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Liberis, the embedded finance provider for SMEs, raises additional £70M in equity and debt

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based fintech that provides finance for small businesses as an alternative to a traditional bank loan or extended overdraft , has replenished its own coffers with £70 million in funding. Providing the financing are previous backers British Business Investments, Paragon Bank and BCI Europe, along with new partner Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).

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Bloomreach raises $150M on $900M valuation and acquires Exponea

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At the same time, the company announced it has acquired Exponea , a startup that gives Bloomreach a marketing automation component it had been missing. “Historically, we have had two major pillars of the business — the search part of it and the content part,” Bloomreach CEO and co-Founder Raj De Datta told TechCrunch.

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Yapily to acquire finAPI in open banking consolidation move

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With this move, Yapily is consolidating its position in Europe and growing its business in Germany, more specifically. It offers an API with coverage in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. Yapily currently covers 16 European markets and the company says it is the leader in the U.K. Based in the U.K.,

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Can data fix healthcare?

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Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. I was curious about the company’s business plan. Healthcare in America is inequitable — something that the pair of Truveta executives stressed during our call — thus giving the company a huge market to improve and make less racist and sexist.

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Microsoft acquires process mining vendor Minit to grow its automation offerings

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Signaling its ambitions in the process automation market, Microsoft has acquired Minit , a Bratislava, Slovakia-originated process mining technology vendor, for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced today. “Minit currently enables businesses to transform the way they analyze, monitor and optimize their processes.

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Richard Branson backs Lightyear as UK stock trading platform launches into Europe

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To power the expansion, which will see Lightyear land in 19 new markets, including the Baltics and much of Western Europe, London-based Lightyear has also raised $25 million in a Seres A round of funding led by U.S. Lightyear , a U.K. fintech startup that promises consumers commission-free trading on U.S. launch plans back in 2020.

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An inside look at a Ukrainian fintech startup adapting to life during wartime

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The biggest businesses even opened 24-hour hotlines to help with evacuation procedures and psychological assistance. Our emergency plan included accommodation for employees and their families in Slovakia, but in the end, everybody decided to stay back, and we did not have use it. Support and trust of foreign partners and clients.

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