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Montonio is building the payment and checkout solution to rule them all

TechCrunch

The company just raised a $12 million Series A funding round (€11 million) led by Index Ventures. Montonio has been building out open banking connections so that it can initiate payments at a lower cost. Montonio currently supports all major banks in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and a few major banks in Finland.

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Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

The funding will be used to enter other Southeast Asian markets, including Indonesia and the Philippines, and introduce new products, like free credit score and insurance offers, digital discount coupons and mobile wallet cashbacks. “Building a credit score is a never-ending process, and we are at the very early stages of it.

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Visual workspace Whimsical closes first funding as it enters next phase of growth

TechCrunch

Whimsical , a startup creating tools for workplace collaboration, announced Tuesday its first funding round, a $30 million Series A investment led by Accel. The funding follows four years of bootstrapped growth and profitability, Dancis said. Whimsical dashboard. Image Credits: Whimsical.

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Printify bags $45M, led by Index, to ride the custom printing boom

TechCrunch

The creator economy loves merch which is great news for on-demand custom printing startups such as Latvia-based Printify — today it’s announcing a $45 million Series A round, led by Index Ventures, off the back of rising demand for its services. Others in the space include Printful , Gelato and Zazzle.).

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Financial comparison “super app” Jeff raises $1.5M seed extension

TechCrunch

The funding brings Jeff’s total raised to about $2.5 Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia. Part of the funding will be used to increase Jeff’s team from about 15 people now to more than 40 employees for its offices in Latvia and Southeast Asia.

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500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tbilisi

TechCrunch

Perhaps an exception to this oft-repeated phrase, in my experience, is Entrepreneur First out of London/Europe (but now also in Asia), and even then that entity is slightly closer to a pre-accelerator in the way it assembles talent before it assembles the startups (although it does also fund its startups). Of course, “your mileage may vary.”

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

“For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. That’s where the Private Workplace comes in. Have laptop – will freelance.

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