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• Shipt, the online grocery delivery service, announced yesterday that it has secured $20.1 million in funding that will be used "to continue to scale its business to new markets, develop additional partnerships with leading grocery retailers and invest in its team. The company plans to add alcohol delivery to its platform later this year.


GeekWire reports that Amazon is teaming up with Kickstarter "to sell more than 300 crowdfunded products on a dedicated Amazon.com page ... Kickstarter Collection is a new addition to Amazon Launchpad, a portal that allows startups to easily sell and market their products on Amazon," and allows consumers to search by category with easy access to items that have been crowdfunded.
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