TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Autonomous and electric truck maker Einride is rolling into Germany, representing its first new market in Europe outside its native Sweden. Founded out of Stockholm in 2016, Einride has raised some $150 million in funding to commercialize a cab-less autonomous cargo truck, one that can be controlled remotely, if required, by human operators.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Tipser’s presence in Sweden will now also serve as Bolt’s European headquarters to go with the company’s recent announcement of expanding into Europe. Exact transaction figures were not disclosed, but Breslow did reveal to TechCrunch that the acquisition, which was an all-stock deal, came in “just shy of $200 million.”

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Engadget

MARCH 3, 2025

Sweden often hosts a big part of that journey, its cold northern expanses offering the perfect mix of frigid temperatures and frozen surfaces. That's the question that brought me to Sweden. Before a new car comes to market, it's subjected to many months, sometimes years, of rigorous testing around the world.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It lets you send and receive international payments, and exchange funds in multiple currencies. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. This is an in-house product and not just a fresh coat of paint on an existing solution.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

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. The first he calls internal momentum: “How fast are we moving as an organisation?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

One of the most common themes Brighteye sees in young companies is an emphasis on international expansion for growth. Going international later in the journey or when more funding is available, possibly due to a VC round, seems to make facets of expansion more feasible. International expansion sounds good, but what does it mean?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

But perhaps more interestingly, HiBob seems to have bucked a broader trend that has seen startups’ and scaleups’ valuations plummet in a sea of corrections and down-rounds — in the past month, Sweden’s buy-now, pay-later fintech Klarna saw its valuation drop 85% to $6.7

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2021

Dota 2 ’s The International, which kicks off in October, was first scheduled to happen in Stockholm, Sweden but was moved to Bucharest, Romania because of restrictions on esports events. It’s unclear if the shift in location will impact next year’s iteration of Worlds, which is slated to take place in North America.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Reykjavík was also this year’s location for League ’s other big international tournament, the Mid-Season Invitational , which took place in May. Riot Games revealed the news today , following the August announcement that the event would be moved from China to Europe. The event kicks off on October 5th and will conclude on November 6th.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2020

William Eccleshare, CEO of Clear Channel’s international division, told the FT that Radar, which he stressed relied on data that was “very well anonymized,” can see and follow people’s movements into a store, follow what they purchase, and look at viewing habits if someone, say, passed by an outdoor ad for a Netflix show.

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Engadget

MARCH 7, 2025

Its designed and made in Sweden and each unit comes with an impressive certificate of performance. You can also see the current and historical readings from the internal air quality (AQ) sensor. Most will remind you when its time to get a replacement, and let you order one directly from the manufacturer through the app.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the Netherlands and Sweden, Zeekr’s first European markets, the flagship 001 is selling for around $65,000, and the X for around $50,000. Both of Zeekr’s international vehicle offerings compete directly with Tesla’s Model Y crossover.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

But while the technology has only become more relevant in a world shut down by COVID-19, an internal project within the company began to interest Fellache even more after her children abruptly began attending school remotely from home.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

Cellphone towers are being increasingly targeted by conspiracy theorists, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists who wish to “incite fear, disrupt essential services, and cause economic damage,” according to an internal New York Police Department report seen by The Intercept.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The team is composed of about 45 tech and product employees based in Stockholm, Sweden, and 20-plus internal employees in the U.S., The new feature will allow migrants to bypass onerous identity verification requirements that can bar them from accessing banking services for months at a time, the company says. Larsson said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

The majority of the company’s revenue comes from international markets — not its home market France. Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden as growth markets. And the best is likely ahead as stores begin to re-open across Europe and tourism picks up again. Ankorstore is now live across 14 different markets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Illustrating the positive power of another incredibly popular game, the United Nations and Minecraft developer Mojang partnered to bring youths’ game-world blueprints to real-life in public works in Kenya, Sweden, and Haiti through its innovative “Block by Block” ( [link] ) program. Around Gender.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Sweden, Norway, Holland and Germany. “The additional financing secured by Ageras will help to drive international expansion and support the continued innovation of its customer offering.”. Previous investors include Investcorp — which took a majority stake in the company in 2017 — and more recently Rabo Bank.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

That number has now grown to 500,000 across a footprint that includes Denmark (its home base is in Copenhagen), Sweden and Norway. “The transactions will get rejected because Nordic banks do not want to transact with international crypto platforms,” he noted.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

Thanks to its underground music scene, cutting-edge art galleries, stylish bars and low rent Berlin has enormous international appeal. He started Skype in Sweden. If we would have been successful in Sweden, we wouldn’t have been successful at all. What are the costs of living in Berlin?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

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. The first he calls internal momentum: “How fast are we moving as an organisation?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Due to the daunting logistics behind international expansions, it’s challenging for an African-based startup to expand outside the shores of the continent. Born in Germany to a Nigerian father and German mother, Hainy began his entrepreneurial journey in 2015 by launching a food delivery company in Sweden.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The FDA’s initial decision to clear Natural Cycles in 2018 was controversial: the app was blamed for unwanted pregnancies in Sweden and was heavily promoted on social media. Berglund says that Natural Cycles has completed an internal study on the Oura Ring’s temperature readings, but they haven’t published that data.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Instead of the studio model (quite popular among gaming companies in Africa), Carry1st sought to become a regional publisher, thereby opening the continent to international studios. They include Sweden’s Raketspel (the company has more than 120 million downloads across its portfolio), Cosi Games and Ethiopia’s Qene Games.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2014

What you learn from the book will be useful to you when your work on a team, email a colleague, participate on a conference call, communicate on the phone with an international customer, or travel to a foreign country. The Culture Map is filled with engaging, real-life stories and anecdotes from around the world.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Internal combustion engines still rule the roost when it comes to powering automobiles, but there are signs that they’re trundling into oblivion, at least in some markets. The likes of Sweden , Denmark , and the U.K.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2015

What you learn from the book will be useful to you when your work on a team, email a colleague, participate on a conference call, communicate on the phone with an international customer, or travel to a foreign country. The Culture Map is filled with engaging, real-life stories and anecdotes from around the world.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I think of the Museum of World Cultures (Gothenberg, Sweden) as an institution that masterfully explores both types. But they also present exhibitions like Destination X , a thematic exploration of forced and voluntary international travel and migration. They organize many exhibitions about cultural groups (e.g.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Because what we realized is that we’re no longer this kind of small startup from Sweden. Community management is going to be one of the most critical things, but honestly this is part of the reason why we wanted to put this event out. We’re in fact a very, very important platform for a lot of these audio creators.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

Profitable since 2010, the bank is also ready for an international expansion. Tink and Klarna are also both headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Founder and CEO Gilles Gade told me the company, which powers the likes of Affirm and Coinbase, views crypto as front and center of its future efforts.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 6, 2022

From a place of political neutrality, Sweden found that environmental pollution could be an issue of potential cooperation between members of the UN, and hosting a conference on that topic would help boost the UN’s global perception. To understand why the SDGs were created, we have to go back to 1972.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2023

Reports Carly Page: “ Hatch Bank , a digital-first bank that provides infrastructure for fintech companies offering their own brand credit cards, confirmed hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the company’s internal file transfer software that allowed access to thousands of customer Social Security numbers.” on May 5, 2022.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

My parents both left their respective countries when they were 19 years old–my mom moving to the US and my dad moving to Sweden. Make sure that your internal policies support the same things that you’re doing externally and that the way you act matches what you’re saying. Try to be genuine as an individual and as an organization.

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Stanford AI Lab Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction , HRI ’20, page 160–162, New York, NY, USA. In Proceedings of the 20th Annual SIGdial Meeting on Discourse and Dialogue , pages 293– 306, Stockholm, Sweden. Cyberpsychology & behavior , 7(3):321–326. ↩ Xiangyu Chen and Andrew Williams.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

In 2020, UNI Global Union helped to organize the Make Amazon Pay campaign , an international Black Friday strike that garnered support from more than 400 lawmakers. In total, the alliance includes unions from the United States, Switzerland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Belgium.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

charitable giving in 2018 was $428 billion, yet most international organizations are unaware about how the U.S. International organizations seeking to access U.S. Presented by: Elizabeth Ngonzi , Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs and Former CEO of Afrika Tikkun USA. million U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2013

Nonprofit Tech for Good offers a series of social and mobile media webinars ideal for training social and mobile media managers, communications and fundraising staff, and volunteers and interns. 3 Webinars: $100. 4 Webinars: $130. 5 Webinars: $160. 6 Webinars: $190. 7 Webinars: $210. 8 Webinars: $230. 9 Webinars: $240.

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