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Vivid Money raises $17.6 million for its European challenger bank

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German fintech startup Vivid Money has raised a $17.6 Today’s funding round gives Vivid Money a valuation of $117 million (€100 million). Vivid Money is quite a young startup, as the company started accepting customers just a few months ago. Vivid Money users can also send money to other users from the app.

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Swiss maker of meat alternatives Planted will expand and diversify with $18M Series A

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Planted , a startup pursuing a unique method of creating a vegetarian chicken alternative, has raised an $18M (CHF 17M) Series A to expand its product offerings and international footprint. No doubt this strong organic (so to speak) growth, and the growth of the meat alternative market in general, made raising money less of a chore.

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Filing: Instant grocery startup Gopuff to raise $1B on a $15B post-money valuation

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Gopuff , the “instant” grocery delivery startup that has been on an acquisition and expansion tear in the last several months to scale its business, is also racing to raise money to fuel those efforts. So for Gopuff, some of the money it’s raised so far has been used to expand organically.

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Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe

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Vivid Money , a challenger bank out of Berlin with 500,000 customers, has made a name for itself with a financial one-stop shop “super app” that, in addition to basic checking and money management services, also includes stock and cryptocurrency investing. Maybe neobanks will break even after all.

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Revolut lets businesses accept online payments

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You also can order debit cards to spend money from your Revolut account directly. You can see payments and banking in the same interface, you don’t need to alternate between your Stripe account and your bank account to reconcile transaction data. As a reminder, Revolut already offers business accounts.

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Financing for students startup StudentFinance raises $5.3M seed from Giant and Armilar

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StudentFinance launched in Spain first, followed by Germany and Finland, with the U.K. StudentFinance’s competitors include (in the USA) Blair, Leif, Vemo Education, Chancen (Germany-based) and EdAid (U.K.-based). million (€4.5 million) seed round co-led by Giant Ventures and Armilar Venture Partners. It’s now raised $6.6

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Ecosia has started ploughing search ads profit into green energy

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The initial focus for investment is on Germany which is particularly reliant on buying gas from Russia — meaning its economy is heavily exposed to the crisis in Ukraine. “At the moment, we’re supporting renewable energy projects across Germany.

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