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Synctera, a banking-as-a-service startup, has raised an additional $15 million as it expands into Canada. NAventures, the corporate venture arm of National Bank of Canada, led the financing, which brings Synctera’s total raised to $60 million since its June 2020 inception. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For years, Phil George was the executive sponsor of a mentoring program at McMaster-Carr, an industrial hardware supplier, where he spent weeks trying to match program participants with only scant information about them to go on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brussels-based startup Cowboy has been in the news lately for its cash burn rate. But the company wants to control its narrative again with some product and business news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon rules the roost when it comes to e-commerce, with its marketplace outpacing everyone else when it comes to gross merchandise value, reach and market capitalization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Garin Hess, a tech entrepreneur based in Utah, experienced what he calls the “demo bottleneck” at a previous software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup while pitching to potential customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cash management — tracking who needs to pay an invoice and whether it’s been done — can make or break a business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company uses machine learning and predictive analytics along with science-of-aging and essential human support to offer retirement products and programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wunderkind, a platform that enables brands to target web visitors through emails, texts and other digital advertising formats, today announced that it raised $76 million in a Series C round led by Neuberger Berman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discover how Atio is transforming the CRM landscape with its innovative solutions. After securing $23.5 million in Series A funding, this cutting-edge platform aims to solve the pain points of traditional CRM systems. Learn about the visionary behind the project and how Atio is rapidly gaining traction among global customers.

Japanese marketing tech firm Geniee, part of the SoftBank Group, has paid about $70 million in cash to acquire the revenue optimization platform Zelto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices