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Can data fix healthcare?

TechCrunch

Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. The Slovakia-based startup previously raised a $1.6 We suspected that CloudTalk probably had a pretty good year in 2020 thanks to global growth in remote work. As is Zolve , a globally themed neobank with a focus on helping expats have a working financial world.

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Back Market raises $335M for its refurbished device marketplace, now valued at $3.2B

TechCrunch

Today’s funding round values the startup — which says it now has 5 million customers globally — at $3.2 trillion market globally. “We look forward to supporting Back Market as it doubles down in the US and elsewhere globally. Up next, the startup plans to launch in Canada, Greece, Sweden and Slovakia. “We

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How European startups are aiding Ukrainian refugees

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Swobbee was able to enlist the help of startups like Onomotion , an e-mobility company focusing on urban logistics, and Emmy , an e-moped sharing company that was recently purchased by GoTo Global , to provide vans packed with goods to be sent to the border. Transporting refugees from Ukraine. Techfugees , a U.K.-based

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

TechCrunch

Even for one of the richest men in the world, $44 billion is a lot of money to cough up to buy a middling social platform. Yaccarino will be leaving her role as chairman of Global Advertising & Partnerships at NBCU. New subscriptions to Twitter Blue are available globally on web, iOS, or Android. to “Blaze Your Glory!!”

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

TechCrunch

Only in founders from: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania or Hungary. There is a lot of investment capital there (just as everywhere else I guess), not too much smart money yet, so definitely opportunity for good VCs to take a look (and they are looking). More than 50%? More than 50%?

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How Ikea turned flat-pack furniture into a business worth billions

Fast Company Tech

The two Swedes are lifting parts and turning hex wrenches in a second-floor conference room in Trnava, Slovakia, just outside the capital, Bratislava. This interrelated process is the Ikea way, dating back to its world-changing leap into the self-assembled furniture business in 1952, and foundational to its global success.