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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina? Malmö, Sweden. What other global cities are being put on the map of innovation?

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European startups elude global VC funding slowdown in Q1 2022

TechCrunch

In other words, the region escaped the global quarter-on-quarter slowdown in startup investment. But Europe isn’t the only place where VC funding didn’t decline. It is also worth noting that Europe accounts for a much larger portion of global funding than Africa. VC funding into Europe (including the U.K.)

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

TechCrunch

Tink , a startup out of Stockholm, Sweden that aggregates a number of banks and financial services by way of an API so that those can in turn be accessed via new channels, has raised €85 million (or $103 million at current rates), at a post-money valuation of €680 million (or around $825 million). It is live in Sweden, U.K.,

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League of Legends’ world championships moved from China to Europe

The Verge

In a video, John Needham, global head of esports at Riot, said that travel restrictions and COVID protocols made it a challenge to hold the event in China. This will be the second major League of Legends tournament to take place in Europe this year, following May’s Mid-Season Invitational hosted in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

. “When I went to San Francisco for the first time about 10 years ago, [it] was a magical place. But there is one caveat: he doesn’t think first-generation immigrants in Sweden do nearly as well as their children. In the last year alone, 21 million users were added globally. Image Credits: Klarna.

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Tim Berners-Lee’s startup Inrupt in talks to raise over $30 million

TechCrunch

Corporations want access to that consumer data without necessarily storing it, but again, there is no global open protocol for them to do so,” the investor deck reads. The startup has signed contracts with governments of Sweden, Argentina and Basque. These partnerships have not been previously reported.

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Vivino raises $155 million for wine recommendation and marketplace app

TechCrunch

Spurred by rapid growth that has seen its user base grow from 29 million in 2018, to 50 million currently, Vivino wants to use the large cash injection to significantly boost its core tech and personalized recommendation engine, while also expanding its presence in key growth markets globally. “There is no aggregated data anywhere. .”

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