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Kickstarter expands to creators in Poland, Greece, and Slovenia

The Verge

The company said today it’s now launching in Poland, Greece, and Slovenia, making Kickstarter available in 25 countries. Additionally, creators from Poland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland can now choose to fund their projects in their local currency or in euros.

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Slovenia’s Bunny.net raises a $6M round to offer a ‘developer-friendly’ CDN

TechCrunch

Bunny.net has now raised a $6 million funding round led by Runa Capital and Capital Genetics to prove that if companies relying on only one provider is a mistake. Slovenia’s Bunny.net raises a $6M round to offer a ‘developer-friendly’ CDN by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch.

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Dublin’s Exergyn pulls in $35M Series A for solution which replaces GHG-causing refrigerants

TechCrunch

The industrial-grade cleantech company has now raised a $35 million (€30 million) Series A round led by Mercuria, an energy and commodities company, and Lacerta Partners, a family office-backed fund. Also participating was Prague-based private equity and venture capital firm McWin.

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Richard Branson backs Lightyear as UK stock trading platform launches into Europe

TechCrunch

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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Speak lands investment from OpenAI to expand its language learning platform

TechCrunch

Speak , an English language learning platform with AI-powered features, today announced that it raised $27 million in a Series B funding round led by the OpenAI Startup Fund , with participation from Lachy Groom, Josh Buckley, Justin Mateen, Gokul Rajaram and Founders Fund. ” Image Credits: Speak. .

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Batteries have become VC and PE’s most electric investment opportunity

TechCrunch

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. The Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden and Slovenia will follow suit with passenger cars in 2030, as will Denmark and the U.K.

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France’s strategy for EU startup policies: Talent and money

TechCrunch

We also want to enable European venture capital with European funds, European knowledge and European teams Cédric O. New financial incentive to create 10 to 20 large VC funds. Let’s start with late-stage funding. Our goal is to create 10 to 20 funds with more than €1 billion. More countries should join the list soon.

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