PhotoRoom, which is bringing generative AI to its photo editing app for e-commerce vendors and SMBs, raised a $19M Series A; the app has 7M MAUs, 40M+ downloads (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

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French startup Not So Dark, which offers tools for restaurants to run a delivery-only business alongside their usual operations, raised an $80M Series B  —  French startup Not So Dark has raised an $80 million Series B funding round led by Kharis Capital and Verlinvest, with Convivialité Ventures also participating.

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French startup Fintecture, which helps companies digitize their B2B payments, has raised a €26M Series A from Target Global, Eurazeo, RTP Global, and others  —  Meet Fintecture, a French startup that wants to upgrade B2B payments.  While many payment companies have focused on B2C payments …

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Paris-based Regate, which offers an all-in-one platform to manage invoices, expense reports, and payments, raised a $20M series A led by Valar Ventures  —  French startup Regate has raised a $20 million Series A funding round (€20 million) led by Valar Ventures.

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Paris-based Homa, which offers indie mobile game studios an SDK for optimizing their casual games, raised a $100M Series B led by Quadrille Capital and Headline  —  French startup Homa has raised a $100 million Series B funding round.  Quadrille Capital and Headline are leading the round.

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Descript, the AI-powered media editing app founded by Andrew Mason, raised a $50M Series C led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, bringing its total funding to $100M  —  Descript, the audio and video editing platform founded in 2017 by former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, has raised $50 million …

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Barcelona-based Factorial, which offers HR tools for SMBs, raised a $120M Series C led by Atomico at a $1B valuation, up from ~$500M in September 2021  —  Small and medium businesses, long overlooked in the building of innovative technology, have lately become a key focus in the world of B2B software.