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500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tbilisi

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Perhaps an exception to this oft-repeated phrase, in my experience, is Entrepreneur First out of London/Europe (but now also in Asia), and even then that entity is slightly closer to a pre-accelerator in the way it assembles talent before it assembles the startups (although it does also fund its startups). Of course, “your mileage may vary.”

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Visual workspace Whimsical closes first funding as it enters next phase of growth

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Whimsical , a startup creating tools for workplace collaboration, announced Tuesday its first funding round, a $30 million Series A investment led by Accel. The funding follows four years of bootstrapped growth and profitability, Dancis said. This is as the global productivity management software market was valued at $42.6

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Giraffe360, a robotic camera for real estate, raises $4.5M from LAUNCHub and Hoxton Ventures

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million in a funding round led by LAUNCHub Ventures and Hoxton Ventures. It was founded in 2016 in Riga, Latvia by two brothers, Mikus Opelts and Madars Opelts, and is headquartered in London, U.K. It has now raised $4.5 Also participating is HCVC (Hardware Club), alongside existing investor Change Ventures.

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Printify bags $45M, led by Index, to ride the custom printing boom

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The creator economy loves merch which is great news for on-demand custom printing startups such as Latvia-based Printify — today it’s announcing a $45 million Series A round, led by Index Ventures, off the back of rising demand for its services. “Those are the key aspects our merchants are looking for,” it adds.

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Financial comparison “super app” Jeff raises $1.5M seed extension

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The funding brings Jeff’s total raised to about $2.5 Part of the funding will be used to increase Jeff’s team from about 15 people now to more than 40 employees for its offices in Latvia and Southeast Asia. The startup announced today it has raised a seed extension of $1.5 million, led by J12 Ventures.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

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For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. But managing someone online is entirely different than working with someone in person.

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With over 1.3 million users, Nigerian-based fintech FairMoney wants to replicate growth in India

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billion underbanked people globally , the majority of which are from emerging markets. And with over 100 staff spread across Nigeria, France, and Latvia, the company hopes to build an engineering and marketing team in India. There are over 1.7 For them, accessing loans can be difficult, which is a problem fintechs try to solve.

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