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Colombian e-commerce enablement startup Melonn raises $20M to help SMBs scale in LatAm

TechCrunch

They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company. Additionally, Melonn works with a range of transportation providers, including incumbents such as FedEx or DHL and last-mile startups, to reduce shipping times and costs. .

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Croatia’s Gideon Brothers raises $31M for its 3D vision-enabled autonomous warehouse robots

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Proving that Central and Eastern Europe remains a powerhouse of hardware engineering matched with software, Gideon Brothers (GB), a Zagreb, Croatia-based robotics and AI startup, has raised a $31 million Series A round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch Industries Inc.,

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FourKites Raises $100M in Series D

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“This latest funding round, following a year of record growth for FourKites, validates our vision of breaking down the barriers across today’s supply chains — between transportation, warehouses, stores and siloed technology systems,” said Mathew Elenjicka l, founder and CEO of FourKites. “We

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Singapore’s TC Ventures invests in German, French startups

AsiaTechDaily

Register Transport Capital , a globally-recognised investment management and advisory firm focused on the maritime and aviation industries, has launched its new venture capital arm named TC Ventures. TC Ventures invites founders around the world who are seeking to disrupt and reimagine the maritime and aviation industries to connect.

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The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win

TechCrunch

Less heralded has been the next wave these disruptors often catalyze: Digital enablers seeking to arm the incumbents against the incursions of their new digital rivals. But in verticals ranging from freight brokerage to B2B marketplaces, these enablers have repeatedly emerged after an initial disruption. and Enable.

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Sylndr, an online used-car retailer, raises $12.6M pre-seed to disrupt Egypt’s automotive market

TechCrunch

So imagine if you enable financing and make the cars much more affordable to people, that’s a core value proposition we want to ship as well,” added El Defrawy, who founded Sylndr with Amr Mazen in November 2021. . “The Almajdouie, the managing partner at RAED Ventures, in a statement.

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Goldman Sachs leads $202M investment in project44, doubling its valuation to $1.2B in a matter of months

TechCrunch

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted a lot in the world, and supply chains are no exception. . But getting real-time access to information from transportation providers has remained somewhat elusive for shippers and logistics companies alike. . A number of applications that aim to solve workflow challenges across the supply chain exist.