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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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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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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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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. It’s raised $529.6

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

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A global phishing campaign has been targeting organizations associated with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines since September 2020, IBM security researchers say. Advanced insight into the purchase and movement of a vaccine that can impact life and the global economy is likely a high-value and high-priority nation-state target.”.

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