Volta, a new startup with a team split between two headquarters in Milan and Paris, has secured a '6 million pre-seed round ($6.3 million) to develop a new vertical software-as-a-service platform focused on B2B sales. In more practical terms, the Volta team pitches its product as an equivalent to Shopify but focused on B2B transactions. While Shopify, the ecommerce giant that helps people create an online store and easily sell items to consumers, offers a B2B commerce platform, Volta thinks there's value in creating a company specifically focused on the B2B transactions. When they go to trade shows and meet potential clients in their offices, these companies tend to juggle between several versions of their paper catalogs. Depending on the client and the context, they don't want to show the same list of items and prices. That's why Volta wants to simplify the catalog management process. However, the company doesn't want to replace the good old enterprise resource planning system....
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