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Shopify’s Biggest Ever API Update, How to Double Your Business Valuation in a Year, LinkedIn Events: Newsletter October 18, 2019
Shopify has announced the release of its largest API update to date, releasing many of the features originally announced at Shopify Unite 2019. As part of this update, requesting data from Shopify will be a faster process, the function for storing data without allowing other apps access by way of private metadata scoping will be introduced, themes will be able to natively support international translations and the Revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2) will be implemented across countries in the European Economic Area.
Baremetrics Update, Moz Free SEO Tools, Americans with Disabilities Act, EMnify Raises €8 million Series A: Newsletter October 11, 2019
Baremetrics, a market leader in subscription business metrics, has relaunched Recover 3.0 to help SaaS and subscription businesses prevent delinquent churn. Subscription businesses lose on average about 9% MRR from expired credit cards, insufficient funds and bank issues, according to Baremetrics, so this newly revamped dunning solution offers users a combination of insights that use personalized in-app reminders and paywalls, credit card capture forms, email campaigns and detailed analytics to prevent failed payments. Business owners can use the tool free of charge until they recover their first $1,000, and the tool comes with a free month guarantee due to its claimed ability to pay for itself 38x over on average.
Taboola Mega-Merger, EU slams Facebook and Oracle Bids on CrowdTwist: Newsletter October 4, 2019
The AdTech world this week saw content distribution companies Taboola and Outbrain merge in a deal which will grant Taboola a 70% stake in the merged company in exchange for $250 million paid to Outbrain shareholders. Taboola Founder and CEO Adam Singolda will lead the new entity of around 2,250 employees with offices in New York, Tel Aviv and several other cities around the world. Taboola, which rose as a leader in the global content distribution market, has raised $160 million from investors to date.
Google Update, Amazon Dealt Blow by Microsoft, Dropbox Rollout: Newsletter September 27, 2019
In yet another blow to Amazon, Microsoft has this week unveiled Dynamics 365 Commerce, a resource for online merchants to manage their stores, which integrates with complementary Microsoft software to allow business owners access to functions such as communicating with customers following a purchase or creating visual analyses of sales. Microsoft is increasingly gaining market share from AWS with retailers like Walmart, Kroger and Walgreens, and this recent launch represents a new expansion to compete with Amazon in the SMB e-commerce space.
Stripe Raises More Funding, Amazon Changes Review System & France Champions Tech Startups: Newsletter September 20, 2019
Following last week’s announcements at Stripe Sessions, the SaaS payments leader has now shared it is raising $250 million to continue its powerful growth trajectory. Stripe’s new valuation of $35 billion for this round of fundraising represents a 55% increase from where it was valued during its last fundraising round earlier this year.
Shopify fires at Amazon, Stripe Capital Announced & WeWork Flop: Newsletter September 13, 2019
Stripe has announced the launch of Stripe Capital, a new lending program for online businesses. As part of their mission to facilitate investment in growth for small digital businesses, loans are approved through an expedited process, funds are deployed the next day and business owners repay the principal as and when the business earns sales revenue rather than on a fixed day of the month. While competitors in the space include PayPal and Square, a recent valuation of $22.5 billion makes Stripe the most valuable private fintech company in the world.
Stripe Announces New Lending Program, Splunk, Facebook: Newsletter September 6, 2019
Stripe has announced the launch of Stripe Capital, a new lending program for online businesses. As part of their mission to facilitate investment in growth for small digital businesses, loans are approved through an expedited process, funds are deployed the next day and business owners repay the principal as and when the business earns sales revenue rather than on a fixed day of the month. While competitors in the space include PayPal and Square, a recent valuation of $22.5 billion makes Stripe the most valuable private fintech company in the world.
*NEW* Marketing Report: 4 Billion Emails Analyzed, Datadog IPO and China Trade War: Newsletter August 30, 2019
Datadog, a leading cloud-based infrastructure monitoring company, has this week submitted documentation for an IPO. Datadog’s prospectus shows a placeholder amount of $100 million for the public offering, though this number is expected to rise. Datadog, a New York based company, saw revenue growth of 82% YoY to reach a quarterly revenue run rate of $333 million as of June 2019.
Amazon Sellers, Amazon India, Google Ad Campaign Updates: Newsletter August 23, 2019
Following anti-trust investigations into Amazon by the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, Amazon sellers are sharing grievances around the e-commerce giant’s unfair practices. Citing Amazon’s greater access to seller data, complaints allege that the platform uses their access to sales data to compete with bestselling third-party products, which currently make up $307 billion of Amazon’s $1.1 trillion enterprise value (58% of all items sold). Also listed in complaints against the platform is Amazon’s lack of notice when suspending sellers.
