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The Amsterdam-based company plans to use the Series C funding to build its team, expand internationally and invest in developing its product. The round was led by funds managed by Blackstone Growth.
Mollie launched in 2004 and now serves more than 120,000 monthly active merchants. It processed more than €10 billion ($11.8 billion) in transactions last year and said it is on track to hit more than €20 billion this year. The company plans to hire around 300 new employees in the next 6 to 9 months and is considering new countries for expansion.
Successful social media acquisitions require keeping both talent and technology in place. Neither is likely to happen in a deal for the Chinese app, writes Dave Lee.
TikTok’s first time sponsoring the glitzy event comes just as the US effectively deemed the company a national security threat under its current ownership, raising complications for Condé Nast and the gala’s other organisers.
BoF Careers provides essential sector insights for fashion's technology and e-commerce professionals this month, to help you decode fashion’s commercial and creative landscape.
The algorithms TikTok relies on for its operations are deemed core to ByteDance overall operations, which would make a sale of the app with algorithms highly unlikely.