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Meet the new Cloud Unicorn from Israel: Melio raises $110m to transform B2B payments

Cracking the Code

The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. On the back of this momentum, Melio today announced a $110m funding round, rocketing the company to a valuation of $1.3b

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In Q4 2022, founders face tough choices

VC Cafe

But even in the seed market the bar could get higher: I wouldn’t be surprised to see valuations drop and for VCs to have rising expectations about the level of traction they expect to see before funding. And finally Israel, the market I cover primarily with Remagine Ventures , was also down 36%, resembling the 2020 levels.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

“Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Valuation: $1M – $3M. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries. B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . By contrast, Right Side Capital has a very tight thesis : .

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How To Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

Steve Blank

Others are cutting their valuations. B2B – cloud services, online meetings, virtual workforce management, collaboration tools. If appropriate, offer to sign a longer agreement in exchange for lower cash payments in 2020 and 2021. If you were expecting angel or venture funding get on the phone to your investor(s).

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Which Competitors May Attract Wirecard’s Clients ?

Transformify

Unsurprisingly, the shares of Wirecard plummeted and the valuation of the company went down to just EUR 5bn (as of June 18 th , 2020) versus the EUR 24bn two years ago. Rapyd’s solutions are tailored to marketplaces, gig economy, banks, fintechs, eCommerce, lenders, remittances and B2B payments.

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Is there a marketing crunch in Israel? A chat with an Israeli Unicorn CMO

VC Cafe

In November 2020, Appsflyer announced a $210 million round led by Salesforce Ventures at over $2 billion valuation. When I started at AppsFlyer I didn’t google ‘how to build a B2B marketing plan’. Mobile advertising is at the forefront of Marketing, so I think you’ll appreciate Ran’s perspective.

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It’s Back & Better Than Ever! Announcing NextView’s Everyday Economy Virtual Accelerator

View from Seed

We’re running our new and improved accelerator program back, we’re doubling our offering and raising the valuation cap (hello $400K) , and we’d love for you and your team to apply. When we broadcasted our first accelerator program back in April of 2020, we were looking to answer two questions: . “Why the increase in capital?

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