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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

TransferWise is the clever new way to transfer money between countries, from the people the people who built Skype and PayPal. But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina? Malmö, Sweden. The region is teetering on the forefront of IT, mobile technology and life sciences.

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

TechCrunch

18 European countries have already signed a non-binding pledge saying that they plan to contribute to this EIF’s fund of funds — Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. More countries should join the list soon.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me.

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Juni, the banking platform for e-commerce and online marketing companies, raises €2M seed

TechCrunch

Leading the round is Berlin-based Cherry Ventures — the first deal, I believe, from newly recruited partner Sophia Bendz, who herself is based in Sweden. We aim to be the financial companion for all companies in our space” “We all know e-commerce is a rapid moving industry (10 years growth in three months time this year!)

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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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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek explains how the company plans to help artists (and itself) make money

The Verge

The company wants to be at the center of creator monetization Spotify hosted an event on Monday to discuss its ambitions in audio, and one message came through loud and clear: the company wants to play a major role in helping creators make money. But none of the announcements were groundbreaking for people in the industry.

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Ankorstore reaches $2 billion valuation two years after launching its wholesale marketplace

TechCrunch

Founded in November 2019, it took Ankorstore around two years to reach a post-money valuation of $2 billion (€1.75 Some existing investors put more money on the table, such as Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, GFC, Alven and Aglae Ventures. Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. This leads us to today’s funding round.

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