TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Einride today announced a $500 million tranche of financing as it looks to expand its autonomous and electric trucks into new markets globally. The cash injection constitutes an equity-based $200 million Series C portion from backers including Northzone, EQT Ventures, Temasek, Swedish pension fund AMF, Polar Structure, and Norrsken VC.

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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. million in funding.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Those included putting 30% of the planet and 30% of degraded ecosystems under protection by 2030, known as the Global Biodiversity Framework. ” The overall financial aim was to achieve $20 billion a year in the fund by 2025, and then $30 billion by 2030. . And a big part of the talks will be about raising more money.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

They received funding from Google Black Founders Fund last October before closing this seed round, which welcomed participation from Leonnis Investments. Angel investors like Keisuke Honda of KSK Angels and others from Serbia, Kenya and Norway participated.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Anyone who has followed global news events of late will have noticed the devastating floods that have engulfed pretty much every corner of the world, from the U.S. million in a seed round of funding led by sustainability-focused VC firm Momentum Partners , with participation from Construct Venture and Obos VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

Challenger banks have become, collectively, a force to be reckoned with in the world of financial services for consumers, and today one of the big players out of the Nordics — Lunar — is announcing growth funding along with two new services to continue filling out its ambition of providing a one-stop super app for its users.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Into this space has appeared imove out of Norway, with what appears, at least, to be a new twist on the whole thing: a white-label platform offered to industry to enable it to offer these car subscription services under their own brands. Cazoo (after its acquisition of Drover) and Care by Volvo Hertz, to name just a few.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

German launch startup Isar Aerospace has scored $165 million (€155 million) in new funding as it races toward the inaugural flight of its Spectrum small rocket later this year. Isar’s funding history reflects this increasing overlap between public and private interest. million (€10 million) prize from the European Commission.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

The funding, which brings Finn’s valuation to “more than $500 million,” comes at a time when consumers are starting to shift away from traditional car ownership models like leasing or financing. Car subscription platform Finn has raised $110 million in equity to expand in the U.S. In the U.S.,

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Our population churns out 181 patents per million inhabitants ranking us #8 in the world – ahead of the US, South Korea and Norway. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In 1999, the Greenpeace national offices in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway united to form one regional entity: Greenpeace Nordic. The last few years have been pivotal for the environmental movement as the effects of climate change and shifting global weather patterns have become increasingly apparent and driven up public awareness.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

And when XPeng rolled its first exported electric vehicles off a boat in Norway last week , it accomplished something many of its peers have sought: expansion into new markets. Public offerings, global expansions — these were all goals of startups that faltered. But he said he was wary it would bring in too much money.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

When we asked Snap to detail its policy around anonymous apps aimed at minors, we were told the company is in the process of reviewing its app ecosystem and policies, following the hire of its first global head of platform safety. Canada, Bermuda, Ireland, and Norway, the firm says. The company has an undisclosed amount of funding.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

The startup, based out of Oslo, Norway, initially made its name with an app called Timely , a tool for people to track time spent doing different tasks. The funding is being led by local investors Melesio and Sanden, with participation from Investinor, Concentric and SNÖ Ventures, who backed Memory.ai Now, Memory.ai previously.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Backed by the likes of Sequoia, Silverlake, and Atomico, a new $650 million funding round in September gave the company a whopping $10.65 In the last year alone, 21 million users were added globally. Today, the company boasts a registered customer base of 90 million, 11 million of which are in the U.S. Image Credits: Klarna. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

“Obviously we have been on the right side of a global pandemic. Its main markets are Sweden, Norway, France, Germany and the UK, where it operates a healthcare service itself (not necessarily nationwide), though it notes that it offers a video consultation service to 30 regional markets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Twig , a London-based fintech targeting Gen Z and younger Millennial consumers with an e-money account that gives them instant cash-outs on fashion and electronics they want to sell, has closed a $35 million Series A round of funding. Its website also talks up its use of carbon offsetting and other initiatives to shrink environmental impact.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Backed by the likes of Sequoia, Silverlake, and Atomico, a new $650 million funding round in September gave the company a whopping $10.65 In the last year alone, 21 million users were added globally. Today, the company boasts a registered customer base of 90 million, 11 million of which are in the U.S. Image Credits: Klarna. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

According to Bird, this growth plan is already underway, with the shared micromobility company recently bringing its scooters to Bergen, Norway; Tarragona, Spain; and Palermo, Italy. A Bird spokesperson told TechCrunch it’s using “existing resources” to fund these various initiatives. million) in a funding round led by Swedbank Robur.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. 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. In Norway, sustainability-focused companies. 50% Norway, 50% Nordic/Baltic. and Nomono.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

Norway abandoned its contact-tracing app on Monday after it reached just 10 percent adoption.) Wallace-Wells reports that the federal government has allocated funding for contact tracing nationwide, but only at about one-sixth of the $3.6 YouTube created a $100 million fund to amplify black creators. That’s real money.

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