TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Our perspective on the matter is hardly unique: Techstars recently announced two new programs on the continent, one in France and one in Sweden, indicating that it too sees lots to like in Europe.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The startup has signed contracts with governments of Sweden, Argentina and Basque, TechCrunch reported earlier. The startup will deploy the funds to “expand its global footprint of Solid deployments in both the government sector and the commercial sector,” said Hartwell.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Autonomous and electric truck maker Einride is rolling into Germany, representing its first new market in Europe outside its native Sweden. Founded out of Stockholm in 2016, Einride has raised some $150 million in funding to commercialize a cab-less autonomous cargo truck, one that can be controlled remotely, if required, by human operators.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Chunk was initially launched with restaurants and chefs in Sweden. The new funding will enable the company to focus on R&D, to build out a pilot plant and to move into a new headquarters building next year in Stockholm. The company also looks to expand out of Sweden and into the U.S. “We

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Numan , the European subscription service covering erectile dysfunction (ED) and men’s wellness/health needs more generally, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by White Star Capital , with participation from existing investors Novator, Vostok New Global, Anthemis Exponential, Colle Capital and new investor Hanwha Group.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Sweden-based fintech Tink has also been dominant across Europe, while Truelayer and Belvo are holding the fort in the UK and Latin America. With wide and deep investor backing, Stitch will use the funding to consolidate growth in South Africa. Other investors who took part include both funds and angels.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

Today, a startup from Gothenburg, Sweden called Juni is announcing $206 million in funding — a $100 million Series B and a further $106 million in debt — to build out e-commerce-focused neobank, designed specifically to cater to that growing group of retailers with tools to help them run their business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

French startup Ankorstore has raised a $283 million Series C funding round (€250 million). This leads us to today’s funding round. Bond and Tiger Global led the Series C. Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. Founded in November 2019, it took Ankorstore around two years to reach a post-money valuation of $2 billion (€1.75

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. In the last year alone, 21 million users were added globally. Image Credits: Klarna.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

The pandemic has seen such platforms scale globally, and Africa is not exempt. Webrock Ventures is a Sweden-based investment company that employs a venture-building model. So essentially, the firm partners with tech companies in Sweden and combines its cash with the company’s business models to create portfolio businesses.

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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. Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden as growth markets.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Riot Games (developer of League of Legends), Tokyo’s Akatsuki Entertainment Technology Fund (the company behind Dragon Ball Z), Raine Ventures and fintech VC TTV Capital participated. Also, the company helps local studios that find it difficult to create games with a global appeal by pairing them with strong operators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. You can register here. Players, who collectively average about 30 years old in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Corporations want access to that consumer data without necessarily storing it, but again, there is no global open protocol for them to do so,” the investor deck reads. The startup has signed contracts with governments of Sweden, Argentina and Basque. These partnerships have not been previously reported.

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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

APRIL 1, 2023

. — Anna To SVB and back The Exchange recently noted how Sweden was punching above its weight in terms of startup dollars raised per capita. Israel’s tech scene is also remarkably resilient and relatively immune from the country’s global and local political woes. MDI Health CEO Avishai Ben-Tovim was one of these.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

Founded in 2013 (or 2014 depending on the source), the Chicago-based company has raised over $82 million in funding over its lifetime from investors such as FinTech Collective and Oak HC/FT , according to Crunchbase. Other backers include Index Ventures, Susa Ventures and Global Founders Capital. Fundings across the globe.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

million/£14 million) in Series B fundraising from Element Ventures, MiddleGame Ventures, Nineyards Equity and Visa, to expand its open banking technology to banks globally. Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016, Minna enables customers to manage subscription services via their existing bank’s app. It has now raised $18.8 million (€15.5

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In May, the company raised $110 million to help fund its U.S. expansion, bringing its total funding to $150 million. I mean, the heavy freight transport industry stands for between 7% to 8% of global CO2 emissions, and the engines that I helped to produce contribute roughly 1% of global CO2 emissions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

billion underbanked people globally , the majority of which are from emerging markets. Born in Germany to a Nigerian father and German mother, Hainy began his entrepreneurial journey in 2015 by launching a food delivery company in Sweden. There are over 1.7

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Jobandtalent says the latest funds will be used to accelerate its expansion in key markets, including the US — its most recent focus. We are just starting to grow in the US, and this round of funding will help us accelerate those plans and become market leaders there as well,” the startup told us.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2023

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. The company also told me via email that since publicly listing on the LSE in July 2021, it has grown its global customer base by nearly 6 million. The Netherlands and Sweden in May 2022.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. In the last year alone, 21 million users were added globally. Image Credits: Klarna.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

To fund development of the marketplace, the team has raised around $4 million in total to date — mainly comprised of a $3.6M Alfred is from a small village in the middle of nowhere in Sweden, I grew up in an immigrant family, and Sam is a working class bloke from Leeds. And we had fairly little exposure to opportunity.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

” It’s worth noting there are a number of telehealth platforms operating private services in Europe that can deliver prescription medicine directly and speedily following a virtual consultation with a doctor — such as Sweden’s Kry.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Mavenoid , a Swedish company that provides both human- and AI-enabled support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Presented by: Elizabeth Ngonzi , Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs and Former CEO of Afrika Tikkun USA. Selecting one of four legal paths to raise funds from them. Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST. Understanding their needs, interests and why they give.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

French startup Back Market — a marketplace for refurbished electronics goods — has raised a $335 million Series D funding round led by General Atlantic. Today’s funding round values the startup — which says it now has 5 million customers globally — at $3.2 trillion market globally.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. But in today’s environment, where investors are pulling back and venture funding has slowed considerably, a $315 million raise stands out. Fundings and M&A. The Washington, D.C.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Memmo.me , a startup allowing users to pay celebrities for personalized video messages, is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The startup says it has been used to send more than 100,000 messages globally, and that sales grew 50% every month between July of last year and January 2021.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

More funding for sustainability reporting: Sweden’s Worldfavor , an early mover platform focused on building digital infrastructure to support supply chain transparency and cater to organizations’ ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting needs, has bagged €10.2 million in Series A funding to step on the growth gas.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Harley-Davidson announced that its taking electric motorcycle division LiveWire public through a merger with a blank check company sponsored by executives of AEA Investors and Bridges Fund Management. The deal is funded by $400 million that ABIC is holding in trust, a $100 million investment from Harley-Davidson and $100 million from Kymco.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Today, the New York and Tokyo-based startup announced a $22 million Series A at a $100 million valuation to bridge cultures by helping traditional Asian products reach a global audience. The funding was led by Valor Siren Ventures , with participation from Company Ventures , St. DST Global pumps $35 million into Asian e-grocer Weee!

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. 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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Here's a glimpse of what's happening internationally around TechSoup Global: Connecting Up Australia. TechSoup Sweden. TechSoup Sweden's Andreas Ericsson built his own Instagram printer for an event. Find out which 10 resources they recommend for building a better website. NGO Pulse (South Africa).

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