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9 investors, execs and founders discuss Zagreb’s startup potential

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Startups may not spring to mind when speaking about the beautiful country of Croatia. But Croatia’s entrepreneurs haven’t been quiet: Startups like Infobip and Rimac are significant local hero businesses now, and the region can boast of high-quality talent in the tech, automotive, manufacturing, and agtech spaces.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

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As far as green shoots, COVID-19 has “played a role of an accelerator for innovation in many business areas and even e-government and other rigid/conservative industries,” said one. Only in founders from: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania or Hungary. We surveyed: Petra Kon?elíková elíková , partner, Nation1.vc.

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FreshBooks reaches $1B+ valuation with $130.75M for its SMB-focused accounting platform

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FreshBooks has 500 employees in Canada, Croatia, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United States — hiring over 100 people in the past year. For example, he said, more business owners are working to become digitally enabled to meet local tax and invoice compliance systems. . ” Image Credits: FreshBooks.

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6 investors and founders spotlight SaaS, B2B and medtech as Wroclaw’s hot startup sectors

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London and Berlin usually top the lists of European startup hubs, but Central and Eastern European countries like the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia and Poland have claimed a growing portion of the startup pie in the past few years. Indeed, since the beginning of the 20th century, this small city has been home to nine Nobel laureates.

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“We are going to create the best environment for startups in Europe”

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Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. And this key piece of the digital transformation puzzle is fully focused on entrepreneurs and investors. A draft law agreed by ministers was presented to the parliament last month. Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

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Twitter makes its API free for public announcement accounts Twitter announced on May 2 that it is making its API free for verified government or public-owned services posting about public utility alerts such as weather alerts, transportation information and emergency warnings. But once you refresh the page it disappears.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

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As you may know, the government has been tightening regulations associated with deep synthesis technologies (DST) and generative AI services, including ChatGPT. The ChatGPT app for iOS is now available to users in 11 more countries — Albania, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and the UK.

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