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Founder Institute doubles down on Europe, now runs 10 startup accelerator programs continent-wide

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The Founder Institute , the early-stage startup accelerator that aims to ‘globalize Silicon Valley’, is doubling down on Europe big time. The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Image credit: Ralph Orlowski / Getty Images.

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Minka raises $24M from Tiger, Kaszek to help move money more quickly across LatAm

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Bogota-based payments infrastructure startup Minka has secured $24 million in a funding round co-led by Tiger Global Management and Kaszek. Image Credits: Minka. I realized I could send a photo of my daughter to her grandparents in Croatia for free, and using only a phone number,” he told TechCrunch. Image Credits: Minka.

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How Zoox turned a failed Series C into the future

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Image Credits: Bryce Durbin. The long-time global financial hub will expect hundreds of new jobs in the next few years as ByteDance and Alibaba reportedly plan regional offices in the city-state. Image Credits: Mlenny / Getty Images. Image Credits: Bumble. Anyone else feel a moonshot theme arising in 2021?

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Our 7 favorite startups from the Wayra London 2013 demo day

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In the image below you can see the Drops Mix Chart – curated lists from users that have been voted the most popular. Launching first in the UK, Bulgaria, Germany and Croatia, iHelp is currently looking for £500,000 to expand its network and build into new markets. Featured Image Credit – Wayra/Flickr.

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How Bounce beat pandemic disruption and bagged a16z to lead its Series A

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The 2020 global freeze on leisure travel put a temporary pause on demand for short term luggage storage. But by summer 2020 there was a temporary unlocking as parts of Europe reopened to tourism — so Bounce focused its efforts on markets like Croatia at that point. Image Credits: Bounce.

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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. ” Image Credits: FreshBooks. Canada’s startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment. 1Password first became a unicorn in 2019.

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Croatia’s Gideon Brothers raises $31M for its 3D vision-enabled autonomous warehouse robots

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Proving that Central and Eastern Europe remains a powerhouse of hardware engineering matched with software, Gideon Brothers (GB), a Zagreb, Croatia-based robotics and AI startup, has raised a $31 million Series A round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch Industries Inc., Gideon Brothers founders.

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