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300M-user Imgur launches Melee, a gaming meme appMelee, the company’s first app beyond its flagship product, lets users subscribe to the games from which they love to get memes and gameplay clips.

Flipkart leads $60M investment in logistics startup ShadowfaxShadowfax operates a business-to-business logistics network in more than 300 cities in India.

Volvo invests in autonomous vehicle operating system startup Apex.AI though its VC armApex.AI is working on developing a robotic operating system qualified for use in production automobiles. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575576006.9317696/Daily-Crunch:-Imgur-launches-an-app-for-gaming-memes-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Vendorful is the Vendor Lifecycle Management solution that helps procurement teams every step along the way from RFP’s to managing contracts.

Vendor has a host of functions that include the ability to fully customize vendor attributes and track performance trends.

Vendorful is a SaaS solution that streamlines Vendor Lifecycle Management.

and continues through vendor onboarding, evaluating ongoing performance of the vendor, keeping vendor data up to date, managing the expiration/renewal of contracts, etc.

Product validation. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575574210.4494023/Vendorful-Raises-Seed-Funding-to-Simplify-The-Vendor-Lifecycle-for-Mid-Market-Companies?ref=audio_experience

From at-home diagnostics to virtual consultation platforms, these startups are reshaping traditional healthcare models.

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Start your free trial today EmailAfter raising a record-setting $3.6B in 2018, telehealth startups are on pace to pull in another $2.6B from investors this year on record deal volume.

Using CB Insights data, we identified 120+ startups driving telehealth forward.

CB Insights treats “telemedicine” and “telehealth” as synonyms, referring to the use of modern telecommunication technology to provide clinical health services from a distance. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575572414.1825666/Healthcare-Anywhere:-120+-Telehealth-Startups-Transforming-Patient-Care?ref=audio_experience

Volvo is making an investment in Palo Alto-based Apex.AI, a startup working on developing a robotic operating system qualified for use in production automobiles.

Apex.AI, founded by automated systems engineers Jan Becker and Dejan Pangercic, raised $15.5 million in a Series A last November, and revealed that its focus is on developing an enterprise-focused version of the Robot Operating System open-source middleware.

Apex.AI currently lists two products on its home page: Apex.OS and Apex.Autonomy.

The financial details of the investment were not disclosed, with publicly traded Volvo Group saying only that it “has no significant impact” on the overall company’s “earnings or financial position,” which doesn’t mean much, except that it’s not material enough to require a detailed disclosure just now.

That still could mean a lot of money coming in for Apex.AI, given the relative yardstick of “material” for a huge multinational automaker, and a two-year-old Silicon Valley startup. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575570712.36444/Volvo-invests-in-autonomous-vehicle-operating-system-startup-Apex.AI-though-its-VC-arm-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Even if you already consider them as your loyal customers, there’s no guarantee that they will stay with you.

These are some reasons why even your most loyal customers will search for other options.

If you don’t feel satisfied yourself, you can expect your loyal customers to feel the same way.

It means that in the eyes of your loyal customers, you already changed for the worse.

Given these reasons, you need to change your strategy and consider some methods to gain the confidence of your loyal customers. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575568807.448702/The-Startup-Magazine-Reasons-Why-You-Could-Lose-Your-Most-Loyal-Customers?ref=audio_experience

Benefits Of Running A Dropshipping BusinessThe DownsideShould You start Dropshipping in 2020?

Now, let’s go to R. R receives the order and the payment.

Benefits Of Running A Dropshipping BusinessThere are many advantages to the dropshipping business.

Hence, If you want to do a dropshipping business, please do deep research on this topic first.

Also Read: A Complete Guide to Hashtags MarketingConclusionThe dropshipping business can be started with very little investment. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575567006.6626918/How-Dropshipping-Works?Should-you-Start-Dropshipping-in-2020?ref=audio_experience

This post is also available in: Español (Spanish)Contxto – The quest to supply financial services to unbanked Latin Americans continues as Mercado Libre’s fintech branch, Mercado Pago, sets its eyes on Mexico.

According to Vice-President of Mercado Pago, Osvaldo Giménez, the company plans to launch in Mexico within 2020’s first quarter.

Mercado Pago success in ArgentinaLess than two years old, Mercado Pago has had a positive reception so far in its country of origin.

Mercado Pago, even as the e-commerce mammoth’s relatively new fintech platform, has certainly contributed to Mercado Libre’s growth.

MercadoPago in MexicoAll things being said, however, I’m not certain that Mercado Pago will receive as much love in Mexico as it does in Argentina. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575565206.9736118/Mercado-Pago-will-debut-financial-services-in-Mexico-following-success-in-Argentina?ref=audio_experience

Inefficient customer acquisition could be massively wasteful and lead to startup failing.

That is when you run generic ads you can see who buys and then reverse engineer more narrow customer segments.

Code and AutomationWhat we’ve discussed so far are pieces of your Customer Acquisition strategies.

Customer Acquisition is not something that you can keep in your head or even in a spreadsheet.

Create a hypothesis for customer segments, triggers very early on, during your customer discovery process. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575563409.8463333/5-Building-Blocks-for-Your-Customer-Acquisition-Machine?ref=audio_experience

This post is also available in: Español (Spanish)Contxto – Full of potential to promote financial inclusion, the Brazilian personal loan platform REBEL recently racked up R$42 million.

Worth over US$10 million, Monashees and the FinTech Collective of New York led this valuable round for the startup.

As reported by Reuters, this fintech founded in 2017 intends to apply new capital to bolster liquidity.

This past summer, it was reportedly the only Brazilian fintech using blockchain technology to validate contracts.

Around that time, it also received R$4 billion worth of loan applications. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575561607.5751774/Brazilian-fintech-REBEL-raises-over-US$10-million-to-scale-personal-loan-platform?ref=audio_experience

BC-based crowdsourcing software company, Thoughtexchange, has raised $20 million in Series B financing.

The round was led by Information Venture Partners, with participation from existing investor Yaletown Partners and new investor, Seattle firm, Voyager Capital.

The Series B follows 11 months after the startup raised a $4 million bridge round.

The software then uses data analysis and artificial intelligence to provide insights to leaders helping them create organizational change.

Prior to this Series B, Thoughtexchange raised a $7 million round in 2015 and a bridge round in January, which totalled to $4 million. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575559805.4658616/BC-based-Thoughtexchange-raises-$20-million-Series-B?ref=audio_experience