TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

In the latest development, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Getir — the $12 billion quick commerce upstart that provides grocery essentials and sundries and promises delivery of them in minutes — is cutting 14% of its staff globally. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal and the U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Bizay , a marketplace for small-to-medium-sized businesses allowing them to create highly customized products (such as merchandise), has raised a $38.6 This means Bizay has now raised a total of more than €54 million. This means Bizay has now raised a total of more than €54 million. Portugal’s Faber reaches $24.3M

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Give young startups a global experience. An example of a great startup incentive took place in Portugal, where tax reductions were offered to companies that hired unemployed workers or students. immigration law that has created a new visa category for entrepreneurs who have raised money from American investors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

— it was originally founded in Portugal but now is based out of San Mateo — and towards business development, specifically via partnerships to integrate and sell its tools. This latest round comes nearly four years after Feedzai raised its Series C, a $50 million round led by an unnamed investor and with an undisclosed valuation.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The startup has raised $155 million at a $700 million valuation. Tiger Global is leading this round, with new backers Baleen Capital and Woodson Capital also participating, alongside Fasanara Capital and Ithaca Investments, which had backed Scalapay in its previous $48 million round earlier this year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

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 has now raised €175 million in total.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Tekever , which builds drones with integrated AI specifically tailored for monitoring and detecting activity on water, has raised €20 million (just under $23 million at today’s rates). Ventura Capital led the round, with participation from Iberis Capital and a number of unnamed strategic investors from the maritime industry.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

But Localyze cites a PwC study on mobility in the global skilled workforce that suggests employee relocation is set to increase by 50% as we emerge from the pandemic. “We developed a software that automates large parts of the relevant processes around global mobility,” explains Asmussen.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

To meet this rising demand for “more advanced” cross-channel surveillance, Shield announced Thursday it has raised $20 million in a Series B round of funding. The four-year-old startup said that it plans to use the proceeds to grow its global presence and ramp up development of its communications compliance platform.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Macrometa , the edge computing cloud and global data network for app developers, announced today it has raised a $20 million Series A. It will hire for its engineering and product development centers in the United States, Eastern Europe and India, and add new centers in Ukraine, Portugal, Greece, Mexico and Argentina.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Indeed, edtech investment in 2020 and 2021 equaled the amount raised during the entire 2014-2019 period. Our 2021 funding report , released today, highlights key global growth and activity metrics in edtech with a focus on Europe. billion in 2021 from $790 million in 2020, compared to global funding growth of 34% to $20.1

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Those services raised a ton of money and grew at a rapid pace during the COVID-19 pandemic. In May, Getir announced that it would cut 14% of its global staff — more than 4,000 were impacted by the downsizing. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal. It operates in the U.S. and the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Financial infrastructure startup Fidel API has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. It is currently powering services for “tens of millions” of cardholders and “hundreds of thousands” of merchants globally. Presently, it has 130 employees distributed globally.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Alongside the equity raise, the 2009-founded startup has secured another chunk of debt financing ($75M) from Blackrock. Existing investors including Atomico, DN, Infravia, Kibo and Quadrille also participated in the round — which the startup said values its business at $2.35BN (post-money).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

The companies would not disclose the terms of the deal, but last October, Tier raised $200 million , much of which the startup said would be used for strategic investments and acquisitions. Competitors Bird and Lime claim a footprint of 350 and 200 cities globally, respectively, although they use different metrics on their scorecards.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Today, they’re on track to surpass half a billion rides globally by 2021, far outpacing early growth in the carbon-heavy ride-hailing industry founded by Uber in 2009. Adaptable, environmentally friendly solutions to car congestion and urban pollution were in high demand even before the global spread of the coronavirus in 2020.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

And it’s against that backdrop that six-year-old Irish startup VRAI is setting out to capitalize on the surge in VR interest, raising a fresh tranche of funding to extend its flagship “hazardous environment awareness training” (HEAT) product into more environments — starting with the offshore wind industry. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Barcelona startup has raised $120 million, a Series C that is not only one of the biggest for Spain, but one of the biggest currently coming out of Europe. Led by Atomico, the round also included GIC as well as past investors Tiger Global, CRV, K-Fund and Creandum.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2014

And, one that should be required reading for any leader doing business globally or leading a culturally diverse workforce. It''s based on years of extensive research by Meyer, who is a professor at INSEAD and the program director for INSEAD''s Managing Global Virtual Teams program. It''s a fascinating read.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2015

And, one that should be required reading for any leader doing business globally or leading a culturally diverse workforce. It's based on years of extensive research by Meyer, who is a professor at INSEAD and the program director for INSEAD's Managing Global Virtual Teams program. And, that's why Meyer wrote her book, The Culture Map.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

The 2020 global freeze on leisure travel put a temporary pause on demand for short term luggage storage. Bounce also established a European HQ in Lisbon, Portugal, last year to prep for its regional growth push.). ” Bounce raises $1.2M The Series A money will also be put towards expanding the number of services it offers.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

It recently raised £750,000 (about $1 million) from investors ahead of the Aventa launch. Aventa e-bikes are being assembled in Portugal with components sourced from around the world. Ease of repair is an important consideration for a young direct-to-consumer company that lacks a sophisticated global repair network.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The round was led by Abdiel Capital and Tiger Global. Notably this is not the largest funding event that the Portugal and U.S.-based based software company has raised. TechCrunch covered a $360 million round that OutSystems raised in 2018.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

So today’s deep-workers and global digital nomads would probably be interested in a solution. and Portugal, onboarding new properties and hiring a team, which already includes hires drawn from hotel group Mr & Mrs Smith , Ometria, Quill, McKinsey’s Generation and Resi. This is in the ideal world of course.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

It will aim to make the European Union the most attractive place to create a startup, in comparison with obvious global leaders like the U.S. Lisbon’s startup scene rises as Portugal gears up to be a European tech tiger. Therefore, its significance is not to be underestimated.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. The Team For a Better World from Portugal developed a prototype low-cost portable device that determines blood types in about 5 minutes.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2020

“Compensating talent and raising capital are the (only) two things you can use your startup’s equity for, and you need to do both in order for your company to grow large. Mike is also working on a Lisbon survey and we’d love to hear from any investors focused on the city and Portugal in general. Around TechCrunch.

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