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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

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There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. Lithuania is now fourth in the global fintech ranking after the U,S,, the U,K, and Singapore. Lithuania’s life sciences sector is gaining prominence. But what are the locals excited about on the ground?

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

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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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Revolut applies for bank charter in the US

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Companies can also use the service for payments with virtual and physical debit cards. In Europe, Revolut has a specialized license from the Bank of Lithuania — some customers are already moving their account to Revolut Bank. In the U.S., Revolut is also launching Revolut Business. Revolut Business is available across all 50 states.

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Nilos unifies crypto and fiat accounts for small businesses

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Nilos is registered under the supervision of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) in Lithuania, but the company already plans to apply to become a virtual asset service provider in France under the PSAN scheme. Some of the first clients are AnotherBlock, Rocket3, Metafight and Rarecubes.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

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For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said.

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Y Combinator widens its bet in edtech in latest batch

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Before I move on to our next section, I do want to shout out two startups that I think embody the most ambitious bets in business model: UPchieve: A nonprofit for low-income high school students to access free, 24/7 virtual tutoring. It costs about $9,000 to attend. Zoom University lives on.

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Despite remote work and the economic downturn, some companies look to London for expansion

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virtual events platform Hopin serves as another example, rising from a seed-stage upstart at the pandemic’s outset to become a $6 billion juggernaut in just 12 months — before laying off a huge chunk of its staff in pursuit of more sustainable growth. In the U.K., Financial independence. capital.