TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in the last few years digitalizing financial and other services, but debt collections operations remain very manual and archaic, resulting in frustration for customers and lost money for service providers. Its customers include banks, alternative lenders, utilities and telcos.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But the COVID-19 pandemic has supercharged many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as consumers switched to home deliveries and “digitized” their lifestyles to a far greater extent. a site in the Netherlands, and has plans to roll out across other European markets. It says it has over 1,000 customers, small and large.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

The 2009-founded startup has raised more than $290 million to date over its decade+ run but describes itself as just at the beginning of a journey to make a dent in the massive and growing market for temporary work, expecting demand to keep stepping up as more sectors and processes go digital in the coming years.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

It plans to use the money to expand in the Netherlands, and eventually across Europe. Crisp says its USP is seasonal products sourced directly from 600+ small and high-quality producers at an affordable price in the Netherlands. Crisp has now raised a total of €42.5 million to date. The typical customer is a young family.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

More money for casual job-matching in Europe: Zenjob , a marketplace platform that targets students looking for side jobs in sectors like retail, logistics and hospitality and promises to connect them with employers in need of temporary labor, has closed a $50 million Series D round of funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Box CEO Aaron Levie says the company has seen increased demand from customers to digitize more of their workflows, and this acquisition is about giving them a signature component right inside Box that will be known as Box Sign moving forward. “As for our platform, when you look at Snowflake, they’re the data cloud. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

South Korean startup Tridge wants to address the issue via its online trade platform that matches global food agriculture buyers and sellers. The platform helps from research to ordering and enables buyers to source their food and agriculture items at reasonable prices in more than 150 countries. Carrefour and Indofood.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

I doubt that Apple really has beef with the Netherlands, but its squabble with the nation over in-app purchase techniques is drawing more ire than Netherlandian angst. The company is in the spotlight due to its sheer scale and ties to China, a nation that is famously digitally distinct from the rest of the world. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail Rocket , a retention management platform for brands, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Cyprus-based private equity fund Flintera. “The digital marketing world is growing very fast and the demand for highly-skilled professionals is constantly increasing,” CEO Khlebinsky said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

They join previous local investors like GB Capital, DPI, Algebra Ventures, Wamda, Egypt Ventures, Shaka VC, Nowaisi Capital, Unidelta, Battery Road Digital Holdings that have backed the company in the past. . We are at the forefront of the digital revolution sweeping across Egypt, bringing together the unbanked population with our technology.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

If you look at the total volume of the insurance premiums on the platform, it’s around €2 billion. Wefox currently operates in six European markets (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland and Netherlands). Essentially, Wefox wants to become the Amazon Web Services of insurance with this platform play.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

A smart port uses technologies including AI, big data, Internet of Things and 5G to provide more security and save energy by digitalizing the way huge ships enter docks and handle logistics at the ports. Our mission is to be an AI platform that ensures the safety and environmental protection of the ocean,” said Park.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The plan is to integrate more Kahoot features into Drops’ apps, and to bring some of Drops’ content into the main Kahoot platform. Kahoot picks up $215M from SoftBank for its user-generated, gamified e-learning platform. Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, Ukraine and Russia. million (€6.3

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

While gambling is not allowed on the platform, which hosts millions of virtual games that cater to children and teens, the lawsuit points to third-party gambling sites that invite users to play blackjack, slots, roulette and other games of chance using Roblox’s in-game currency. Lootboxes are still legal in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Based in the Netherlands, blossoming agtech startup Source.ag Source.ag’s seed funding was used primarily for R&D and to develop Source Track, a software platform to assist growers in operating their facilities. It has worked with hundreds of users over thousands of acres of high-tech greenhouses, making it ripe for expansion.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

For Oranje Fonds, the largest social cohesion organisation in the Netherlands, this has been its key mission from the start. At the community level, this includes Oranje Fonds’ annual Neighbours Day in September, which sees people all over the Netherlands come together to help others in their neighbourhoods.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

A spokesperson for the company confirmed to TechCrunch that four team members from Th3rd, who are based in the Netherlands, joined Snap as part of the acquisition. Founded in 2014, Th3rd specializes in creating high-quality digital twins of people and products to give brands and retailers a way to digitize their product catalog at scale.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

And just today, yet another online-only grocery delivery startup, Crisp in the Netherlands , raised $36 million (€30 million), and Flink in Germany raised $52 million , with both of those deals led by Target Global. upr’s previous startups was a restaurant delivery business, acquired by Delivery Hero ) to build its platform.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This by far the biggest investment Sendcloud has ever had: the Eindhoven, Netherlands-based startup has been around since 2012 and before now had raised just over $23 million ($23 million, 23,000 customers has a nice ring to it).

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The Verge

MARCH 23, 2022

Apple and Google have come under intense criticism from developers and legislators over the fees they take from purchases on their digital stores and because developers cannot use third-party in-app payment systems. Working together, the companies will test and learn, jointly exploring product innovations across the Android platform.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Adobe’s proposed plan to snap up digital design rival Figma for $20 billion has attracted the attentions of the European Commission (EC), which announced today that the proposed merger potentially “threatens to significantly affect competition in the market for interactive product design and whiteboarding software.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

After delivering over one million subscription boxes of Japanese snacks to customers in more than 100 countries, Bokksu launched a digital marketplace for premium Japanese lifestyle products, Bokksu Market , in 2018. Australia, Germany, Singapore, Sweden and Netherlands, Taing said. . Bokksu ships its grocery products to the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Six months after raising $250 million , Papaya Global is making a key acquisition to expand its cloud-based HR and payroll platform globally on the heels of major surge in remote working. The deal will help Papaya Global on two levels.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

Bubbles , a startup that pitches its platform as the “anti-Zoom” for video messaging, today announced that it closed an $8.5 Co-founder and CEO Tom Medema said the money will be used to further develop Bubbles’ platform while ramping up the company’s customer acquisition efforts. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

Charles’ platform in action. On top of that, retailers can use the Charles platform to create automated opt-in flows (e.g. One point worth noting is that Charles has specifically built its platform with Europe’s data privacy laws (i.e. Then, businesses can sell products, send newsletters, and offer follow-on support.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In our digital world, we have the opportunity to spotlight and connect people globally. Digital has broken barriers in how we connect and helped even out the playing field for creators. Your story is unique and so is your perspective. You never know who you may inspire along the way (or even catch the eyes of a hiring manager).

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In our digital world, we have the opportunity to spotlight and connect people globally. Digital has broken barriers in how we connect and helped even out the playing field for creators. Your story is unique and so is your perspective. You never know who you may inspire along the way (or even catch the eyes of a hiring manager).

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Tableau

JANUARY 6, 2022

When looking for viz-piration, browsing Tableau Public —a free platform to explore, create, and publicly share data visualizations—is an excellent place to start. Priceless. . Data viz inspiration. Now you know about the challenge, the next thing to consider is what to viz.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Vertical marketplaces continue to be a key lynchpin in the digital economy, a centralized place where people providing certain goods or services can connect with those specifically looking to buy them, a position that has, it seems, become even more prominent and in-demand in our pandemic economy. Pennylane raises $18.4

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Tableau

JANUARY 6, 2022

When looking for viz-piration, browsing Tableau Public —a free platform to explore, create, and publicly share data visualizations—is an excellent place to start. Data viz inspiration. Now you know about the challenge, the next thing to consider is what to viz. There are millions of vizzes to explore, covering numerous topics and data sets.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Now, after years of working hand in hand with partners throughout the ecosystem, Salesforce for Nonprofits is poised to unite teams on one platform with the Stakeholder 360 by gaining insights in real-time. Coworking in Huddles was also announced to help power spontaneous discussions and live working sessions in your digital HQ.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

Localyze’s SaaS is designed to simplify and support staff relocations or cross-border hiring, offering digital tools to automate admin and case tracking, helping companies and employees navigate what can be complex, bureaucratic and even stressful immigration requirements. nationality, family status or education).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Born out of our own frustrations with gathering the right study materials to prepare for exams, Jacques Huppes and I started jotting down what the ideal platform for easily sharing resources like study guides and class notes with other students would look like. We have introduced many iterations of the platform based on feedback and data.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

” Duscha said he and the tech community in Berlin use various chat rooms on major communications platforms, like LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram, to coordinate the transport of goods and people across the borders. He also said that he and everyone in his immediate circle are hosting families in their own homes. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Weaviate’s parent, SeMI Technologies out of The Netherlands, also raised this year , backed by the likes of NEA. We recently covered two such investments, Jaka, a Beijing- and Shanghai-based collaborative robotics startup , and Insilico, an AI drug platform from Hong Kong.

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The Verge

JULY 5, 2021

The more you share its digital key the less you pay each month, possibly even turning a profit. That’s about what you’d pay each month on a four-year lease for a comparable Volvo XC40 which is built upon the same platform as the 01. Only with Lynk & Co you can cancel the agreement at any time.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

It will be using the funds to expand to more markets — both to grow its business in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands (where it’s already operating) and to launch in Spain and the U.S. Vestiaire Collective raises $216 million for its second-hand fashion platform. Lumoid out of the U.S.

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