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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

With immediate access to homegrown apps on their new smartphones, people can find services that are directly relevant to their needs (like local food delivery and Wi-Fi access finders). know, scaling in the beginning—especially with steep marketing costs—can be difficult and expensive. Invite foreign startups to Brazil.

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Nutrium app, which links dietitians and patients, raises $4.9M led by Indico Capital

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million seed round led by Indico Capital Partners , alongside the Social Innovation Fund in Portugal (SIF) and previous investors. With this investment round, Nutrium plans to double the team size in the next 24 months in order to focus on platform development and expand global sales in markets like Spain, France, Italy, the U.S.

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8 cannabis investors share their outlook on the European market in H1 2022

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Another important data point that connects both regions: the black market is a competitive factor. However, things are moving on the legal side of the market — it appears medical cannabis still carries most of the momentum, and it is only accelerating. Europe is largely a medical-only market right now. billion by 2026.

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Direct-to-consumer orthodontic startup Impress raises $50M to scale across Europe

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such as SmileDirect, and now plans to scale across Europe from its existing bases in Spain, Italy, Portugal, the U.K. As things stand, most of the time, consumers can usually only access cosmetic teeth alignment treatments or orthodontic medical treatments in conventional clinics. and France. Tech startups want to go inside your mouth.

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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

The eight teams hail from all over the world – including entrants from Montreal, Toronto, Portugal and Bulgaria – and have spent the last three months tirelessly working away on their hardware-based startup ideas for the Internet of Things in preparation for today. Responsive Sports .

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Amplemarket nabs $12M to ramp up sales enablement using AI

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A relative newcomer vying for a slice of the market is Amplemarket , based in San Francisco and Portugal, which today announced that it raised $12 million in back-to-back seed and series A funding rounds. ” Amplemarket’s series A was co-led by Comcast Ventures and Portugal-based Armilar Venture Partners.

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Plum launches its money management app in five more countries

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The company is launching its product in five new European countries — Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece and Cyprus. that’s not the case in other markets. per month can access more stocks and create recurring stock investment rules. Fintech startup Plum is doubling the number of countries where it operates.

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