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TikTok sunsets its creator marketplace for TikTok One, a broader solution with AI tools

TikTok is preparing to sunset its creator marketplace in favor of a new, more expanded experience, the company has informed businesses and creators via email. The online platform, which connects brands with creators for collaborating on ads and other sponsorships, will stop allowing creator invitations or the creation of new campaigns as of Saturday the […]

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Naboo secures $21M for its concierge-style corporate event booking platform

Startups / Sasandara Dilmina

If you’ve ever tried to book a venue for a company event, you’ll know how onerous a task it can be. You have to contact multiple vendors, wait for quotes, evaluate them, see if you can get a good deal, and then get all that approved. So it makes sense that depending on the size

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Influur wants to standout from other influencer marketplaces by promising timely payout

Startups / Sasandara Dilmina

As the influencer economy grows, startups like PassionFroot, Agentio, and One Impression, along with social platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok are trying to build marketplaces to connect brands with creators. Miami-based startup Influur, is banking on two unique aspects of its platform: quick response from creators and financial tools to ensure they are paid

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Fleek, a marketplace for wholesale second-hand clothes, sews up $20M

Commerce / Sasandara Dilmina

Second-hand clothing has exploded as a category over the past couple of decades. A London startup that’s built a first-of-its-kind platform to improve how this very fragmented industry operates is now announcing funding to double down on the opportunity. Fleek, an online marketplace that connects second-hand clothing wholesalers with those who sell it at retail,

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Loop Golf looks to take the stress out of booking a tee time

Venture / Sasandara Dilmina

Golf has exploded in popularity in recent years thanks to the pandemic and the popularity of Netflix’s Full Swing documentary series. More than 531 million rounds of golf were played in the U.S. in 2023 alone, according to the National Golf Foundation. Because of this surge in interest, golfers are finding that nabbing a tee

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Cat-sitting startup Meowtel clawed its way to profitability despite trouble raising from dog-focused VCs

Venture / Sasandara Dilmina

Dogs are the most popular pet in the U.S.: 65.1 million households have one, according to the American Pet Products Association. But while cats are not far off, with 46.5 million households with one, a lot of innovation in the pet category has focused exclusively on dogs. And even if the service serves both species,

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Chinese e-commerce marketplace Temu faces stricter EU rules as a ‘very large online platform’

Commerce / Sasandara Dilmina

Temu, the super low-cost e-commerce marketplace owned by Chinese online retailer Pinduoduo, is to face the European Union’s strictest rules after authorities designated the company a “very large online platform” (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The news comes some two weeks after European consumer protection groups filed coordinated complaints against Temu over an

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