TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Cryptocurrency pioneer and early Bitcoin thought-leader Diana Biggs has joined Swiss-based startup Valour , which lets investors easily buy digital assets through their bank or broker. billion worth of bitcoin, thus massively boosting the mainstream markets for crypto assets.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

The conversational commerce market is fairly substantial too, with China’s WeChat reportedly facilitating $250 billion in transactions in 2020 alone. Conversational commerce comes to Europe. One point worth noting is that Charles has specifically built its platform with Europe’s data privacy laws (i.e.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

In Japan, where the real estate market is fragmented, homeowners have faced uncertain selling prices riddled with brokerage fees and an average selling period of between four and eight months, Ito said. “The difference is that we purchase from the seller at a discount from the market price. . and the U.K., While the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

By Emily Friedrichs of Elevation – a digital agency that s pecializes in Google Ad Grant management and exclusively serves nonprofit’s digital marketing and design needs. Elevation has been a nonprofit partner since 2007 and currently supports more than 200 different organizations in Europe and the Americas.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

It pushed me to create a company to help create digital experiences without the friction,” he told TechCrunch. VU is one of several startups applying technology to fraud and identity within a global digital identity market expected to reach over $33 billion by 2025, according to Adroit Market Research. billion valuation.

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TechSpot

MARCH 12, 2024

On Tuesday, Apple announced a few more changes to its Digital Markets Act (DMA) policies. The changes give developers more app distribution options, including selling and providing the software from their independent website. It has also loosened how developers are allowed to offer in-app promotions. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

million in a pre-Series A round, to tap the opportunities in emerging markets, where digital lending apps have recently sprung up in droves. Bfree was founded by Julian Flosbach (CEO), Chukwudi Enyi (COO) and Moses Nmor (CPO) inspired by the need to introduce ethical debt recovery tools and processes in emerging markets.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

CEO Aahan Bhojani and Ashmin Varma founded Silkhaus last year after identifying a $13 billion market opportunity for asset owners across emerging markets, particularly MENA, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Frankly speaking, finding a good Airbnb in these markets is like pulling a needle out of a haystack.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Sennder , a large digital road freight forwarder based out of Germany, has raised $160 million in Series D financing. So far it has concentrated on the lucrative European market. The European logistics and freight sector has a market size of $427 billion. The whole digital freight forwarding market is booming.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

million Series A led by new strategic investor EIT InnoEnergy, a major accelerator of sustainable energies in Europe that’s supported by the European Union. We know that in Asia, especially in East Asia, it’s pretty much working, but we need to see if this also works in Europe.”. Our role model is Gogoro,” Duscha told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

that creates digital banks in emerging markets, confirmed to TechCrunch today that it has raised $7.4 Digital banks, neobanks, challenger banks or whatever you may call them, are among the biggest recipients of VC investments in fintech. In November 2021, Fintech Farm launched in its first market, Azerbaijan.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Last year we covered how Barcelona-based startup Impress had digitalized the area of orthodontics, raising a $50 million Series A in the process, somewhat aping U.S.-based Impress has its own chain of orthodontic clinics in southern Europe and plans to expand internationally. based startups such as SmileDirect.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

A new report from Endeavor Nigeria reveals that Africa’s digital economy and tech ecosystem is set to experience exponential growth periods. The report is dubbed “The Inflection Point: Africa’s Digital Economy is Poised to Take Off.”. The organization’s report intends to shed more light on Africa’s market dynamics.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

“The digital marketing world is growing very fast and the demand for highly-skilled professionals is constantly increasing,” CEO Khlebinsky said. “The complexity of digital marketing tools is booming too — just several years ago we couldn’t imagine the technologies we use today.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Since then, the fintech has enabled over six products for various businesses, from banks and mobile network operators to e-commerce platforms and fintech players across three markets: Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. If you think of a market, like the U.S., So far, over 1.2 Banking-as-a-service startup Unit closes on $100M at a $1.2B

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

It will be using the funds to continue expanding to new geographies and to bring more consumers and partners to its “super app”; and newer business lines, such as its 15-minute grocery delivery option Bolt Market, will be building out ‘dark stores’ in more cities to expand the service beyond the 10 where its active today.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

InstaCarro , a digital marketplace that connects used car sellers to dealers in Brazil, has raised $23 million in a Series B round of funding. InstaCarro raises $22 million to tackle Brazil’s $50 billion used-car market. We see digital car dealerships finding success in markets across the world, from the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

Ikigai , a London fintech founded by former McKinsey partners, thinks there’s room in the crowded challenger market for a new premium offering that combines digital banking with wealth management. “Everything on the market seemed to be slow, impersonal, full of attempts to sell lending and debt products.

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TechSpot

MARCH 7, 2024

The decision comes mere weeks after Europe's new Digital Markets Act (DMA) pushed the Cupertino giant to let Epic start an alternate app store. Apple has terminated Epic Games Sweden's developer account, banning the company from releasing any iOS software on or off the Apple App Store. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

While the pandemic prompted companies to digitize much of the way they do business, not every brand made the pivot successfully. The same survey found that over four-fifths of companies — 82% — were prevented from pursuing digital transformation projects due to the staffing, resources and expertise required.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Open banking platforms, where services that might not have previously lived next to each other are now joined up by way of APIs, has been one of the emerging trends of the last couple of years, and today one of the leaders in the space out of Europe has closed a round of funding to expand its business. million in funding.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Juni , a Swedish pre-launch startup that’s building a banking app and platform for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs, has raised just over €2.1 Former Spotify marketing exec-turned-VC Sophia Bendz on her love of early-stage investing. million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Mental wellness startup MindFi operates throughout APAC, but wants to deliver “culturally competent” care in each of its markets. In total, MindFi’s products serve 100,000 employees across 35 employers in 15 markets. It’s time for investors to redefine how we evaluate digital health startups. ThoughtFull gets $1.1M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

late last year , Gopuff is officially expanding to Europe starting with France. For today’s market launch, the company is taking advantage of its acquisition of Dija — Dija had already soft-launched its service in France before Gopuff acquired the European startup. We only come into a market once we’re really ready to win.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

But in Germany, B2B Payments company Mondu has emerged as a significant entrant to the market. But as more companies increasingly move to digital, the need for BNPL for B2B online will grow immensely. Philipp Povel, co-founder and co-CEO of Mondu, said there is a “$200 billion opportunity just in Europe and the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

The process of digitizing the operations of mom and pop stores in Nigeria is serious business right now. Europe and Asia, including Michael Novogratz’s, participated in the round. Omnibiz gets $3M to digitize Nigeria’s informal B2B supply chain. In fact, it might be the second-best thing after fintech at the moment.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Or, they could use the funds to kick-start their 2022 marketing efforts. ” “People really do come back from the holidays looking for new tools, new experiences, new ways to do things,” said Tracey Wallace, director of marketing at MarketerHire. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Last week was a good one for edtech in Europe. GoStudent became Europe’s first edtech unicorn (IPO’d companies aside), raising its third round in 12 months and the biggest ever in the sector in Europe. has more than three times as many deals as the next individual market. Deal-size progression in edtech over the years.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Prince describes BlockFi as a financial services company for crypto market investors that offers a retail and institutional-facing suite of products. Specifically, clients can buy and sell digital assets (from Bitcoin, Ethereum and Link to Litecoin, PaxG and multiple stablecoins) directly on BlockFi.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

trillion B2B payments market in sub-Saharan Africa is one where merchants commonly use manual invoices and inefficient processes that burden merchants and make them struggle with their businesses. And then it becomes easier for us to digitize how payment moves between retailers and distributors,” he added. million in seed funding.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Amira Learning For empowering students to read more fluently As AI-powered tutors have flooded the market, Amira Learning has drawn special attention for its success in using the technology to help young students become better readers. Through AI simulations, users can practice real-world communication and work on their leadership skills.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Blackshark.ai, the Austrian startup behind the digital globe you fly over in Microsoft’s Flight Simulator, has raised a $20M round A to develop and scale its replica-Earth tech. The potential applications for a planetary “digital twin” are many and various, and the company has a head start even on mapping giants like Google.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

By digitalizing the insurance work for insurers and intermediaries, its platform enables them to save time, focus on their clients and scale their business. . Norwegian investor Kistefos , Markel Digital Investment and an angel investor participated in the latest round. trillion general insurance industry. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In February, Disha , a Nigeria-based platform that allows digital creators to curate, sell digital content, create portfolios and receive payments from their audience globally, announced that it was closing shop. Furthermore , there is an increasing appetite to create, own, sell or share digital experiences such as NFTs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Another example is Market Finance, a tech-enabled SME lender in the U.K., The massive digital transformation going on right now has given rise to non-bank and alternative lending companies. Western Europe, U.K., which needs lending capital to finance loans. In 2021, fintech lenders originated more than $120 billion in loans.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Of course, digital and connected features are becoming crucial to the user experience, and Nvidia , Qualcomm , and LG Electronics are racing to develop the computing power for faster processing and seamless service. The year also saw the companys rapid expansion across Asia and into Mexico, South America, Europe, and Australia.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Better.com finally went public The biggest fintech news of the week centered around Better.com’s no good, very bad public market debut. To sum it up, digital mortgage lender Better.com made its public debut on August 24. But I’m not sure anyone expected it to be hovering at a share price that gave Better.com a market cap of just $19.14

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