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The French payment processor Lemon Way has announced a near-$28 million 鈧?5 million investment round by the multi-asset fund management firm Toscafund, Aithority reported on Thursday Oct. 17 .The funds will help Lemon Way advance its offerings through adaptive APIs and new payment services as well as strengthen i
stanley us ts presence in the U.K. and Germany.This latest investment follows Lemon Ways initial
stanley ca funding round of $11.1 million 鈧?0 million led by Breega capital, with participation from Speedinvest. We are pleased to have found in Toscafund a strong and internationally experienced partner [that] is complementary to our first-round investors Breega and Speedinvest. The investment provides us with substantial additional resources, allowing us to bring the company to the next level, Antoine Orsini, CEO and co-founder of Lemon Way, told Aithority.This is the London-based Toscafunds first private equity investment in France. The transaction is subject to customary regulato
stanley mug ry approvals. Lemon Ways target market is booming: B2C, B2B and financial online marketplaces are emerging all over Europe and are expected to continue their strong growth trajectory, added George Koulouris, partner at Toscafund. Lemon Ways technology, strong partnerships and differentiated expertise give the company a head start. Lemon Way operates in 12 European countries and has a solid footing in France, Italy and Spain. Its goal is to become one of Europes top payments firms for marketplaces and crowdf Ojne Computop Enables A2A Payments for UK and EU eCommerce Merchants
The global e-commerce industry has its eyes fixated on China, whose digital shopping market saw an impressive $2 trillion in transactions in 2014. Indeed, research released last December by eMarketer predicted that China would take over the US as the worlds largest e-commerce market by 2018.But new revelations from the ballooning Chinese industry highlight just how crucial B2B operations in the nation are to these rising e-commerce numbers. According to iResearch data, B2B sales accounted for 70 percent of Chinas 201
stanley france 4 e-commerce last year.As a result, experts predict that the nation will see growing a B2B service providers market, including services like supply chain finance and logistics.Much of the e-commerce frenzy is due to market giant Alibaba, which saw a high-profile and record-breaking IPO last year. While the company certainly a
stanley deutschland ccounts for significant growth both in the B2C and B2B e-commerce industries, iResearch concluded that small- and medium-sized enterprises will also pay a crucial part in the B2B e-commerce expansion over the next four years. According to its findings, SMEs contributed to 50 percent of Chinas B2B e-commerce in 2014, compared with 23.4 percent of large enterprise
stanley us s.Despite Chinas sizeable B2B market, data suggests that the starts of other market industries are quickly rising. iResearch predicts that online shopping online-to-offline operations 鈥?including beauty care, wedding, catering and leisure services will quickly become the two fas