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Amazon aggregators with large funds have plunged into the market and created abundant opportunities for entrepreneurs to exit and cash out.
But, who is funding these aggregators and why?
To grow their portfolio of FBA businesses, significant aggregators such as Thrasio, Heyday, Cap Hill Brands and Perch have received billions of dollars in financing from institutional investors.
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Many have raised record amounts of funding.
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In fact, firms acquiring successful brands on Amazon have attracted over $3.5 billion in capital over the past twelve months. $2.5 billion of that raised in just the first four months of 2021, according to Marketplace Pulse.
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In addition, there are hundreds of established sellers, βprivate equity firms, family offices, and individual investors making acquisitions in this space; thus, the marketβs total buying power spans beyond the aggregators,β says Marketplace Pulse.
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FE International takes a look at the most significant Amazon FBA aggregators, their total funding, and the companies and investors who are funding them.
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Crypto & NFT Briefs
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*οΈβ£ Auction Update
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The latest auction of CyptoPunks, Bored Apes, and Meebits kicked off at Christies on Friday.
As of writing, the highest bid placed is for CryptoPunk #9997 at HKD 4,800,000 - approximately USD 616,792.
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βSee the lots.β
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*οΈβ£ Insider Trading Meets NFTs
OpenSea has admitted that a senior employee has been getting the drop on its most popular NFT drops.
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From a report:
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Twitter users last night accused Nate Chastain, head of product at OpenSea, of using secret Ethereum wallets to snap up the platform's front-page NFT drops before general release.
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Citing transactional data on Etherscan, Twitter user Zuwu said that Chastain seems to be selling these pieces "shortly after the front-page-hype spike for profits."
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His actions have been likened to frontrunning or insider trading, which in regulated financial markets refers to dealing on information that is not yet public.
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On September 15, OpenSea published a blog post acknowledging Chastain's actions.
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An βinitial DEX offeringβ is the launch of a cryptocurrency on a decentralized exchange.
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Through its IDO, crypto enthusiasts have an opportunity to invest in Skyrim Finance and bolster that platformβs liquidity.
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Skyrim Finance is looking to build a product that satisfies investors who want low risk with a fixed annual percentage yield (APY) and those who seek high leverage for higher yields.
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Ser Shokunin popped up on Twitter last week with his first tweet and a CryptoPunk profile pic.
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It turns out that Shokunin acquired zombie CryptoPunk #8857 for
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Not Just the Wealthy
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βConcreit, a company that wants to open real estate investing to a broader group of people, announced that it has closed $6 million in a seed funding round
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The Seattle-based startup wants to make it easy for anyone - not just the wealthy - to invest in real estate.
Their newly-launched app allows consumers to invest as little as $1 into a fund managed by a team of investment professionals.
Most investors can open a Concreit account and make their first investment in just minutes on their mobile device, the company claims.
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The platform facilitates weekly earned payouts, automated investments and on-demand withdrawals while compounding earned payouts weekly.
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The click and point visual interface allows you to create a bot/scraper without writing a single line of code.
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Instead of hunting for a developer and spending hundreds (or thousands) of dollars to build your bot, Automatio promises that you'll create a complex bot/scraper in just a few minutes.
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Since this tool runs in the cloud, you can access and manage your bot/scraper instances within a dashboard.
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The Automatio Chrome Extension is all you need to start building.
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New Decentralized NFT Marketplace
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NFTX has launched a brand new decentralized NFT marketplace.
(And purchased the dot io domain too).
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A visit to the NFTX website lands you directly on the product page. This allows you to browse through all the popular and available NFT collections on offer.
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Users can buy NFTs from available collections or sell NFTs directly without the need for a counterparty.
Clicking the Buy Now button prompts a buy zap, allowing you to buy any NFT in one click - without visiting another platform.
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NFTX published a blog post with all the updates.
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π· Impact investing: Money is power, and more investors want to make sure their investments are aligned with their values. Hereβs the beginners guide to impact investing.
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π· Digitising metals: Open Mineral wants to bring transparency to the global metal commodities markets. Which is good, as increased transparency means better price discovery and a more efficient market. Open Mineral just closed $33 million in a Series C.
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π· Live shopping leap: Whatnot, a livestreaming shopping platform for collectors to buy and sell things like rare PokΓ©mon cards and Funko Pops, has closed a $150 million Series C.
Whatnot is growing rapidly and expanding into other categories, including NFTs. Watch this space.
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π· DeFi security booms: Immunefi has gone from zero to protecting $50 billion in user funds within less than a year. A bug bounty platform, which offers significant rewards to anyone that can find a way to exploit blockchain and cryptocurrency projects, it has paid out over $5m in bounties so far. It is currently offering another $40m on behalf of its clients.
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π· FTC findings: Tech's business ecosystem is built on giant companies buying up small startups, but the message from the FTC this week could chill mergers and acquisitions in the sector. The results of a study revealed that a decade's worth of Big Tech company deals weren't reported to the agency.
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π· Turning heads: Venture capital investors are taking notice of the increased consumer interest in beauty and wellness. A confluence of factors have made companies in the beauty and cosmetics space a more attractive investment.
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