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Boutique hotel tech platform NUMA raises $45M growth financing round led by DN Capital

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Sonder is a tech-driven hospitality company. Germany-based NUMA Group expanded into Spain, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic in 2021. Based out of the U.S., It’s raised $529.6 The platform is designed to increase profits for hotel operators through automated business processes, intelligent pricing and higher occupancy rates.

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Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech

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When I started getting involved in clean tech 1.0 To tackle the crisis, capital must flood in and even more so than in the past few encouraging years, during which climate tech VC investment increased 40x between 2013 and 2019. We need the same urgency applied to climate tech. Not investing in climate tech is inexcusable.

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

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” Index and Credo lead a $2.75M seed in anti-fraud tech, Resistant AI. payslips submitted as part of digital loan applications are altered or forged; 15% of company registration certificates submitted worldwide when opening a bank account are fakes; and 9% of utility bills submitted as a proof of address worldwide are forged.

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

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As Welcome to the Jungle originally started with tech startups, there are still a lot of highly-skilled job opportunities on the platform. 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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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

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While London, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm feature regularly in tech coverage, the rest of Europe has been busy. The Czech Republic may be better known for beer, hockey and the sights of Prague, but its entrepreneurial community is as ambitious as any. More than 50%? More than 50%? What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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5 ways to build company culture with a virtual team

The Next Web

While companies like Google instill a company culture through a giant, all-encompassing campus, that’s not so practical when you need to hire a designer in the Czech Republic and a social media expert in Chicago. That knowledge is critical for your business if you’re looking to be more than just for the tech elite.

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Everli, the European marketplace for online grocery shopping, bags $100M Series C

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Everli , the European marketplace for online grocery shopping that started in Italy but now also operates in Poland, Czech Republic and France, has raised a $100 million in Series C funding. The round is led by Verlinvest, with participation from new investors Luxor, DN Capital, C4 Ventures, and Convivialité Ventures.