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Partech raises $750 million growth fund

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Paris-based VC firm Partech has announced the closing of the fundraising of its new growth fund. Partech Growth II is the firm’s second growth fund. As a reminder, Partech Growth I was a smaller fund with €400 million under management, which represents $460 million at today’s exchange rate.

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

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million in Series A funding. 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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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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Boutique hotel tech platform NUMA raises $45M growth financing round led by DN Capital

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million, and, in the post-pandemic world where the population has become far more movable due to remote working, similar businesses are raising funds to attend to the needs of this global, nomadic workforce. Germany-based NUMA Group expanded into Spain, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic in 2021. Based out of the U.S.,

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

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-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. It brings the total funding raised by Liberis to £200 million, including more than £50 million in equity funding. and the U.K.

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Welcome to the Jungle grabs $54 million for its slick job platform

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Three existing investors are putting more money on the table — Revaia , XAnge and Bpifrance’s Digital Ventures’ fund. This isn’t the company’s first international expansion as the platform is already live in Spain and Czech Republic. Up next, Welcome to the Jungle wants to expand to the U.S.,

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Hackers are targeting the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain, IBM finds

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In a blog post , analysts Claire Zaboeva and Melissa Frydrych of IBM X-Force IRIS announced that the phishing campaign spans six regions: Germany, Italy, South Korea, Czech Republic, greater Europe, and Taiwan. COVID-19 vaccine research and development has been a target of multiple cyberattacks this year.