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Sweden sides with Tesla, says transport agency must deliver plates or pay up

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A Swedish court ruled Monday that the country’s transport authority has to get Tesla its license plates, which are being blocked by striking postal workers, or pay up, the Aftonbladet newspaper reported. Workers for PostNord, Sweden’s […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Sweden-based digital bank Northmill raises $30M

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Northmill Bank , the Sweden-based challenger that has around 200,000 customers across three European countries, has raised around $30 million in new funding. Founded nearly 15 years ago and originally operating as a credit provider, in 2019 Northmill secured a full banking license, regulated by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.

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Sweden to increase school security after its worst school mass-shooting

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The attack has raised questions about whether security at Sweden’s schools needs to be improved. Sweden’s right-wing government also said last week it would seek to tighten gun laws as the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles. Johan Ahlander, Reuters

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

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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. Juni , a Swedish pre-launch startup that’s building a banking app and platform for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs, has raised just over €2.1

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Klarna confirms new $31B valuation

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It has a range of licensed banking services, such as savings and current accounts, in Sweden and Germany , with more countries to follow. On the back of this, the company hopes to foster a bigger financial relationship with its users as a fully-fledged challenger bank.

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New South African partnership gets $3M, launches telehealth product

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Webrock Ventures is a Sweden-based investment company that employs a venture-building model. So essentially, the firm partners with tech companies in Sweden and combines its cash with the company’s business models to create portfolio businesses. As a Sweden-based telehealth company, Doktor.se has no intention of expanding.

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With over 1.3 million users, Nigerian-based fintech FairMoney wants to replicate growth in India

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” FairMoney, founded by Laurin Hainy , Matthieu Gendreau and Nicolas Berthozat , is a licensed online lender that provides instant loans and bill payments to underserved consumers in emerging markets. The company is working towards getting a microfinance bank license to operate as the former in Nigeria.

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