TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

The company has now raised €20 million ($24 million) in a Series B funding round led by Eulero Capital, with the backing of FG2 Capital and reinvestment from Milan Investment Partners SGR. Founded by Matteo Pichi and Vittoria Zanetti, Poke House has opened 30+ stores in Italy, Portugal and Spain, and now has 400 employees.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

million pre-seed investment round from several noted and prolific angels and entrepreneurs, including Taavet Hinrikus (TransferWise), Greg Marsh (OneFineStay), James Meekings (Funding Circle) and Pete Cashmore (Mashable) — with a third of the fundraise also coming from female investors. Flown has now closed a $1.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Interestingly, the lead investor in today’s funding round is Carrefour, the supermarket giant. But the company is already looking at other markets as well — Belgium, Italy, Spain, maybe Portugal or Eastern Europe countries. So the company faces some of the challenges that Deliveroo and Uber Eats also face.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

FlixMobility , the parent company of the FlixBus coach network and the FlixTrain rail service, has closed more than $650 million in a Series G round of funding that values the Munich-based company at over $3 billion. ” The company put safety measures in place, and even expanded some routes in select countries like Portugal and the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Feedzai said it will be using the funds for further R&D and product development, to expand into more markets outside the U.S. — it was originally founded in Portugal but now is based out of San Mateo — and towards business development, specifically via partnerships to integrate and sell its tools.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Lisbon’s startup scene rises as Portugal gears up to be a European tech tiger. They say the provisions are a collection of best practices that already exist, challenge Member States to do more and set “binary challenges” that states can either fulfill or not (like launch a startup online in a day).

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

For many of us, going to work these days no longer means going into a specific office like it used to; and today one of the startups that’s built a platform to help cater to that new, bigger world of employment — wherever talent might be — is announcing a major round of funding on the back of strong demand for its tools.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We see historic fires in Greece, Portugal and North America’s entire West Coast ; epic floods in Germany ; devastating tornadoes in historically temperate geographies such as the Czech Republic ; record-breaking hurricanes in the Caribbean and Philippines; drought in Syria that ultimately led to civil war; destruction of the Great Barrier Reef.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Ukio , a short-term furnished apartment rental platform aimed at the “flexible workforce,” has raised €27 million ($28 million) in a Series A round of funding. “Ukio was created to overcome this challenge.” Ukio’s raise comes as several similar platforms have raised sizable rounds of funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Another challenge, according to Weitzman, is the difficulty in capturing data transmitted through apps such as WhatsApp. To meet this rising demand for “more advanced” cross-channel surveillance, Shield announced Thursday it has raised $20 million in a Series B round of funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

” There’s money on the table too: Spain will be routing a portion of the “Next Generation EU” coronavirus recovery funding it receives from the pan-EU pot into this “entrepreneurial” push. Uber loses gig workers rights challenge in UK Supreme Court. Measures to change mindsets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

So this generated a lot of uncertainty for investment funds to come to Spain. When you have this legal certainty and a tax treatment that is reasonable, you want to have more VC funds than others coming to Spain and accelerate the investments that we need in Spain in order to close the gap with other European countries.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Challenge slide. Slightly later on, your plan needs to match the funds, which needs to match the milestones you’re trying to hit. Going from zero to 700 weekly active users in a new market (Portugal) is impressive, too. ” Cover slide. Problem impact slide. Problem slide. Solution slide. Product slide. Product slide.

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