Ikea’s parent company swooped in to help the fulfilment services provider push its total funding past the $120m mark.
Author: Fernando Moncada Rivera
Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the Global Venturing Review podcast.
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