TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Open banking platforms, where services that might not have previously lived next to each other are now joined up by way of APIs, has been one of the emerging trends of the last couple of years, and today one of the leaders in the space out of Europe has closed a round of funding to expand its business. aggregation platform OpenWrks.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Spain is preparing to push forward with pro-startup legislation, having recently unveiled a big and bold transformation plan with the headline goal, by 2030, of turning the country into ‘Spain Entrepreneurial Nation’, as the slightly clumsy English translation has it. So it will be something of a milestone.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

million, and, in the post-pandemic world where the population has become far more movable due to remote working, similar businesses are raising funds to attend to the needs of this global, nomadic workforce. Germany-based NUMA Group expanded into Spain, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic in 2021. Based out of the U.S., ”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The concept probably reminds you of Cameo (indeed, Carole Baskin of “Tiger King” fame has a presence on both platforms), but while Cameo is U.S.-based, “We want to be the place where you can find everyone from world famous talents like a soccer or basketball star, to the local musician down the road,” he said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

A startup out of Belgium called Deliverect , which has built a platform to manage all of that through one seamless app, is today announcing a big round of funding. Underscoring the demand for its technology and the bumper year it’s just had, the company has raised $65 million — funding that it will be using to expand its business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

Jobandtalent says more than 80,000 workers have used its platform to secure temp gigs in the last year across the seven markets where it operates in Europe and LatAm (namely: Spain, U.K., and some LatAm countries),” co-founder Juan Urdiales told us, noting that its main markets remain Spain and the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond. The funding is coming on the heels of a year when Berlin-based Grover said its business grew 2.5x (that is, 150%).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

Thanks to recent regulatory changes, British investment platform Crowdcube plans to shake things up as it is officially launching on the French market. It makes sense as Finary is a wealth management platform and crowdfunding rounds also represent alternative investment opportunities. If you live in the U.K. or the U.S., million ($2.4

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Payments made a huge shift to digital platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic — purchasing moved online for many consumers and businesses, and a large proportion of those continuing to buy and sell in-person went cash-free. There are others that the company is under NDA with that it cannot disclose.).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SmartRyde , a Japanese online pre-booked airport transfers service platform, is a marketplace that connects travelers to local transportation operators/online travel agencies (OTAs). The company plans to expand further in major cities and tourist destinations, including Mexico, Spain, Thailand, Dominican Republic, the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Less than six months after raising a $157 million Series D round, AI-powered transcription and captioning platform Verbit announced today it has closed $250 million in a Series E round that values the company at $2 billion. and Australia, plans to expand further into Europe, including Germany, France, Spain and others, Livne said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The company currently has 15 million users — about half of Spain’s internet population, CEO Rob Cassedy pointed out to us in an interview earlier today, and has maintained a decent No. 4 ranking among Spain’s shopping apps, according to figures from App Annie. Our business went off a cliff in March and April.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities. Random House Mondadori is one of Spain’s top three publishers and also has significant market share in Mexico and across South and Central America. Spanish publishing is one of the hottest digital battlegrounds.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

One thing that never gets old in business is knowing your customer – and that’s because of how often we get it wrong. This is where the hijacking of open social platforms come in. This is also a good way of discovering features people hate/love/want and incorporating the info into your business. But that’s OK!

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Amazon is aiming to support small businesses on its platform by incentivizing customers to buy from them in the run-up to Prime Day. Starting today until October 12th, Prime members will receive a $10 credit usable on Prime Day by spending $10 at certain small businesses on Amazon.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

In the latest spark from its fast evolving tech ecosystem, Spain’s scale-ups are banding together to lobby lawmakers and press the economic case for their high-tech, high-growth business model more broadly. Adigital expects Spain to have 20 unicorns by the end of the year.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In 2017, three entrepreneurs — Chris Hazard, Mike Resnick and Mike Capps — came together to launch a platform for building AI and machine learning tools geared toward the enterprise. ” Recently, the startup announced deals with Scanbuy and Mutua Madrileña, one of the largest insurers in Spain.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Bitpanda says it is the first European retail investment platform that meets these requirements. As Bitpanda wants to grow its white-labeling business , these licenses are key advantages when it comes to signing partnerships with other European fintech companies. -based company.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Netherlands, Spain, France, and Australia) cited help finding paying job and internship opportunities as a top factor. 34% of Dutch students say they have to sign into two or more platforms to find answers or access what they need to be successful—a hurdle that frustrated 30% of students surveyed from France. Staff in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year. Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat. And for us, for the high commissioner, this is a confirmation that Spain is becoming one of the best countries in Europe for startups.

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TechNode

APRIL 16, 2024

Stellantis-brands Maserati and Alfa Romeo are among the potential partners to Chinas Chery Auto in order to acquire advanced Chinese electric vehicle platform technology for their upcoming battery cars, a person with knowledge of the matter told National Business Daily, without revealing further details.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

It plans to use the money to expand its business across Europe on the back of a platform that today is listing close to 4,000 homes in Italy, Spain and Portugal, and has to date (since being founded at the end of 2018) sold some 3,200 properties for an aggregate value of €1 billion, according to CEO and founder Giorgio Tinacci.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

As regulation, platform dynamics and consumer choice continue to eat into the adtech stalwart known as cookies, it’s leaving a gap in the market for advertising solutions that can work well without relying on cookie functionality. to help grow the business there. Subsequently, they’re now getting phased out of usage.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The company is primarily active in Spain and Mexico, where it currently has a run rate of 2,400 properties acquired. As a point of comparison, that is 600 up on the 1,800 run rate Clikalia disclosed only one month ago when it raised $518 million ($70 million in equity; the rest in debt) to scale the business.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Lightyear touts its big USP as being its business model, insofar as it doesn’t charge account fees or commissions on any trades. Launching out of stealth initially in the U.K. launch plans back in 2020.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Netherlands, Spain, France, and Australia) cited help finding paying job and internship opportunities as a top factor. 34% of Dutch students say they have to sign into two or more platforms to find answers or access what they need to be successful—a hurdle that frustrated 30% of students surveyed from France. Staff in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

StudentFinance launched in Spain first, followed by Germany and Finland, with the U.K. It also works with upskilling platforms including Ironhack and Le Wagon. Kostelec and Santo Amaro previously built Uniplaces, which raised $30 million as a student housing platform in Europe. million (€4.5 It’s now raised $6.6

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Telemedico, which was founded back in 2014 — but only launched its current B2B model (which is primarily targeted at insurance firms) in 2017 — says 2020 was a record year for its business. One million consultations were carried out via its platform during the 12-month period, it told us.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail Rocket , a retention management platform for brands, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Cyprus-based private equity fund Flintera. By analyzing their actions — for example, the links they click on — the platform attempts to figure out their wants and preferences.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

Originally limited to the French market, Malt has expanded to Germany, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland over the past few years. Using a platform like Malt can be particularly useful when you’re getting started as a freelancer and you don’t have a big network of potential clients.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Outvio , an Estonian startup that provides a white-label SaaS fulfillment solution for medium-sized and large online retailers in Spain and Estonia, has closed a $3 million early-stage financing round led by Change Ventures. Also participating were TMT Investments (London), Fresco Capital (San Francisco) and Lemonade Stand (Tallinn).

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Wefox’s most important source of revenue remains its distribution business. “On The majority of the revenue comes from our distribution business. If you look at the total volume of the insurance premiums on the platform, it’s around €2 billion. It plans to expand to new markets — such as France, Spain or the U.K. —

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

The company has been building a payroll and HR software-as-a-service platform for small and medium companies. But let’s try to dissect PayFit’s business a bit more to find out how the company ended up here. Other customers are located in Spain, Germany or the U.K. Spain and Germany. Germany and Spain. billion (€1.82

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Privy: online advertising for small/medium-sized businesses. UniPay: mobile payment platform in Brazil.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

million (€3 million) funding round from a hundred business angels. That’s quite a large group of individual investors — but that’s because Roundtable runs an angel investment platform for European startups. Roundtable isn’t the first investment platform focused on startup investments. French startup Roundtable has raised a $3.2

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

When we started Fondeadora in 2011 (the first creative crowdfunding platform in Mexico, renamed to Donadora in 2016), processing online payments was very difficult. The other 7% comes predominately from the US (where most Mexicans have relatives and connections), then from Spain, and the rest from throughout Latin america.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

UBITS, a B2B online learning platform for upskilling employees in Latin America, has raised $25 million in funding led by Riverwood Capital. At the end of 2021, almost 100,000 students had used its platform, up from 28,000 the year prior. To date, students have completed over 600,000 courses on its platform.

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