
eCommerce Fundraising News
B2B payments company Flywire files their IPO S-1
Payments is a hot space, and more so for B2B payments. There are only so many players out there.
Weav raises $4.3M to become Plaid for B2B fintech
Impressive amount of traction for a young startup. It wants to be the connectivity layer between the eCom platform and all sorts of interesting B2B payment scenarios, so that as a merchant you don’t need to build these custom.
Fraud-fighter Sift raises $50M to tackle eCommerce crime worldwide
$50M at a $1B+ valuation is extremely unusual in this world. The headline says they want to acquire companies which means this is just a cash-flow raise. Strong positive signal.
Candex the “Venmo for business” raises $20M Series A
The company is designed to streamline B2B payments to suppliers. Competitive space but payments is always hot.
Signifiyd raises an additional $205m to continue to battle payment complexity
While this is a crowded space, I would look for them in the IPO markets (perhaps SPAC) in the next two years tops.