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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C. A few themes which have emerged from our 13 most recent investments: CONSUMER (B2C). Network Effect B2B. Physical-World Ecommerce. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B).

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

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In contrast, it left several e-trends: augmented reality, zero coding, the marketplace boom, and product subscriptions are just a few of them. So let’s reveal the e-commerce trends of 2022 and predict the trends for 2023, or, as we may say, crack the Da Vinci code. People love reviews, and everyone reads them before making a purchase.

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B2B Marketplaces Revisited

Version One Ventures

Yet today, the world of B2B marketplaces still lags far behind its B2C counterpart. An online marketplace can help buying agents evaluate potential partners by adding company profiles, operational performance data as well as customer ratings and reviews. Alibaba is an exception. Transaction fees.

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How to Solve the Biggest Shipping and Fulfillment Challenges of 2019

Up and Running

By 2021, global B2C ecommerce sales are expected to surpass $4.5 Late or missing deliveries drive B2C customers to competitors. Because each carrier has a unique set of services and prices, it’s important to practice due diligence when it comes to analyzing what your needs are. Also, avoid using an open Wi-Fi network.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. It has however, a clever marketing launch to build traction: a new user can reserve a username (capture interest), but requires 10 followers (or some hustle) to get an invite code.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

1- Network marketing is one such industry. Network marketing is one such industry that relies only on acquiring new customers. Digital transactions are now moving beyond B2C transactions & venturing into B2B, P2P, cross-border remittances, & more. Photo Credit: Hannah Dworkin. Thanks to Hannah Dworkin, USScrapYard !

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Traction is the new IP

Version One Ventures

“Traction is the new IP ” sums up perfectly how the technology space has evolved over the past decade due to the nature of the web. In today’s web landscape, word of mouth drives adoption and can lead to “winner takes all” (or almost all) in both B2C and B2B markets.

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