Headless CMS Storyblok has completed an $80 million Series C funding round. Led by Brighton Park Capital with participation from HV Capital, Mubadala Capital, 3VC, and firstminute capital, the latest round brings Storyblok’s total funding to $138 million. 

“With this new funding, we will invest in building AI and automation tools to help teams get value from their content even faster throughout the entire content lifecycle,” said CEO and co-founder Dominik Angerer.

Elsewhere, Contentstack has launched new personalization capabilities powered by AI, and Kentico is celebrating 20 years.

Featured Stories

• Contentstack Unveils Personalization Reimagined, Powered by Brand-Relevant AI and Automation: “Today’s announcement makes personalization at scale simple and real – for the first time ever. No other solution on the market is as comprehensive and no other company invests as much in customer success.”

• Bloomreach Partners with valantic and commercetools to Form the B2B Accelerator: “Bloomreach is excited to partner with valantic and commercetools to unlock limitless opportunities for growth with the B2B Accelerator.”

• Contentstack Experience Awards 2024 Winners Recognized for Digital Excellence: “The awards recognize businesses for breakthrough innovation, integration, transformation, or effectiveness in composable architecture.”

• Introducing Amplience Studios: “Built specifically for retailers and brands, Studios give marketers and merchants the power to scale media-rich, on-brand product content and asset production faster than ever before.”

New RFPs From DXP360

• [New] [RFP Value: $2,500,000] Single Supplier Framework Agreement for Gas Networks Web Services: Gas Networks is undertaking a competitive tendering process to establish a single supplier framework agreement for the provision of comprehensive web services.

• [New] [RFP Value: Undisclosed] Replacement of School Software: A School is seeking a skilled and experienced web designer and developer

• [New] [RFP Value: $20,000] Website Design and Development for Eye Institute: An Eye Institute is seeking a skilled and experienced web designer and developer.

• [New] [RFP Value: $25,000] API Integration Development in JAVA: A Technology Company is seeking a skilled and experienced JAVA developer for API integration development.

Stories that caught our eye

1. 20 Years of Kentico: The headless CMS vendor makes a tribute to the team and their transformative journey.

2. Composable Commerce Solutions?: commercetools says they’re the best option. 

3. Headless CMS Becoming Commoditized?: DatoCMS gives some recommendations for customers. 

4. Decoding the Current State of DXPs: Acquia sponsored research from TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group.

5. Time to Value with Composable Commerce: Solutions and accelerators in the AWS Marketplace. 

6. Composable Is on the Rise: Driven by the democratization of tech?

The word on the street…

1. [LinkedIn]: The illusion of out of the box: Digital Solutions Architect at Accenture Song Indrit Selimi explains what makes composable so appealing. 

2. [LinkedIn]: GraphQL complexity: Engineering Manager at Apple Mahdi Y explains why his team isn't using this API option as much after 6 years.