In marketplace news: 

🚨 Amazon Takes a 50% Cut of Seller's Revenue. Amazon is pocketing more than 50% of sellers’ revenue - up from 40% five years ago. Sellers are paying more because Amazon has increased fulfillment fees and made spending on advertising unavoidable. Marketplace Pulse

🧑🏼‍🎨 8 NFT Marketplaces That Honor Creator Royalties. In recent years, the topic of creator royalties has become a point of contention, with some marketplaces deciding to change their policies. Blockster

🌿 Top 10 Carbon Removal Marketplaces In 2023. More companies and organizations are investing in carbon removals, and with them, the number of carbon removal marketplaces is also growing.  Carbon Herald

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia-based dark store grocery delivery startup Nana Direct, has raised $133M in a Series C funding round.

🇺🇸 On-demand shuttle service and transit tech company Via has raised another $110M, bringing the company’s total funding to around $1B. The fresh capital pushes Via’s valuation up to $3.5B at the same price per share as the company’s previous financing in November of 2021.

🇬🇧 Recipe kit brand Gousto has raised £50M in additional funding from its investors. The funding round has not been publicized by the group, but Sky News reported the raise took place at a “significant” discount to its previous $1.7B valuation.

Other promising marketplace deals:

🇺🇸 Atmosphere TV, an Austin, TX-based leader in streaming TV entertainment for businesses, raised $65M in Series D funding.

🇧🇷 Daki, a 100% digital and fast delivery supermarket brand, received a Series C investment of $ 50M.

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