8fig Raises a Series B Of Equity and Credit

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Written By Rick Watson

8fig is a fintech platform that aligns continuous, adaptable capital to supply chain demands.

8fig has traditionally been a financing company for companies with cash constraints, but is starting to build out outsourced planning functions.  One of its new features is called, and I’m not making this up, Artificial Intelligence CFO, which sounds like a dystopian nightmare character within Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey.  

I’m sorry Dave, we can’t afford that.

TechCrunch: 8fig gives smaller e-commerce businesses the ‘C-suite’ they’ve always wanted

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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