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Digital freight forwarder Forto raises another $50M in round led by Inven Capital

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Forto , a digital freight forwarder which has experienced a boom during the pandemic, has raised another $50 million in funding. The round was led by Inven Capital, a growth fund out of the Czech Republic. It’s now raised $103 million since its launch in 2016.

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Resistant AI scores $16.6M for its anti-fraud fintech tools

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The 2019-founded, Prague-based startup says the funding will be used to meet rising demand from global financial institutions, including by building out its product, engineering and sales operations teams beyond its existing footprint — which also includes offices in London and New York.

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Liberis, the embedded finance provider for SMEs, raises additional £70M in equity and debt

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Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic and Slovakia). However, the clever part is that the loan is paid back via a pre-agreed percentage of the business’ digital transactions. (the product is available in five new countries: U.S., However, lending has really picked up lately, with £250 million lent in the past two years alone.

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Czech on-demand grocery delivery startup Rohlik bags $230M to expand across Europe

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It plans to use the funding to expand its footprint across metropolitan areas in its existing three markets — the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria — as well as to break into Germany, Poland, Romania and other countries in the near future. upr, Rohlik CEO and founder, told TechCrunch in an interview.

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Celebrate Community Storytelling

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RSVP now for TechSoup's fourth annual Digital Storytelling Screening and Awards Party on Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. Pacific time at PARISOMA — and join us in celebration of the many powerful digital story submissions that came to us from all over the world! Featured Appearances.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

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One of their most current philanthropic projects is Connect 2 Compete , which in a big new digital inclusion program that aims to provide a PC and broadband Internet in every U.S. One of the more recent donations of Microsoft surplus equipment went to TechSoup’s Czech Republic partner, Charta 77 , that supports people with disabilities.

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

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The Czech Republic may be better known for beer, hockey and the sights of Prague, but its entrepreneurial community is as ambitious as any. Pipedrive is an EU-based CRM company with offices in eight countries, but it has a Czech co-founder in VP of Product Martin Henk, one of several founders to emerge from the ecosystem.