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Thailand’s Beam simplifies checkout for social commerce • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on November 16, 2022Posted in beam, Sequoia Capital India, social commerce, StartupsNo Comments

The social commerce market is already worth more than $13 billion in Southeast Asia, but the checkout process is filled with friction. Many sellers don’t have online storefronts and instead use social media and messaging apps, which means payment is made by switching to banking apps or wallets. This means low conversion rates, say the […]

Social commerce startup Elenas secures $20M to help more LatAm women sell online • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on October 11, 2022Posted in Commerce, Dila Capital, Elenas, social commerce, Startups, Zach OschinNo Comments

Elenas estimates that 11 million women in Latin America sell consumer items via catalogs and door-to-door sales methods. It is digitizing that process so they can more easily sell from home. Founder and CEO Zach Oschin started the Colombia-based social commerce company in 2018 (and participated in our Latin American Startup Battlefield that year) to […]