TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Payments made a huge shift to digital platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic — purchasing moved online for many consumers and businesses, and a large proportion of those continuing to buy and sell in-person went cash-free. Apple lowers commissions on in-app purchases for news publishers who participate in Apple News. “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

million from Finnfund , an impact investor out of Finland. Finnfund and KaiOS said that today’s money will go towards KaiOS building out its business in sub-Saharan Africa — a major market for lower-end, low-cost devices. KaiOS, the feature phone platform startup, raises a modest $3.4M

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

StudentFinance launched in Spain first, followed by Germany and Finland, with the U.K. It also works with upskilling platforms including Ironhack and Le Wagon. Kostelec and Santo Amaro previously built Uniplaces, which raised $30 million as a student housing platform in Europe. million (€4.5 It’s now raised $6.6

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Last month, Wolt in Finland — which started with restaurants but has since expanded into other areas, including grocery — raised $530 million ; Glovo in Spain picked up $120 million ; and Weezy in the U.K. upr’s previous startups was a restaurant delivery business, acquired by Delivery Hero ) to build its platform.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The company is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland — founded and run by longtime veterans from Nokia cast asunder when that company, once a leading smartphone and mobile maker, went into a tailspin last decade — and its backers in this round include a number of big investors out of the region.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Oda , one of the bigger players in online grocery delivery in Europe with operations in its home market of Norway as well as Finland and Germany, today announced that it had raised 1.5 The investment gives Oda a post-money valuation of NOK3.5 billion, or $353 million.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. “My If a bank is partly about corralling enough users on to your platform to pay money in and out, Klarna is well on its way. Combined, Klarna is processing over 1 million transactions per day through its platform. Image Credits: Klarna.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Sorry, Finland, we love you, honestly. No cloudy days here : Amazon is pouring more money into India, this time $4.4 The company has raised $26 million in a mix of debt and equity — money that the company is using to boost manufacturing this quarter and to invest in 2023 plans. Whoops — we updated the headline. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

It now works with 3,000 merchants in Europe — specifically Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands and Austria — and it has yet to move into huge markets like the U.S. And that’s before you consider the many smaller BNPL companies that have raised and are raising money.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

The junior market in London was very helpful for that, and we spent five happy years on AIM, raising money annually — until we crossed over the billion [sterling] capitalization mark. Talking about innovation in venture capital models, what’s the main motivation for your use of retail investment platform PrimaryBid?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. “My If a bank is partly about corralling enough users on to your platform to pay money in and out, Klarna is well on its way. Combined, Klarna is processing over 1 million transactions per day through its platform. Image Credits: Klarna.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO first announced his bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, zealously driven to rid the platform of spam bots and protect free speech. Even for one of the richest men in the world, $44 billion is a lot of money to cough up to buy a middling social platform. By October, the platform was his.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Now, banking on the idea that both professional developers and more casual enthusiasts are going to want to build even more mobile games in the future, an Israeli startup called Kooply is announcing funding from key investors to build out a mobile games development platform.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

A hospital or clinic posts available shifts, then nurses can peruse opportunities, claim open spots and be paid the same day through the platform. They have arguably the largest network of nurses in the United States for this type of platform,” Richard Liu, a partner at FTV Capital, tells TechCrunch. Studies from the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As it turns out, Push It is the latest creation from the makers of the Snapchat platform app, Sendit , which features AR games and anonymous Q&As. It’s also in the top 10 in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Australia, Finland, and New Zealand. For the time being, however, Push it is not making money. It’s No.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The country makes far too much money from oil, giving it one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds and a large system of socialized support. PortalOne converges gaming, shows and the broader entertainment industry into one platform in a really fun and engaging way. It is like nothing you have ever seen before.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The company is turning to crowdfunding to raise money for the vegan alternative. We don’t really buy that : India’s regulators are now moving forward with new rules to curb fake reviews on e-commerce platforms , Jagmeet writes. Slush is an annual tech conference that happens, of course, in Helsinki, Finland.

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