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SumUp raises $895M in debt to double down on its B2C payments business

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Today it announced financing totalling €750 million (around $895 million at today’s rates), money that it will be using to continue expanding its business — specifically, for acquisitions; to launch in new markets in Europe, Latin America and Asia; and to build out the suite of services that it provides to businesses.

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

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With this new mechanism, fund managers should be able to raise a new fund more easily. Some national investment banks have also announced that they’ll invest money directly in large late-stage funds. And he strongly believes that the ability to raise large growth rounds in Europe will lead to large tech companies down the road.

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Revolut confirms cyberattack exposed personal data of tens of thousands of users

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Revolut, which has a banking license in Lithuania, wouldn’t say exactly how many customers were affected. As a precaution, Revolut has also formed a dedicated team tasked with monitoring customer accounts to make sure that both money and data are safe. “We “Customers who have not received an email have not been impacted.”.

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Chronosphere nabs $43M Series B to expand cloud native monitoring tool

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The company has raised $54.4 The company has been spread out from the beginning, even before COVID, with offices in Seattle, New York and Lithuania, and that has helped in terms of having a broader base to recruit from.

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Richard Branson backs Lightyear as UK stock trading platform launches into Europe

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To power the expansion, which will see Lightyear land in 19 new markets, including the Baltics and much of Western Europe, London-based Lightyear has also raised $25 million in a Seres A round of funding led by U.S. Lightyear , a U.K. fintech startup that promises consumers commission-free trading on U.S. Trading stocks.

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Revolut reports first full year of profit

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Revolut’s core product is an account to send, hold and receive money combined with a payment card. its home country), the company now has a full banking license in Lithuania. That’s why the company managed to raise a $800 million funding round at a $33 billion valuation in the middle of 2021. Revolut charges at least 0.5%

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Flagright offers transaction monitoring with usage-based pricing

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Ozkan is the founder of Flagright , a startup that aims to prevent financial crime, like money laundering or terrorist financing, with an API-first product. “I used to run the product team at a fintech startup in Lithuania, and one of my responsibilities was compliance and fraud prevention,” Ozkan said in an email interview.