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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. However, one said: “The ecosystem still lacks local funding for the late Series A and beyond rounds.”. I think local tech investors are taking more risks and becoming global scene players. Rokas Tamoši?

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Railsbank, the Banking-as-a-Service, raises $37M in growth funding

TechCrunch

Railsbank , the London-headquartered Banking-as-a-Service platform, has raised $37 million in new growth funding. Also participating is Anthos Capital, Global Brain, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Moneta VC, Mitsui Fudosan and Firestartr. Singapore, Vilnius (Lithuania), Munich (Germany), Newcastle (U.K.),

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From ‘literally zero’ experience to $100M, this VC is raising his second climate tech seed fund

TechCrunch

The five-year-old firm is targeting $100 million for its second seed-stage fund, and it’s doing so smack in the middle of a climate-tech dealmaking boom. In 2017, PitchBook recorded 578 climate tech deals globally, altogether worth $12.5 To that point: PitchBook tracked 1,130 climate tech deals globally in 2021, topping $44.8

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Nord Security, the startup behind NordVPN, raises its first-ever funding, $100M at a $1.6B valuation

TechCrunch

VPN usage has surged in the last several years, with growing concerns over data privacy and security — and sometimes completely different motivations like people wanting to access content otherwise blocked in their regions — driving an estimated 30% of all internet consumers globally to use a VPN at some point this year.

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Curve says closing its new $95M Series C funding caused the delay on accounts filing

TechCrunch

Curve says it plans to use the funds to expand internationally, including to the U.S., It also now has a subsidiary in Vilnius, Lithuania, in order to serve its EU-based following Brexit, and partnered with Samsung for its Pay Card. Allen), with participation from OneMain Financial, the U.S. personal finance company, and Novum Capital.

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Strava acquires Fatmap, a 3D mapping platform for the great outdoors

TechCrunch

Strava , the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has acquired Fatmap , a European company that’s building a high-resolution 3D global map platform for the great outdoors. An earlier version of this article stated that Fatmap had raised around $8 million in funding so far.

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

The Next Web

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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