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Napster just sold for $207 million

Engadget

The once-iconic music-sharing platform Napster just sold for $207 million, according to reporting by CNBC. In other words, a platform from 1999 will be used as part of a technology that seemingly peaked in 2021. It only took a couple of years for mounting legal battles to catch up to the platform and it declared bankruptcy in 2001.

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Ford says it will go all-electric in Europe by 2030

The Verge

Ford will only sell electric vehicles in Europe by 2030, it said Wednesday. In 2019, the company struck a deal with Volkswagen to use the German auto giant’s electric-vehicle modular electric vehicle platform. VW’s MEB platform will serve as the basis for 15 million electric cars the automaker aims to sell.

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Bigblue wants to automate e-commerce fulfillment in Europe

TechCrunch

million seed round (€3 million) to build an end-to-end fulfillment solution in Europe. You can expect more integrations with e-commerce platforms, ERPs and marketplaces. Meet Bigblue , a French startup that just raised a $3.6 Bigblue doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. The company will also improve product returns and delivery ETAs.

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Charles raises $20M to bring conversational commerce to WhatsApp in Europe

TechCrunch

Charles’ platform in action. On top of that, retailers can use the Charles platform to create automated opt-in flows (e.g. Conversational commerce comes to Europe. One point worth noting is that Charles has specifically built its platform with Europe’s data privacy laws (i.e. GDPR) firmly in mind.

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Flutterwave acquires Disha, a creator platform that planned to shutter in February

TechCrunch

In February, Disha , a Nigeria-based platform that allows digital creators to curate, sell digital content, create portfolios and receive payments from their audience globally, announced that it was closing shop. and Europe, it is well-positioned to facilitate transactions around owning and selling these digital experiences.

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Nigerian retail automation platform Bumpa raises $4M, led by Base10 Partners

TechCrunch

However, after gaining little traction, it was clear that Bumpa had to evolve to meet the growing demands of businesses on the platform, including recording sales and bookkeeping, inventory tracking, and storing customer details. We want to be that connecting platform on the continent. The play is similar to what Charles has in Europe.

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Czech on-demand grocery delivery startup Rohlik bags $230M to expand across Europe

TechCrunch

Founded in 2014, Rohlik’s funding comes at an interesting and key moment in the online grocery business, in Europe and beyond. Even with some (very much not all) countries in Europe relaxing parts of their orders, grocery has remained a very-much used online category in markets where it is available.

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