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500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tbilisi

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The latter has made investements such in Greece (Plum), Latvia (Printify), and Bulgaria (Cloudpipes). Pedro Santos Vieira Luckily, this is no ‘left field’ move for Vieira, who is no stranger to the region, having served as a mentor previously for 500 Global in that part of the world. And one of one of them was Georgia.

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Giraffe360, a robotic camera for real estate, raises $4.5M from LAUNCHub and Hoxton Ventures

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It was founded in 2016 in Riga, Latvia by two brothers, Mikus Opelts and Madars Opelts, and is headquartered in London, U.K. Hussein Kanji, partner at Hoxton Ventures, said: “Giraffe360 has global potential with customers in 26 countries, including industry-leading brands such as RE/MAX, CBRE, and BNP Paribas Real Estate.”.

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Printify bags $45M, led by Index, to ride the custom printing boom

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The creator economy loves merch which is great news for on-demand custom printing startups such as Latvia-based Printify — today it’s announcing a $45 million Series A round, led by Index Ventures, off the back of rising demand for its services. “Those are the key aspects our merchants are looking for,” it adds.

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Financial comparison “super app” Jeff raises $1.5M seed extension

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Part of the funding will be used to increase Jeff’s team from about 15 people now to more than 40 employees for its offices in Latvia and Southeast Asia. It also plans to enter the Philippines in the third quarter.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

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For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. But managing someone online is entirely different than working with someone in person.

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Visual workspace Whimsical closes first funding as it enters next phase of growth

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The idea for the company originated over 20 years ago when Dancis, who is from Latvia, started his professional career and was working in California, but corresponding with peers around the world. “I This is as the global productivity management software market was valued at $42.6

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With over 1.3 million users, Nigerian-based fintech FairMoney wants to replicate growth in India

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billion underbanked people globally , the majority of which are from emerging markets. And with over 100 staff spread across Nigeria, France, and Latvia, the company hopes to build an engineering and marketing team in India. There are over 1.7 For them, accessing loans can be difficult, which is a problem fintechs try to solve.

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