TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

To whit, Impress , a Southern European player in direct-to-consumer orthodontics, has raised a $50 million Series A funding round led by CareCapital (a dental division of Hillhouse Capital in Asia), along with Nickleby Capital, UNIQA Ventures and investors including Michael Linse, Valentin Pitarque, Peter Schiff, Elliot Dornbusch and others.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Enact more tax breaks and funds for startups. An example of a great startup incentive took place in Portugal, where tax reductions were offered to companies that hired unemployed workers or students.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Jscrambler , a Portugal-based startup specializing in cybersecurity products that protect organizations against web data exfiltration attacks, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. million in seed funding, was led by Ace Capital Partners and backed by existing investors Sonae IM and Portugal Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

Mubadala Investment Company is leading the founding round with Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG), Alpha Wave Global, Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global also participating. That’s why these instant delivery startups have been raising mega rounds of funding. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal and the U.S. “We

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It lets you send and receive international payments, and exchange funds in multiple currencies. Revolut extends Series D round to $580 million with $80 million in new funding. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Today, it’s Mozilla’s turn to solidify its investment endeavors via a new dedicated $35 million VC fund targeted at early-stage startups. More recently, Mozilla joined a $900,000 pre-seed funding round into password management startup Heylogin. “We’ve taken a lot of inspiration from funds like these.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Tech-talent marketplace MVP Match has raised €5 million ($5 million) seed funding from Stage 2 Capital to double down its strategy for pairing companies with talent from across the globe. Stage 2 Capital launches $80M Fund II targeting B2B software startups. Gloat nabs $90M to build AI-powered internal jobs marketplaces.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We also want to enable European venture capital with European funds, European knowledge and European teams Cédric O. During the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, Portugal announced that it would go one step further and create the European Startup Nations Alliance (ESNA). Let’s start with late-stage funding.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

We’ve already gotten feedback on this overview of subscription pricing models , and a look back at 2020 funding rounds and exits among Israel’s security startups was aimed at our new members who live and work there, along with international investors who are seeking new opportunities. Tocha, partner, Olisipo Way.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Notably this is not the largest funding event that the Portugal and U.S.-based The new funds put OutSystems on an IPO path, we reckon; the company declined to discuss public market plans with TechCrunch. Finally, how competitive is the low-code market that OutSystems’ is now taking on with fresh funding?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The funding is a $154 million equity round from investors including returning investors Andreessen Horowitz and Premji Invest, and a $150 million structured financing deal from Coatue. TripActions , a corporate travel and expenses company, has raised a combination of equity and debt at a post-money valuation of $9.2

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Australia and Portugal — like Africa, home to other major, global agricultural economies — and operates in 18 countries across Africa, the Americas, Europe and Australia. . For Aerobotics, it raised $600,000 from 4Di Capital and Savannah Fund as part of its seed round in September 2017. It has offices in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

million (€32 million) funding round. Portugal’s Faber reaches $24.3M for its second fund aimed at data-driven startups from Iberia. Bizay , a marketplace for small-to-medium-sized businesses allowing them to create highly customized products (such as merchandise), has raised a $38.6

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Some of the startup’s existing investors are investing once again, such as Cathay Innovation, Eurazeo, Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund, Seaya Ventures and Picus Capital. Overall, it has raised $211 million (€185 million) in traditional equity funding rounds. The company recently expanded to other markets.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

Cubyn , the Paris-based logistics startup that lets e-merchants outsource fulfilment and delivery logistics, has raised another €35 million in funding. Existing backers DN Capital, 360 Capital, Bpifrance Smart Cities fund and BNP Paribas Développement followed on. and Germany.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

This latest round is being led by TPG, with Permira’s Growth Opportunities Fund, Neuberger Berman Funds, and Cap Table Coalition also participating. It also has operations in Portugal and the U.K. Some of the funding will be used, Purcell said, to continue breaking into more markets.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Ricardo Weder , former president of Cabify (a large ridesharing company operating in Latin America, Spain and Portugal) founded Jüsto in 2019 with a mission to “disrupt the Latin American grocery industry.” Jüsto adds another $5 million in funding to build its online, delivery-only grocery store for Latin America.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

To power the expansion, which will see Lightyear land in 19 new markets, including the Baltics and much of Western Europe, London-based Lightyear has also raised $25 million in a Seres A round of funding led by U.S. On top of that, users can invest in what are known as exchange traded funds ( ETF s), which are essentially investment funds.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

But restrictions were lifted, VC funding dried up and some cities put some restrictions on dark stores. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal. The German startup acquired Frichti before it became harder to raise funding rounds. It operates in the U.S. and the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

A relative newcomer vying for a slice of the market is Amplemarket , based in San Francisco and Portugal, which today announced that it raised $12 million in back-to-back seed and series A funding rounds. ” Amplemarket’s series A was co-led by Comcast Ventures and Portugal-based Armilar Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

French startup Younited Credit has raised a $170 million funding round. France is still the company’s leading market as Italy, Spain, Portugal and Germany represent 40% of Younited Credit’s revenue. Goldman Sachs is leading the round with existing investors Eurazeo, Bpifrance and AG2R La Mondiale also participating.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

StudentFinance , a European fintech that funds educational programs for individuals through so-called income share agreements , has raised €39 million ($41 million) in a Series A round of funding. The platform and financing is currently available in Spain, Portugal, and the U.K., where it soft-launched last year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

The company has now raised €20 million ($24 million) in a Series B funding round led by Eulero Capital, with the backing of FG2 Capital and reinvestment from Milan Investment Partners SGR. Founded by Matteo Pichi and Vittoria Zanetti, Poke House has opened 30+ stores in Italy, Portugal and Spain, and now has 400 employees.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

million pre-seed investment round from several noted and prolific angels and entrepreneurs, including Taavet Hinrikus (TransferWise), Greg Marsh (OneFineStay), James Meekings (Funding Circle) and Pete Cashmore (Mashable) — with a third of the fundraise also coming from female investors. Flown has now closed a $1.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

TrovaTrip , a travel planning and booking platform that lets creators host adventures with their communities, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Madrona. Our first trip was to Italy and then the next two were to Portugal.” The company has raised $20 million in funding to date.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Fleet is a bootstrapped startup and hasn’t raised any VC funding. The company is looking at Portugal, Italy, Germany and Belgium for its next markets. When a device is reaching its end of life and is sent back to Fleet, the company gives it to a nonprofit organization, sells it to a refurbishment company or recycles it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Fifth Wall are co-leading the round with participation from existing investors Luxor Capital and Guillaume Pousaz. It’s already doing some work in Portugal, and we understand France is next on the list.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Feedzai said it will be using the funds for further R&D and product development, to expand into more markets outside the U.S. — it was originally founded in Portugal but now is based out of San Mateo — and towards business development, specifically via partnerships to integrate and sell its tools.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

The round was led by Pelion Venture Partners , with participation from returning investors DNX Ventures (the Japan and US-focused enterprise fund that led Macrometa’s seed round), Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), Partech Partners, Fusion Fund, Sway Ventures and Shasta Ventures.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Interestingly, the lead investor in today’s funding round is Carrefour, the supermarket giant. But the company is already looking at other markets as well — Belgium, Italy, Spain, maybe Portugal or Eastern Europe countries. Headline (formerly e.ventures) is also participating in the round as well as existing investors Frst and XAnge.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

That said, specialized virtual conference software is doing well, as we’ve seen with the recent $14 million funding of Spatial and others. Web Summit says it will return to an in-person conference in November 2021, in Lisbon, Portugal. A spokesperson denied the claim. These best practices maximize the value of your online events.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Today, a company focused specifically on developing AI for drones for maritime deployments is announcing a round of funding after seeing strong demand for its devices and services. It will be using the funding to hire more people, and to continue building out its technology.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

million Series A funding round — bringing its total raised since January 2020, when the business was founded, to $13.6M. Investors in the round include a mix of national and international funds, including Spain’s Seaya Ventures, a new backer of Payflow and Cathay Innovation via its C.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

For many of us, going to work these days no longer means going into a specific office like it used to; and today one of the startups that’s built a platform to help cater to that new, bigger world of employment — wherever talent might be — is announcing a major round of funding on the back of strong demand for its tools.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Ukio , a short-term furnished apartment rental platform aimed at the “flexible workforce,” has raised €27 million ($28 million) in a Series A round of funding. Ukio’s raise comes as several similar platforms have raised sizable rounds of funding. Last year, New York-based Blueground raised a chunky $140 million.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Lydia is starting with Portugal. The company is also slowly expanding to more countries. But it wants to offer a product that feels like a local product with a local card and a local IBAN to increase acceptance rates.

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