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 is now on a massive recruitment drive for the 16 new markets in which it is setting up operations, including Ghana, India, Uganda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Russia, Poland, Pakistan and Indonesia.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

LMS365: Creating a course Image Credits : LMS365 From the end-user perspective, all this means that new-hires can be onboarded directly through Microsoft Teams, or receive ongoing training in all manner of disciplines from customer service to managing mental health. A little more than half of LMS365 users are based in the U.S.,

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

. — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone : Dronamics raised $40 million in a pre-Series A round (or really big seed round if you’d rather look at it that way) to start an autonomous cargo drone airline in Europe, Mike writes. The tech jobs market might not be as shaky as it feels , writes Ron.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Snoop Dogg, rocked the stage at Sunday’s Super Bowl, and now his Casa Verde Capital team is pumping new funds into Frankfurt-based Cansativa Group , touted as the “largest medical cannabis distributor” in Germany. He also said the company was building the “Amazon” of cannabis in Europe. “We Calvin Broadus, a.k.a.

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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

MARCH 14, 2023

One Impression, an Indian influencer marketing platform that does business in markets including Indonesia, Dubai, Europe and the U.S., The Gurugram-based startup is building an Amazon-like platform to help brands quickly find relevant influencers for their marketing campaigns.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2022

Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. Deep tech has become a hot topic in Europe, with hopes that the region can have an edge over the rest of the world for innovation rooted in fundamental research. . That deep tech raises high hopes in Europe wasn’t exactly a surprise.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

One of the bigger startups in Europe operating a trading platform for cryptocurrency has closed a big round of funding on the heels of very rapid growth, and plans to open its platform to a wider stream of assets. “In the EU, we probably have less than 10% of the population owning stocks. Our growth goes hand in hand with that.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

is losing market share.” Europe (excluding the United Kingdom) maintained a consistent share of around 29% during the five years from 2017 to 2022. is losing market share of developers, but maybe what’s important is the overall number of developers,” Stavropoulos said. based team, Stavropoulos noted.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to Grand View Research, the global sports betting market is expected to grow to $182.12 So we are seeing a number of startups throng around this market. Plus, Super Bowl ads boosted crypto app downloads by 279%, so there is a burgeoning market. billion in revenue by 2030, up from $76.75 billion last year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

The proceeds will be used to propel its research and development in artificial intelligence and synthetic speech and grow the team. “We We plan on hiring heavily across all functions, from machine learning, artificial intelligence and product development to marketing and business development. billion by 2028 from $1.94

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

The company has been working on a single, unified open banking API for several European markets. Due to recent regulatory changes in Europe (PSD2), banks now have to offer official APIs to integrate with third-party services. According to Vaccino, only Tink has a similar level of coverage in Europe. In addition to the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Umba , a digital bank for emerging markets and aiming first at Africa, has secured a $2 million seed funding round from new investors including Lachy Groom, ex-Head of Issuing at Stripe; Ludlow Ventures; Frontline Ventures and Act Venture. It’s clear the African market is maturing and that we’re entering a very interesting phase.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Sports have been among some of the most popular and lucrative media plays in the world, luring broadcasters, advertisers and consumers to fork out huge sums to secure the chance to watch (and sponsor) their favorite teams and athletes. million) in a Series B round of funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The Tel Aviv-based firm aggregates crypto data across different wallets, accounts and platforms, so crypto entities’ financial teams can better understand what’s happening internally at their business without needing the crypto-native knowledge and experience to gather the information, Zackon said. Israel and Europe, its press release stated.

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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. billion acquisition of Plaid.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Previous backers 83North, Highland Europe, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, EQT Ventures and Vintage Investment Partners also followed on. Wolt declined to disclose the company’s latest valuation, although we know from the previous D round that the company is one of Europe’s so-called unicorns.

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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. 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 To sum it up, digital mortgage lender Better.com made its public debut on August 24.

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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

AUGUST 31, 2021

Vilner told TechCrunch that while at a previous company, he was building a category called technology marketing in Israel. We let the sales and marketing teams replicate the SaaS product in our cloud environment, which is disconnected from the back end,” Vilner explained. Walnut engagement example. Image Credits: Walnut. “We

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2021

We operate in Europe and we are the industry leader in online sales,” co-founder and co-CEO Philippe de Chanville told me. So why did the company raise given that it’s already in a strong position to replicate the same model in other European markets? Recommendations and advice will be key to gain market shares. billion ($1.42

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A region of more than 200 million people using the CFA franc, Francophone Africa is one of the most crypto-friendly markets in Africa. But only a few players are taking advantage of the market, which can make a case as the next frontier for mobile money and investment apps in Africa.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

A typical VC thesis: “We invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage.” ” However, our experience shows that in many cases “Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, U.K. Who invests in lousy teams addressing tiny markets with outdated solutions?

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Early-stage startups tend to claim that their go-to-market strategy is fully operational. Finding GTM fit is a milestone for any startup that includes everything from expanding the engineering team to launching your first media buy. Few startups go to market with the exact product their founders first envisioned.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

.” Cardiomatics said it will use the seed funding to invest in product development, expand its business activities in existing markets and gear up to launch into new markets. We prepare the product to launch into new markets too. We also monitor draft regulations and requirements that may be introduced soon.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

More posts by this contributor Edtech’s honeymoon might be over, but expect a second boom Despite creaky markets, European edtech is showing its resilience During the darkest days of the pandemic, money was no object in many developed markets. Italy was the only European market to see a hike in both funding and the number of deals.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

SGE’s team has a long-term mindset that will allow Virtuous to continue building an enduring business and putting our customers first.” In addition to product development, Virtuous will invest in expanding its customer success and services teams to provide support and playbooks to its base of nonprofit users.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is announcing a seed round to give its growth a boost. Translating that to today’s internet landscape in regions like Europe and the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Tech companies with Ukrainian roots and core markets in the U.S. and Europe continue to operate uninterrupted after making sure their teams and data are completely safe abroad or in the west of Ukraine. They have minimized risk while maintaining discipline and access to the talent pool. These trends are only gaining momentum.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

Prior to becoming CMO at Hum Capital, Scott Brown led marketing for Sapphire Ventures, a $6 billion VC firm based in the U.S. and Europe. He has had a 20+-year career in enterprise technology, holding senior marketing roles at Facebook, Google, Cisco and several startups. Scott Brown. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 is leading the round, which proves that the Vision Fund team is still focused on high-risk, high-potential bets. As a reminder, SoftBank has invested in many late-stage funding rounds through its Vision Fund team. the company has been expanding rapidly across Europe.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

In fact, the market for alternative meat, eggs, dairy and seafood products is predicted to reach $290 billion by 2035, according to research by Boston Consulting Group and Blue Horizon Corp. Muchnick plans to allocate some of the new funding to establish markets in Mexico and Canada and add market share in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

An ambitious Chinese startup wants a slice of the flourishing global work automation market. The two met through the startup’s investor Cathay Innovation , and the acqui-hire will pave the way for Laiye’s entry into the Europe market, said Wang. Laiye CEO Guanchun Wang. Image Credits: Laiye.

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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

MARCH 28, 2022

The Israeli startup is acquiring Azimo — the London-based money transfer business that Facebook once tried to buy to spearhead its own remittance efforts — a deal that will see Papaya Global moving into more markets, and launching more services such as instant payroll payments.

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