B2b Marketplace news and trends

Breef Adds Payment Infrastructure to B2B Marketplace for Agencies
B2B Payments // June 05, 2023

Breef has added payment infrastructure to its online marketplace that connects brands and agencies. With this new Breef(Pay) offering that is powered by business-to-business (B2B) flexible payments platform Tranch, brands can use a buy now, pay later (BNPL) approach to meet their marketing needs, Breef said in...

PartsTech Raises $35 Million to Expand B2B Automotive Parts Marketplace
eCommerce // May 18, 2023

PartsTech has raised $35 million to expand its B2B marketplace for the auto repair industry. With the money raised from this Series C funding round, led by venture capital (VC) firm OpenView, the company plans to enable auto repair shops to source all the parts and...

TreviPay and Mirakl Develop Centralized Solution for B2B Marketplace Businesses
B2B Payments // April 25, 2023

TreviPay and Mirakl have partnered to offer a centralized financing, invoicing and payment solution for marketplace businesses. The strategic partnership brings together TreviPay’s global B2B payments and invoicing network and Mirakl’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that helps enterprises manage their marketplace and dropship business, the companies said in a...

Online B2B Marketplaces Help Even Established Multinationals Accelerate Global Growth
B2B Payments // March 21, 2023

Modern B2B marketplaces are helping reshape how even entrenched industry giants operate and scale. This, as Kraft Heinz Co. Monday (March 20) announced it would use beverage giant Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (AB InBev) B2B BEES eCommerce platform to strengthen its international footprint in Latin America, with a particular...

Interviews & Exclusives
African Corporates Turn to Marketplaces to Control Strategic Spend

October 26, 2022
When it comes to corporate procurement, managing tail spending — smaller purchases that make up the bulk of transactions but only account for a small fraction of a company’s total expenditure — can be notoriously hard to keep a tab on, especially for large enterprises. Let’s take the example of Africa’s largest mobile network operator, […]

Fighting Food Waste The Digital Marketplace Way

August 28, 2019
Each year, roughly 1.3 billion tons of produce is wasted, globally — discarded into landfills unconsumed. This wastes not just the fruit or vegetable in question, but also all the...

KWIPPED: How One B2B Marketplace Changed The Industrial Leasing Game

May 21, 2018
Sometimes, the job — and the revenue stream — depends on an autorefractor, or cosmetic lasers. Labs need freezers, warehouses need forklifts and oilfields need mud buckets. And that’s where...

Quick Reads
Breef Adds Payment Infrastructure to B2B Marketplace for Agencies

June 05, 2023
Breef has added payment infrastructure to its online marketplace that connects brands and agencies. With this new Breef(Pay) offering that is powered by business-to-business (B2B) flexible payments platform Tranch, brands can use a buy now, pay later (BNPL) approach to meet their marketing needs, Breef said in a Monday (June 5) press release. “By eliminating concerns around upfront […]

PartsTech Raises $35 Million to Expand B2B Automotive Parts Marketplace

May 18, 2023
PartsTech has raised $35 million to expand its B2B marketplace for the auto repair industry. With the money raised from this Series C funding round, led by venture capital (VC) firm...

TreviPay and Mirakl Develop Centralized Solution for B2B Marketplace Businesses

April 25, 2023
TreviPay and Mirakl have partnered to offer a centralized financing, invoicing and payment solution for marketplace businesses. The strategic partnership brings together TreviPay’s global B2B payments and invoicing network and Mirakl’s software-as-a-service (SaaS)...

‘Massive’ B2B Marketplace Growth Spurs New BNPL for Business Pairing

January 18, 2023
Hokodo and Lemonway have partnered to help B2B marketplaces in Europe offer trade credit online. The collaboration on B2B buy now, pay later (BNPL) will bring together Hokodo’s ability to evaluate a business’...