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Saltbox raises $10.6M to help booming e-commerce stores store their goods

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E-commerce is booming, but among the biggest challenges for entrepreneurs of online businesses are finding a place to store the items they are selling and dealing with the logistics of operating. We became aware of the lack of physical workspace for SMBs engaged in commerce,” Scriven told TechCrunch. “If

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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

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As video commerce becomes the norm and entertainers, brands, businesses, and franchises of all sizes and stripes look to cut out the middle man, the array of services on offer from Maestro may be the scissors these entities need to cut the cord. “ We’re helping creators make money and build a business on top of video. ”

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PayDragon Takes On Frictionless Mobile E-Commerce

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Hamilton Chan, head of PayDragon , has what might be considered a enormously ambitious goal: totally frictionless, mobile e-commerce. Chan is one step closer to that--or perhaps, as close as you're going to get--with PayDragon's latest mobile app, which lets users scan in a UPC on any item, and instantly order that item for delivery by mail.

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Entrepreneurship Runs Deep In SoCal, As Even Monks Go Into E-Commerce

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In one more example of why Southern California has become a hotbed for new, technology-based startups, a group of local Benedictine monks in Valyermo--just north of Los Angeles near Palmdale--apparently has its own, hot e-commerce startup, MonksInk.com. Monks are better known for selling things like beer , cheese , and honey. READ MORE>>.

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Performance marketing agency MuteSix bets on content and data to boost DTC e-commerce

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Warby Parker filing to IPO last week was one more sign that direct-to-consumer (DTC) is an extremely powerful e-commerce trend. They also have a very smart and efficient approach to creative development that was critical to helping us scale,” she wrote. (If At the time, it was doing Facebook media buying for e-commerce companies.

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TrackStreet Takes $2M For E-Commerce Monitoring

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Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.

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Squarespace raises $300M at a staggering $10B valuation

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Squarespace founder & CEO Anthony Casalena said the fresh capital will advance the company’s growth initiatives and help it scale its product suite. Squarespace, which has helped millions create their own websites, was founded in 2003 and bootstrapped until a $38.5

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