Hamburg-based Fashion Cloud, whose B2B data and content exchange portal is used by ~20K fashion retailers, raised €25M led by Verdane (Callum Cyrus/Tech.eu)

Callum Cyrus / Tech.eu:
Paris-based Mytraffic, which offers location analytics tech to measure vehicle and footfall traffic, raised a €30M Series B, bringing its total funding to €45M  —  Insurance giant AXA is getting involved following a B-stage cheque for web analytics-grade digital intelligence for brick-and-mortar from Paris startup Mytraffic

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Hamburg-based Localyze, which offers a B2B SaaS service for employee immigration and relocation support, raised a $35M Series B led by General Catalyst  —  Hamburg-based Localyze is gearing up to launch in North America in the coming months — powered by a fresh raise of $35 million …

Yaling Jiang / South China Morning Post:
Tiffany, Pomellato, and other luxury brands are creating and marketing NFTs to reach young potential consumers in China, despite the country banning NFT trading  —  As in the rest of the world, the metaverse is generating marketing buzz in China.  Unlike the rest of the world …

Colin Kellaher / MarketWatch:
CommerceHub, which connects retailers and brands with suppliers, agrees to acquire and take private e-commerce software provider ChannelAdvisor in a ~$660M deal  —  ChannelAdvisor Corp. on Tuesday said it agreed to be acquired by privately held commerce network CommerceHub for more than $660 million …

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
New Zealand-based Partly, which maintains a database used by marketplaces like eBay of 50M+ car parts from 20K+ suppliers and OEMs, raised a $21M Series A  —  Car parts buyers require specific parts to fit specific vehicles, making for a supply-constrained environment.

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk:
The Reserve Bank of India plans to begin testing its CBDC on November 1, with nine banks participating, and a retail version by the end of November  —  A pilot for a retail version will start within a month.  —  India’s central bank will introduce a pilot wholesale central bank digital currency …