TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Klarna , the Swedish buy now, pay later behemoth and upstart bank, has raised $1 billion in new funding at a post-money valuation of $31 billion. It has a range of licensed banking services, such as savings and current accounts, in Sweden and Germany , with more countries to follow.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The app and the company behind it have been helping people enjoy better wine since 2010, and now the startup has raised $155 million with its Series D round – a sum over twice as large as all of its previous funding to date. This brings the company’s total funding to $221 million to date. Vivino wine app in San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. Spotify is spending to advertise its advertising solution so that others can spend more money on Spotify.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

million in seed funding. Leading the round is Berlin-based Cherry Ventures — the first deal, I believe, from newly recruited partner Sophia Bendz, who herself is based in Sweden. Initially, Juni will make money on interchange fees (minus the cashback it offers) and by charging a subscription in the best SaaS tradition.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. 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. Read it every morning on Extra Crunch or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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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. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

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

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The startup has just announced a $60 million Series B fundraise, money it aims to use to transform the way companies look at last-mile delivery. Couriers can make more money because they can do more deliveries per hour, and customers are happier because the deliveries come more quickly. ” Companies like URB-E in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Don’t forget that the code “EQUITY” can save you money on Disrupt tickets and TechCrunch+ access. From startup-land: Ola is cutting jobs , two delivery logistics startups are merging in Sweden , and Byld Ventures is putting together a venture capital fund to watch. And it makes us here on the show look good!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

The aggressive push into new markets is fueled by the $750 million Series A funding round Zeekr raised in February, which shot the automaker’s post-money valuation up to $13 billion. The funds from Zeekr’s Series A were dedicated to technology research and market expansion.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

For the better part of a decade, VC firms and growth equity funds have plowed nearly $42 billion into battery technology startups across almost 1,700 deals, according to an analysis by PitchBook and TechCrunch. Too much money” might explain the size of some of these bets, but it doesn’t explain their existence. So what changed?

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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 20, 2022

The behavior has lit up the VC world as startups roll out these relatively simple ups which turn out to be big money-spinners when this insurance angle is attached. The proceeds will be used to scale the business beyond its home base of Sweden.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

MAJORITY , a mobile banking service for migrants to the United States, said on Tuesday it had raised $27 million in its Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. The team is composed of about 45 tech and product employees based in Stockholm, Sweden, and 20-plus internal employees in the U.S., Larsson said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

His new venture, called Inrupt, wants to fix some of the mess many of those companies have made — and it’s in the market to raise money. The startup has signed contracts with governments of Sweden, Argentina and Basque. These partnerships have not been previously reported.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. The Wall Street Journal reports : The Sweden-based payments company is aiming to raise up to $1 billion from new and existing investors in a deal that could value it in the low $30-billion-range after the money is injected, the people said. No one likes a down round.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

In the latest development, Viva Wallet , a Greek startup building banking services aimed at small and medium merchants, has picked up financing of $80 million, money that it will be using to expand its footprint and the services it offers to users, in particular expanding its Merchant Advance loans business. billion ($1.8

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

That’s good news for web3 music company AnotherBlock , based out of Sweden. Traore, Sebastian Ljungberg, and Filip Strömsten in 2022, the blockchain-based marketplace for music has now raised a €4 million funding round led by UK-based Stride.VC. Because, so far, no-one has come up with a better way to prove you own something.

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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. Ironically, Ben-Tovim found himself in the position of moving money back to Israel in a rush before the banking entity collapsed. We talked to one of them, MDI Health CEO Avishai Ben-Tovim.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

With fragmented and unresolved distribution and digital payments ecosystems, game studios have found it difficult to serve African consumers and make a ton of money doing so. “For global studios, this is the difference between making money and not,” Robbin-Coker added. . million seed investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

We charge for the sensor, but we’re not really trying to make any money on the hardware side. This business model change is what’s really enabled this funding round as well. Sweden, France and Spain. . “W e are more like a SaaS platform, and we charge a monthly fee per property. It has offices in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today a startup that has been focusing on one specific aspect of payments — recurring billing — is announcing a round of funding to capitalize on that growth with expansion of its own.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

FinanZero , a Brazilian online credit marketplace, announced today that it has closed a $7 million round of funding – its fourth since it launched in 2016 was founded in 2016. The funding will go toward marketing – most of which will be on T.V. It has raised a total of $22.85 million to date.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Klarna, based in Sweden, is said to be considering a direct listing. This morning, to better understand what’s going on with the younger companies hoping to help you finance your next mistaken purchase, let’s check out earnings results from Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm.

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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. Fundings across the globe. This is interesting because both Palantir and Founders Fund were co-founded by Peter Thiel.

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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. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Existing investors including Atomico, DN, Infravia, Kibo and Quadrille also participated in the round — which the startup said values its business at $2.35BN (post-money). Jobandtalent says the latest funds will be used to accelerate its expansion in key markets, including the US — its most recent focus.

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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. You’re either crazy, or if you’re in it for money, you’re not going to get there, because there are much easier ways to make money. Einride launched its U.S. ” Robert Falck.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

For this week’s Pitch Deck Teardown, I’m (virtually) traveling to Sweden to take a look at the $3 million seed round raised by developer tool startup Encore. The company is creating what it calls a software development platform for the cloud. Clear value proposition. Slide 12] Encore’s value proposition is extremely clear.

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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. Wise Business cards and sending money with a link. The Netherlands and Sweden in May 2022. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week.

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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 26, 2021

This round comes after a previously unannounced $5 million seed round which closed earlier this year, bringing the company’s total funding up to $17 million. Anomaly will use the funds to grow the team (the company currently has 12 employees), and scale up their business by partnering with more insurance companies and healthcare systems. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Our goal at Salesforce.org in delivering our own nonprofit trends report each year is to better understand: the role nonprofits have in serving their communities, what’s shifting within the nonprofit space, mental health and wellbeing, and how technology supports an organization’s ability to fund and run their missions across departments.

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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

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 It will be using the funding to expand into new markets.

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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. He added that celebrities are embracing this as a new source of income. “It’s all about using localization to help you find who’s most relevant for you, wherever you are.”

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