MarketLeap Raises $8M Series A Round

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Written By Rick Watson

MarketLeap is an AI-powered e-commerce platform that helps direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands sell on global marketplaces.

MarketLeap, an AI-driven platform that helps direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands sell on global marketplaces, has raised $8 million in Series A funding that will be used to hire talent, invest in its platform, and further expand in the US. Interesting to note that the founding team are ex-Amazon employees who saw sellers' challenges when going to new international markets. Helping D2C businesses go international via marketplaces sounds contrarian.

CMSWire: MarketLeap Raises $8 Million Series A Round to Facilitate “Seller-Obsessed” D2C Ecommerce

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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