The Order : Weekly Aggregator Roundup - Perch & Growve

Chart of the week:

Countries accepted for seller registration on Amazon - dark blue countries added recently [MarketplacePulse]

New funding this week: $950M

Funding Craze 💰

• US - Perch $775M funding added with participation of SoftBank Vision Fund II - reporting 70 brands to date with on avg 2 brands/week being added in 2021 [Forbes]

• US - Growve $175M debt funding following an undisclosed minority investment by Palm Beach Capital earlier this month to accelerate beyond 13 acquisitions / 20 brands to date [PR Newswire]

... and with that disclosed funding for FBA aggregators accelerates beyond $5BN 🔥

Strategy 📈

• The world is you oyster -- Amazon open doors for sellers from 85 additional countries [MarketplacePulse]

• Google Advances Its Open Commerce Ecosystem For Shoppers And Retailers: Shopify, WooCommerce, GoDaddy, Square [PYMNTS]

• Will the future of Chinese e-commerce deliveries belong to Alibaba or Tencent? [Economist]

• Amazon Fulfillment Investments Propel GMV [SeekingAlpha]

• Stryze Group Founder Podcast with Sebastian Funke on the FBA & broader D2C strategy [Deutsche Startups Google Podcast - in German]

• Amazon Policy Punishes Consumers, D.C. Suit Claims - challenge for pricing within and outside of the Amazon marketplace [WSJ]

Let's make this week count,

Christian