TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

based open banking bulk payment startup Comma has raised £4.34 They were joined by investors Village Global, and the founders of Wagestream, Peter Briffett and Portman Wills. Libeo in France is also offering something similar. million ($6 million) in a seed round of funding led by Octopus Ventures and Connect Ventures.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

TripActions , a corporate travel and expenses company, has raised a combination of equity and debt at a post-money valuation of $9.2 TripActions didn’t comment on any public listing plans, but its not unique to see a company raise ahead of a financial event of that scale. Oh look, TripActions raised at a $9.2B

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

There’s an urgent need for a global air traffic management solution to enable safe and efficient drone and urban air mobility (UAM) operations, and Terra Drone aims to be the leading player building the digital infrastructure in the sky.” . The company also could raise another funding before its IPO, Seki added. and Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Sencrop from France has raised $12 million, Augmenta (Greece) is a yield boosting platform that has raised $11.2 million and Ekylibre (France) is an open source ERP for farmers which has raised an undisclosed Series A. ” Semios now has customers in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Food production is both energy and water-intensive (“fun” fact: agricultural irrigation uses 70% of water worldwide ) and with the global population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050 , it strikes me that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to use a bit less water to grow our food. ” Source.ag

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

French startup Qonto has raised a $552 million Series D funding round (€486 million). It currently operates in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Tiger Global and TCV are leading today’s funding round. Existing investors Valar, Alven, DST Global and Tencent are putting more money on the table as well.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

It has now gone on to raise $44.1 In a similar vein, Shift Technology in France has raised $100 million. It has now raised an £8 million/$11 million Series A round led by Octopus Ventures. raises $2.5M startup aims to do something similar, but this time it will be coming out of the key market of the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

France and Germany. They’ve now a raised €2.5 Woola says this is enough to fulfill 120% of the global bubble wrap demand. Woola opened a production facility in Estonia and launched its first product in December 2020. Wool envelopes were the first products to hit the market. It’s now expanding to the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

An ambitious Chinese startup wants a slice of the flourishing global work automation market. Laiye, a Beijing-based company that provides a one-stop platform for automating office tasks of varying degrees of complexity, just picked up $160 million from a Series C funding round to expand globally. Laiye CEO Guanchun Wang.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Fireblocks , an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled the company’s valuation to $2.2 The latter is the third global bank to invest in Fireblocks in addition to the Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon and SVB Capital. . billion in just over five months.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sunday , a startup that didn’t exist just a few months ago, has raised a $100 million Series A funding round. Today’s funding round is led by Coatue with participation from partners of DST Global. Christine de Wendel was previously the head of France at Zalando and the COO of ManoMano. Spain, France and Canada.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

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. In addition to New York, VU opened an office in Madrid and will open offices in Italy and France, and in the United Kingdom. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

In the latest development, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Getir — the $12 billion quick commerce upstart that provides grocery essentials and sundries and promises delivery of them in minutes — is cutting 14% of its staff globally. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal and the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million at a staggering post-money valuation of $45.6 Rumors swirled in recent weeks that Klarna had raised more money at a valuation north of $40 billion. The new valuation represents a 47.3%

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The company, which currently has about 1,000 customers, today announced that it has raised a $23 million Series A round led by Radian Capital. “Globally, over $200 billion has been given in R&D incentives to fund businesses, not only in the U.S. and Canada claim their R&D tax credits. and Canada, but the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

It has raised a $6.2 According to Taboure, the buyers are mainly from France and the U.S; But recent struggles from currency devaluation to investor pullout have forced the startup to take an extended hiatus (although it claims to be restrategizing), raising fresh questions on the viability of some e-commerce models in Africa.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Cylus , a Tel Aviv-based rail cybersecurity startup, built a cybersecurity solution, CylusOne, to protect the global mainline and urban railway companies from an array of threats and risks. Cylus will use the current funding to fuel its growth globally in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. billion by 2027.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

French startup Bigblue has raised a $15 million Series A funding round. The startup currently operates in three countries — France, Spain and the U.K. The company operates an order fulfillment platform for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. Runa Capital is leading the round with LPV acting as the ‘secondary lead investor’.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

French startup BlaBlaCar has raised a new $115 million funding round (€97 million). Existing investor VNV Global is leading the round. Classified giant and global tech investor Naspers acquired Avito. Even if BlaBlaCar doesn’t go public right away (or doesn’t raise), there’s a clause with a time frame.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Launched only this summer, the company has now raised a $4.7 Agriculture has deep roots in Denmark, a historically proud farming nation, which is why the company was born here, but we are scaling across Europe and intend to expand globally.” France-based Soil Capital. A number of European farmers also participated.

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The Verge

JULY 13, 2021

News publishers gained the ability to request payment for the use of their content on third-party platforms with the passage of the European Union’s controversial Copyright Directive , which was adopted by France in 2019 and generally tries to shift power toward content producers rather than the platforms that reshare their work.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Medwing , a European startup building a recruitment marketplace for healthcare workers, has raised €44 million ($47 million) in a Series C round of funding. where the likes of ShiftMed recently raised $200 million ; Nomad Health secured $105 million ; Incredible Health nabbed $80 million ; and Vivian Health drew in $60 million.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2022

” And despite some debate around France’s exact unicorn tally, the consensus is that Macron’s goal has actually been reached this year. French economic newspaper “La Tribune” did the math : For France to be home to 100 unicorns by 2030, it will need to add nine or 10 unicorns a year. billion in India.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

” In addition to Austria, Bitpanda is live in France, Spain, Turkey, Italy and Poland, with plans to expand to more markets this year, building hubs in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Paris and Berlin. You’ll hear firsthand how some of the most successful founders and VCs build their businesses, raise money and manage their portfolios.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2022

The fishing market globally was worth $253 billion in 2021, and despite the controversy that swirls around the industry, that figure continues to grow. As for buyers, France currently accounts for 95% of all sales. France indeed is a very big market for seafood, but it’s not the only one.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The startup has raised $155 million at a $700 million valuation. Tiger Global is leading this round, with new backers Baleen Capital and Woodson Capital also participating, alongside Fasanara Capital and Ithaca Investments, which had backed Scalapay in its previous $48 million round earlier this year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The latest to show its hand is Berlin-based Flink , which today is announcing that it has raised a hefty $52 million in seed financing. The round is led by Target Global and existing investors Northzone, Cherry Ventures, and Silicon Valley-based debt provider TriplePoint Capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Today came the latest development in that story: HungryPanda , which makes a Mandarin-language app specifically targeting Chinese consumers outside of China, has raised $70 million to continue its global expansion in delivering food from Chinese restaurants and Asian grocery stores targeting the Chinese diaspora.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

New data indicates that France’s startup market is posting record totals in terms of dollars raised. For comparison, that two-quarter figure is billions more than French startups raised in all of 2020. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Tink , a startup out of Stockholm, Sweden that aggregates a number of banks and financial services by way of an API so that those can in turn be accessed via new channels, has raised €85 million (or $103 million at current rates), at a post-money valuation of €680 million (or around $825 million). It has now raised €175 million in total.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

“We also have a contact email for people to raise potential copyright infringements. The new funding will be put toward product development and supporting the platform’s global expansion, per Khudir. We’re also looking to launch in France, Nordics, Spain, Russia and many more countries.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Ejara , a Cameroonian fintech offering an investment app that allows users to buy crypto and save through decentralized wallets, has raised $8 million in Series A investment. . Cameroon’s Ejara raises $2M to offer crypto and investment services in Francophone Africa.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The company has raised $216 million, or €178 million — it has reached a valuation above $1 billion, making it a unicorn. French fashion and luxury group Kering is leading the round with Tiger Global Management. Vestiaire Collective announced a new funding round. Kering now owns 5% of Vestiaire Collective. and Asia. “As

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

And the evidence comes today with the news that Xayn has now raised almost $12 million in Series A funding led by the Japanese investors Global Brain and KDDI (a Japanese telecommunications operator), with participation from previous backers, including the Earlybird VC in Berlin.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

French startup Ankorstore has raised a $102 million Series B funding round (€84 million). Tiger Global and Bain Capital Ventures are leading today’s funding round with existing investors Index Ventures, GFC, Alven and Aglaé also participating. Ankorstore is now live across 14 different markets.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A startup that has built payroll automation software to make the process less painful, Pento, has raised $35 million in a Series B round of funding co-led by Tiger Global Management and Avid Ventures. The investment marks Tiger Global’s first time investing in London-based Pento. million Series A led by General Catalyst.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Persefoni , a Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) for enterprises and financial institutions, is the latest to benefit from this rising tide, with the news today that it has raised $101 million in its Series B financing round. The Series B investment brings Persefoni’s total capital raised to $114.2

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