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Europe Conversational Commerce Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics Databook 2023: 75+ KPIs on End-Use Sectors, Operational KPIs, Product Offering, and Spend By Application 2019-2028 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Social Media, Communications, Other Communications, Spend, WhatsApp, Operational definition, Traction, Application, United Kingdom, Accel, Growth, Salesforce, Retail, Sales, Security (finance)

The "Europe Conversational Commerce Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics Databook - 75+ KPIs on Conversational Commerce Trends by End-Use Sectors, Operational KPIs, Product Offering, and Spend By Application - Q1 2023 Update" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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The "Europe Conversational Commerce Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics Databook - 75+ KPIs on Conversational Commerce Trends by End-Use Sectors, Operational KPIs, Product Offering, and Spend By Application - Q1 2023 Update" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The conversational commerce industry in Europe is expected to grow by 27.8% on annual basis to reach US$230.0 billion in 2023.
To improve customer relationships, engagement, and experience, retailers in Europe are seeking to leverage conversational commerce tools such as WhatsApp.
Furthermore, global giants such as TikTok are also planning to expand their presence in the conversational commerce industry in Europe.

Europe Conversational Commerce Market Intelligence Report 2023-2028: Retailers are Forging Alliances with WhatsApp to Optimize the Shopping Experiences

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Monday, May 29, 2023

Spend, WhatsApp, Operational definition, Traction, Application, United Kingdom, Accel, Growth, Salesforce, Sales, Security (finance), Retail

To improve customer relationships, engagement, and experience, retailers in Europe are seeking to leverage conversational commerce tools such as WhatsApp.

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To improve customer relationships, engagement, and experience, retailers in Europe are seeking to leverage conversational commerce tools such as WhatsApp.
Furthermore, global giants such as TikTok are also planning to expand their presence in the conversational commerce industry in Europe.
To reach more customers and enhance their shopping experience and brand engagement, retailers have turned to WhatsApp to leverage conversational commerce capabilities in France.
Furthermore, the publisher also expects more retailers to forge alliances with WhatsApp, as conversational commerce continues to grow in popularity among customers in Europe.

Moonfire Ventures Raises $115m Fund to Back and Scale the Best Early-Stage Startups in Europe

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Moonfire Ventures is today announcing it has raised $115 million to continue backing Europe’s best early-stage startups.

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Moonfire Ventures is today announcing it has raised $115 million to continue backing Europe’s best early-stage startups.
Since its launch in 2020, by former Atomico co-founder Mattias Ljungman, Moonfire has been building the most advanced quantitative VC firm in Europe.
Having defined this approach with Fund I, Moonfire is taking it to the next level with Fund II.
In addition to its $90M Fund II, the firm has raised $25M to double down on its winners via its Opportunity Fund.

Stacklok Announces $17.5 million Series A To Secure the Supply Chain of Software Deployment

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Stacklok today announced Series A funding to bring enterprise-grade security solutions to developers actively working with open-source software.

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Stacklok today announced Series A funding to bring enterprise-grade security solutions to developers actively working with open-source software.
The last few years have seen the emergence of exploits developed by sophisticated hostile actors that directly target the software supply chain - i.e.
As software supply chain threats continue to evolve, DSPM will play an increasingly vital role in safeguarding the software ecosystem and the organizations that rely on it.
For more information about Stacklok and its pioneering open-source software supply chain security solutions, visit www.stacklok.com or contact:
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230517005276/en/

TrueBridge Expands Into the U.K.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Other Professional Services, Professional Services, Human Resources, Well, Software as a service, PE, Bain Capital, SeatGeek, Acquisition, Recharge, Khosla Ventures, United Kingdom, VC, Openness, Accel

Experienced interim executive recruiter Lydia Denham leads TrueBridge’s U.K. operations from London, reporting to CEO David Beuerlein in the U.S.

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Experienced interim executive recruiter Lydia Denham leads TrueBridge’s U.K. operations from London, reporting to CEO David Beuerlein in the U.S.
Together, their backgrounds exemplify strengths of the TrueBridge offering.
Rooted in technology, TrueBridge offers clients an intimate understanding of the talent needs of VC and PE companies.
The launch of TrueBridge in the U.K. builds on the success in the U.S., where TrueBridge has made a lasting impact on the leadership teams of large companies like SeatGeek and Recharge.

Accel introduces Atoms 3.0 with sector-focused thematic cohorts for early-stage companies

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Since then, Atoms has invested in 24 companies across two cohorts.

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Since then, Atoms has invested in 24 companies across two cohorts.
These companies have since raised a total of over $160mn in funding
Atoms 3.0 will have two theme/sector based cohorts - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Industry 5.0.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Accel, one of India's top VC firms, today unveiled the new avatar of its Atoms program - Atoms 3.0, which will have two theme/sector based cohorts - Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Industry 5.0.
Based on feedback from our founders in cohorts 1 and cohort 2 - we launched Atoms 3.0 as a thematic cohort program.

Jellyfish Announces Availability of Engineering Management Platform in AWS Marketplace

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

BOSTON, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jellyfish , the leading Engineering Management Platform (EMP), today announced the immediate availability of their platform in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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BOSTON, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jellyfish , the leading Engineering Management Platform (EMP), today announced the immediate availability of their platform in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Jellyfish customers will now enjoy the streamlined procurement process AWS Marketplace offers through consolidated billing and custom pricing.
"Our platform aligns engineering investment and efforts to business priorities to maximize business impact and outcomes."
By making the platform available on AWS Marketplace, Jellyfish is making these benefits accessible to all AWS customers.

Tema, Backed by Index, Accel and Zinal, Expands Access to Innovative Investment Themes Through Launch of Active ETF Platform

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Monday, May 8, 2023

Fintech, Asset Management, Professional Services, Finance, Biotechnology, Aberdeen Asset Management, Revolut, ICAP, NEX, Bridgewater Associates, Accel, Growth, Robin Hood, Financial adviser, ETF, Index Ventures

Tema Global (“Tema”) announces the launch of its ETF platform focused on expert-led, institutional grade thematic ETFs.

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Tema Global (“Tema”) announces the launch of its ETF platform focused on expert-led, institutional grade thematic ETFs.
Tema is underpinned by a next generation end-to-end infrastructure solution that will also allow the turnkey launch of ETFs by external fund managers.
In doing so, Tema will expand access to top tier investment managers and innovative themes for the benefit of the entire investment community.
As of Q4-2022, global active equity ETF assets remain below $150 billion, versus over $20 trillion in active equity mutual fund assets.

TabaPay Ranked Among Top Merchant Acquirers by Nilson Report

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

TabaPay was also recognized as the 20th largest merchant acquirer in the U.S. based on Visa and Mastercard volume.

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TabaPay was also recognized as the 20th largest merchant acquirer in the U.S. based on Visa and Mastercard volume.
The report also recognized TabaPay as:
One of 11 merchant acquirers with an increase of over 25% in other credit card purchase volume outside of Mastercard and Visa networks in 2022.
TabaPay moved up a spot as a CNP acquirer and five spots as a merchant acquirer, from Nilson Report’s previous annual rankings.
“We are seeing tremendous growth in transaction volumes as evidenced by TabaPay moving up in the Nilson Report annual rankings.

commercetools Achieves Centaur Status Surpassing the $100M Live ARR Milestone

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Software as a service, Omnichannel, USD, B2C, Sephora, Danone, ARR, Commerce, Magic, NBCUniversal, Accel, Growth, Volkswagen Group, API, Digital, Ulta Beauty, Online shopping

To date, there are less than 200 centaurs, which makes this designation significantly more rare than the estimated over 1200 tech companies that share unicorn status.

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To date, there are less than 200 centaurs, which makes this designation significantly more rare than the estimated over 1200 tech companies that share unicorn status.
In 2022, it was estimated that roughly 70 centaurs would emerge, but due to macroeconomic conditions only 50 came to fruition.
This milestone is widely viewed as an indicator of a clear path to near-term profitability –– an atypical expectation during economic instability in the global technology sector.
"commercetools' momentum and resiliency over the past year has been astounding, and we're confident in their continued innovation and growth."