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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Portugal

The Next Web

It might be everyone’s dream to move to Portugal. Like in neighboring Spain, the country was hit hard with a headache-inducing unemployment rate that was concentrated primarily on Portugal’s youth. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, and weather. Its vibrant startup scene is now another reason to add to the list.

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Direct-to-consumer orthodontic startup Impress raises $50M to scale across Europe

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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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MVP Match, a tech-talent marketplace, raises $5M from Stage 2 Capital

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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. Manara gets $3M to grow tech talent pool in the Middle East and North Africa.

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BNPL payment startup Alma raises another $130 million round

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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. Some companies, such as PayPal, have dropped late fees on BNPL installments.

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Sweden’s Tink raises $103M as its open banking platform grows to 3,400 banks and 250M customers

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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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Younited Credit raises $170 million for its data-driven credit offering

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French startup Younited Credit has raised a $170 million funding round. billion at today’s exchange rate). France is still the company’s leading market as Italy, Spain, Portugal and Germany represent 40% of Younited Credit’s revenue. The company offers several credit products to European consumers. billion in credit ($2.8

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Extra Crunch roundup: 2 VC surveys, Tesla’s melt up, The Roblox Gambit, more

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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. Image Credits: C.J.

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