TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

More funding for sustainability reporting: Sweden’s Worldfavor , an early mover platform focused on building digital infrastructure to support supply chain transparency and cater to organizations’ ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting needs, has bagged €10.2 million in Series A funding to step on the growth gas.

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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., “The pandemic has helped us with both workers and employers in terms of adoption of our platform.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Inrupt — founded by the creator of the standards of the world wide web, Berners-Lee, and technologist John Bruce — is attempting to “reshape the internet” by building a platform that gives users control of their data. The startup has signed contracts with governments of Sweden, Argentina and Basque, TechCrunch reported earlier.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

And digital real estate is serious business. It gives companies and individuals the chance to build a platform, get heard, and above all, make money online. Bottom line: It’s not a good idea to build your entire business on someone else’s land. They don’t care if you’re in sunny Australia or snowy Sweden!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. Combined, Klarna is processing over 1 million transactions per day through its platform.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Open source password management platform Bitwarden has made its first known acquisition, snapping up a fledgling Sweden-based startup called Passwordless.dev , which specializes in helping developers integrate passwordless authentication technology into their software.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

The proceeds will be used to scale the business beyond its home base of Sweden. We are now looking to bring more products to market and take our preventive pet insurance beyond Sweden.”. What makes Lassie very unique (and our blue ocean strategy) is our preventative business model…. ”

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HyperIsland -Hyper Island is a creative business school in Sweden with a unique approach to learning that focuses on collaboration, creativity, and learning-by-doing. Lucid Meeting Agenda Templates -Lucid Meeting is a collaboration and meeting platform.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The plan is to integrate more Kahoot features into Drops’ apps, and to bring some of Drops’ content into the main Kahoot platform. Kahoot picks up $215M from SoftBank for its user-generated, gamified e-learning platform. Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, Ukraine and Russia. million (€6.3

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

PideDirecto , a Mexico-based company, is developing a platform that enables local businesses in Latin America to sell directly to their consumers and deliver orders in less than 30 minutes. Fawzi, Samir and Nacoud knew each other from Iraq and studied together in college in Sweden, which is where they met Steiner.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Cloud-based human resource (HR) platform HiBob today announced that it has raised $150 million in a Series D round of funding at a $2.45 billion valuation. This represents a nearly 50% increase compared to its Series C valuation round just 10 months ago , when it also raised $150 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Its target market is “durables,” starting in Sweden. seed for its P2P payments platform. “The focus in on replacing legacy-solutions with a comprehensive banking and payments platform for SMEs in this sector, where BNPL plays a key role in the transition in customer behaviour,” he adds.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

There is a real opportunity for digital healthcare platforms to scale access to team-based care across the region. The pandemic has seen such platforms scale globally, and Africa is not exempt. Webrock Ventures is a Sweden-based investment company that employs a venture-building model. has no intention of expanding.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

trillion in revenues this year, which speaks not only to how much consumers are shopping online these days, but also to how many businesses there are out there now selling to them. Most incumbent banks, and now a fair number of neobanks, target small and medium businesses as customers. The e-commerce market is on track to pass $ 5.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In line with that trend, today a startup out of Denmark called Ageras Group , which has built a dual-purpose platform, providing both accountancy software and a marketplace for small and medium businesses to find accountants, is announcing a round of growth funding to expand its business. Sweden, Norway, Holland and Germany.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. And this is the beauty of the business model of wholesale marketplaces. And like all social networks, there are some strong network effects as the platform gets bigger. Independent retailer platform Creoate raises $5M seed led by Fuel Ventures. A marketplace without inventory.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The fresh capital will also enable Bokksu to accelerate its primary business lines: subscription, market and grocery. Australia, Germany, Singapore, Sweden and Netherlands, Taing said. . We are thrilled to partner with Bokksu as they scale their business,” said Jon Shulkin, partner and fund manager of Valor Siren Ventures. “In

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In the latest development, Annotell , a startup out of Sweden that makes software to assess the performance of autonomous systems’ perception capabilities, and how to improve that, is today announcing that it has raised $24 million to expand its business. We guide our customers on how to improve it.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

If you plan to launch a new startup in France, Denmark or Sweden, there is a new seed fund looking for your pitch. Clustree was a talent management and HR platform that was acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand. He has also invested some of his own money as a business angel. The next step is a proper seed fund with more capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016, Minna enables customers to manage subscription services via their existing bank’s app. The platform can also notify customers when a free trial is about to end and facilitates utilities switching, allowing them to find better deals. It has now raised $18.8 million (€15.5

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The equity, Nada says, will be invested directly into the platform, including software and a servicing network. Zoomo’s business is broken down into B2B and B2C elements. The other half comes from asset-backed debt from Viola Group, which the startup will use to scale up its hardware into existing and new markets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

HyperIsland -Hyper Island is a creative business school in Sweden with a unique approach to learning that focuses on collaboration, creativity, and learning-by-doing. Lucid Meeting Agenda Templates -Lucid Meeting is a collaboration and meeting platform.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

” Occupancy and room-use monitoring is big business across several sectors, and t here are a number of products on the market that function similarly to Minut. “W e are more like a SaaS platform, and we charge a monthly fee per property. This business model change is what’s really enabled this funding round as well.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

Sweden-based VC fund Pale Blue Dot bounced onto the scene in 2020 with a €53 million fund to help climate-focused startups. biotech-agritech business, climate risk data analytics firm Climate X ; U.K.-based based logistics company Hived , Danish EV charging platform Monta and French fintech firm Green Got.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In 1999, the Greenpeace national offices in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway united to form one regional entity: Greenpeace Nordic. Holding governments and businesses to account means that the organisation has to remain truly financially independent and therefore Greenpeace does not accept corporate or government funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Existing investors including Atomico, DN, Infravia, Kibo and Quadrille also participated in the round — which the startup said values its business at $2.35BN (post-money). “ Jobandtalent is by far the largest job platform in Europe. “ Jobandtalent is by far the largest job platform in Europe.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

but also quite formidable, all the reason why those focusing on used goods as a big business are trying to up their quality game, as Back Market is doing. Overall, 1,500 companies sell devices on the platform. Up next, the startup plans to launch in Canada, Greece, Sweden and Slovakia. “We trillion market globally.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The team is composed of about 45 tech and product employees based in Stockholm, Sweden, and 20-plus internal employees in the U.S., MAJORITY provides customized services to about seven specific migrant communities by providing them with culturally specific features, such as discounts at local businesses. Larsson said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. Combined, Klarna is processing over 1 million transactions per day through its platform.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Anomaly’s platform is designed to detect irregularities in medical bills. Anomaly will use the funds to grow the team (the company currently has 12 employees), and scale up their business by partnering with more insurance companies and healthcare systems. . Anomaly is a young company — it was only founded in 2020.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The likes of Sweden , Denmark , and the U.K. Part of this process will have to involve making it easier for consumers and businesses alike to transition to electrification, for example through extending access to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations as the U.S. recently announced as part of its $1 trillion infrastructure bill.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Sweden-based fintech Tink has also been dominant across Europe, while Truelayer and Belvo are holding the fort in the UK and Latin America. In 2017, Kiaan Pillay worked as the head of operations for South African insurance API platform Root. We’ve seen a wave of API-led financial services companies proliferating around the globe.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Swedish startup PocketLaw — a contract automation software-as-a-service legal tech platform which is mainly focused on SMEs — has pocketed €10 million (~$11M) in Series A funding led by European VC firm, Atomico, to fuel expansion in Europe.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For businesses, protecting trademarks is often a lengthy and expensive process, especially if they have multiple brands. To file trademarks, businesses usually ask a lawyer to conduct trademark searches. They are billed per search, which adds up quickly if a business has multiple brands they need to trademark.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

For this week’s Pitch Deck Teardown, I’m (virtually) traveling to Sweden to take a look at the $3 million seed round raised by developer tool startup Encore. The company is creating what it calls a software development platform for the cloud. Slides in this deck. 1 — Cover slide. 18 — Diagram slide. Slides in this deck.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The following year, Christians and Hahn brought on creative director Navina Pernsteiner to co-found the business and establish Sono Motors as a company and brand. Sono has partnered with National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) to produce the vehicles in its former Saab factory. “One base” vehicle platform.

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