Following cash injections from Lighter Capital in 2019, CrafterCMS has unveiled a "second, larger" funding round from the same partners, after experiencing "faster than anticipated growth".

CrafterCMS' President and CEO Mike Vertal said that the second round of capital will enable the headless CMS vendor to "accelerate our expansion plans and do so without any of the ownership dilution of traditional venture capital financing."

In other news, the MACH Alliance welcomed eight new members, Agility CMS partnered with Hubspot, and our very own Kaya Ismail is set to moderate a discussion panel at StrapiConf 2022.

"Major enterprises and hyper-growth startups are looking for a modern platform on which to build next-generation digital experiences," said CrafterCMS CEO Mike Vertal.

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Agility CMS Partners with Hubspot "This integration will combine Agility’s hybrid headless capabilities with HubSpot’s all-in-one marketing automation and CRM solution to create an effective composable DXP solution for [Hubspot's] clients." MACH Alliance Gets 8 New Members “The Alliance now totals over 50 company members with an additional roughly 25 ambassadors who are individuals, rather than companies, that champion the MACH principle.” Beyond Visual Frontends: New Digital Experiences For Interactive CX "Technology like smart homes, smart locks, smart security cameras and AI are just a few examples of technologies we’ve begun to interact with on an almost daily basis over the past few years. But what is the infrastructure behind this?" Contentstack Launches Marketplace "Our Marketplace features services, apps, integrations, and accelerators from our collaboration with the industry's leading technology and service providers. We call them Catalysts."

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Things that caught our eye

1. Directus Cloud launched: "We’ve brought the spirit of open source to the cloud with our completely free tier."
2. Swell raised $20M, now what?: The headless commerce vendor shares its plan.
3. [Podcast] Customer Data Platform Realities with Tony Byrne: A notable CX Decoded podcast from CMSWire.
4. [Video] How to explain a composable DXP to your CEO: Don't worry, most CEOs still don't get it.
5. [Live] React NextJS with Headless CMS: SEO Friendly Navigation: Zesty.io Founder Randy Apuzzo is live on YouTube today discussing headless, SEO, and NetlifyJS.

The word on the street...

1. [Twitter] Strapi asked: What feature would you like to see from Strapi? Their community responded.
2. [Reddit] Headless CMS recommendations: A web developer asked, and Reddit responded with Sanity, Strapi, Prismic, and others.
3. [Reddit] Looking for a better (eCommerce) CMS: The conversation quickly turned to headless CMS benefits.