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Vilnius, Lithuania built a ‘portal’ to another city to help keep people connected

The Verge

The city of Vilnius, Lithuania has interesting solution: A real-time “portal” to another city. Vilnius, Lithuania says hi to Lublin, Poland. Circular portals in Vilnius, Lithuania and Lublin, Poland allow people to view each other in real time, meant to inspire a new idea of unity. Go Vilnius. Go Vilnius. Go Vilnius.

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Lithuania's Defense Ministry advises consumers to toss out their Chinese phones

TechSpot

Instead, Lithuania is more worried about the built-in censorship tech that reportedly ships with phones sold by certain China-based phonemakers, such as Xiaomi. These recommendations are not born out of a concern for privacy or Chinese tracking, as was the case here in the US. Apparently, the phones in question.

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From ‘literally zero’ experience to $100M, this VC is raising his second climate tech seed fund

TechCrunch

If you ask me, climate tech investor Contrarian Ventures isn’t so contrarian anymore. The five-year-old firm is targeting $100 million for its second seed-stage fund, and it’s doing so smack in the middle of a climate-tech dealmaking boom. In 2017, PitchBook recorded 578 climate tech deals globally, altogether worth $12.5

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After lockdowns boost gaming marketplace Eneba, it raises $8M from Practica and InReach

TechCrunch

The investment highlights once again the strength of the Baltics region as a tech ecosystem, after Lithuania produced its first Unicorn in the shape of Vinted , and Estonia added Pipedrive to its unicorns list. With the increased shift to digital entertainment during the pandemic, the startup has managed to garner much more U.S.

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Railsbank, the Banking-as-a-Service, raises $37M in growth funding

TechCrunch

Railsbank positions itself as a “utility” on which other companies — spanning fintech upstarts, challenger brands, to incumbent banks that want to re-factor their tech — can build and sell various financial services or add fintech features to their products. Singapore, Vilnius (Lithuania), Munich (Germany), Newcastle (U.K.),

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

TechCrunch

And the French government is taking advantage of this opportunity to make some progress on the tech startup policy front. In an interview with TechCrunch, France’s digital minister Cédric O shared some news for the European tech ecosystem. Leveling up tech visas. But first, let me rewind just a little bit.

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TNW’s quest to discover Europe’s best scale-up is back – sign up now

The Next Web

A community for the founders who dare In 2020, Tech5 2020 is going to be an even greater podium, with the likes of Lithuania competing for the first time. This year we’re focusing on the ways technology can help create change and have a positive impact on society.