TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Though it is based in Latvia, Jeff will continue focusing on unbanked people in South and Southeast Asia, said founder and chief executive officer Toms Niparts. It plans to add more loan products, and is also working on its first insurance collaborations, credit cards and other bank-grade products.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

In many ways, this is similar to how other fintechs such as Wise ( formerly TransferWise ) work, allowing users to receive and pay money in multiple currencies without incurring exorbitant fees. And less than a year after first launching to early U.K. users, it has now ramped up its potential user base by an order of magnitude.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

The latter has made investements such in Greece (Plum), Latvia (Printify), and Bulgaria (Cloudpipes). Vieira told me: “Three years ago, before Shilling, I was working with 500 Global, doing accelerators for them around the world. Plus, 500 Istanbul last year relaunched istelf as 500 Emerging Europe with a €70 million early-stage fund.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

And with over 100 staff spread across Nigeria, France, and Latvia, the company hopes to build an engineering and marketing team in India. The company is working towards getting a microfinance bank license to operate as the former in Nigeria. FairMoney is on a similar path, as well.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

The book brings together more than 15 years of Homkes working directly with high-growth companies of all sizes and across a wide variety of industries. Homkes’ book is a timely, comprehensive, and essential read for business leaders looking to take the next step toward ensuring high growth for their companies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

Parliamentarians from the UK, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia had all arranged video calls with a hoaxer claiming to be Leonid Volkov, chief of staff to imprisoned Russian anti-Putin politician Alexei Navalny. Our work is to prank high officials and celebrities and to make a lot of fun and publish it to social media,” says Stolyarov.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2023

Here’s why you should care What works about this slide: It clearly sets the pace for what’s to come. What could be improved: This company is based in Riga, Latvia, which is in north-eastern Europe. What works about this slide: Selling by way of alleviating a fear works really well.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

As many as 300 employees once worked in Twitter’s Boulder offices, but between layoffs, other firings, and resignations, it is probably less than half of that now. Over the Cinco de Mayo weekend, Elon Musk tweeted that the company is working on a cheaper plan for small businesses, but didn’t give any details about the cost.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 28, 2025

Whatever that was, it's been worked out. On April 14, the Pixel 9a will arrive in Europe, launching in Germany, Spain, Italy, Ireland, France, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, Romania, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and Finland.

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