I came to the conclusion that a 9 second Loom video, although on brand, didn’t feel like a sufficient intro to me and the things I will be working on at Point Nine. To help elaborate, I thought I would ask the P9 Team what other things they might want…

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Over the last few years, we’ve published a number of SaaS funding napkins as well as marketplace napkins. This year, we’re shaking things up with our first ever B2B marketplace napkin! …

When people think about marketplaces, they usually assume it’s all about matching the demand and supply side. The reality is that it involves so much more than that, particularly when it comes to B2B. In the following post, which we’ve written (in collaboration with our friends at Hokodo) off the…

When we talk about building and scaling a marketplace, the main topic of focus is usually how to crack the chicken and egg problem i.e. building initial liquidity (I wrote about this in my previous post WTF is marketplace liquidity?). What is less often discussed is how to go from…

Those of you who have been following me for a while now, along with my mum, know that I’ve become o̶b̶s̶e̶s̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ fascinated by B2B marketplaces. Why? Because with all of the innovation we’ve seen in the B2C space, not much has yet to filter down into B2B. …

Almost 2 years ago, I published an overview of the European B2B marketplace landscape. Since then, the ecosystem has rapidly expanded. There are now over 300 B2B marketplaces in Europe, up from a mere 20 back in 2010. Of these marketplaces, more than 10 have raised over €50 million and…

The unexpected nature of Covid-19 has unveiled that many companies are not well prepared for disruptions among their supply chain and are re-evaluating how to procure materials going forward. …

Last week we hosted our first virtual B2B marketplace meetup, bringing together attendees from all over the world and 3 awesome speakers: Gregor Stühler, CEO of Scoutbee, the leading European procurement platform Matthew O’Connor, the CEO of AdQuick, a marketplace for outdoor advertising Melissa Morris, CEO at Lantum, a marketplace…