.1m in IDLC-led funding

AsiaTechDaily

New York-based Millville Opportunities, and Startup Bangladesh Limited, the flagship venture capital fund of the Bangladesh Government’s ICT Ministry, also participated in the round. We are grateful for the support of our investors, and are excited to serve even more Bangladeshi farmers to help improve their livelihoods.”

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

At GM, I actually got onto the buyout co-investment team that worked on AMF, the bowling company--so I know more about the retail economics of bowling than most people and I still have a bowling pin deal toy in my apartment. I'm also excited to have shared this opportunity with a fantastic syndicate of investors.