TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

Image Credits : Einride Pods Founded out of Sweden in 2016, Einride garnered attention in the European mobility space for its cabless self-driving cargo truck that can be controlled remotely by human operators when needed. Image Credits: Einride Although these “ pods ” are being piloted commercially in Sweden and the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Vivino’s marketplace approach, which is highly local on both the supply and the demand side, is particularly well-suited to addressing the sector’s needs, and Zachariassen believes Vivino has only really begun to scratch the surface on that thus far. This brings the company’s total funding to $221 million to date.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

PideDirecto , a Mexico-based company, is developing a platform that enables local businesses in Latin America to sell directly to their consumers and deliver orders in less than 30 minutes. Fawzi, Samir and Nacoud knew each other from Iraq and studied together in college in Sweden, which is where they met Steiner.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In 1999, the Greenpeace national offices in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway united to form one regional entity: Greenpeace Nordic. This allows the organisation to work collectively while ensuring local teams are on the ground to tackle local objectives. .

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The company says more than 250,000 people from these countries have backed projects since Kickstarter launched, suggesting local projects could appeal to an already established backer base. Additionally, creators from Poland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland can now choose to fund their projects in their local currency or in euros.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The company is live in 23 European markets and plans soon to expand to Croatia, Hungary and Sweden. The funding is notable in part because of who is doing the investing. It’s on track, he said, for that number to be 100,000 by the end of this year. “Viva Wallet is proving the resilience of its business model,” he said. .”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2023

Yet, relatively little has been written outside of Israel about the major concerns local entrepreneurs are currently dealing with. Anna To SVB and back The Exchange recently noted how Sweden was punching above its weight in terms of startup dollars raised per capita. Tel Aviv has the fifth most unicorn companies in the world.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

In Kazakhstan, Zeekr’s local partner Orbis Auto, an automotive distributor, will facilitate the development of a sales network and after-sales service in the region. In the Netherlands and Sweden, Zeekr’s first European markets, the flagship 001 is selling for around $65,000, and the X for around $50,000.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The team is composed of about 45 tech and product employees based in Stockholm, Sweden, and 20-plus internal employees in the U.S., He added that the company employs “hundreds” of local advisers who onboard and support members of different migrant communities by working with them in their native languages. Larsson said.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

We will continue to use guidance from various health organizations and local and national authorities to prioritize everyone’s safety.”. The International, Dota 2 ’s big event, was moved to Bucharest, Romania from Stockholm, Sweden, while the Overwatch League canceled its in-person playoffs in favor of an online competition in Hawaii.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

HyperIsland -Hyper Island is a creative business school in Sweden with a unique approach to learning that focuses on collaboration, creativity, and learning-by-doing. My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called “ Leading Systems Change.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Sweden-based fintech Tink has also been dominant across Europe, while Truelayer and Belvo are holding the fort in the UK and Latin America. The founders draw on prior experience building API products for local markets in the past. We’ve seen a wave of API-led financial services companies proliferating around the globe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Illustrating the positive power of another incredibly popular game, the United Nations and Minecraft developer Mojang partnered to bring youths’ game-world blueprints to real-life in public works in Kenya, Sweden, and Haiti through its innovative “Block by Block” ( [link] ) program. Around Gender. Conferences'

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The Lynk & Co brand was first announced in 2016 in Gothenburg, Sweden as a “born digital” alternative to Volvo, the company that spawned Lynk & Co with help from their Chinese parent Geely. The company’s 01 hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars will begin shipping to European members in April.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

These will range from sets by local DJs to exclusive sneaker drops to film screenings, cooking clinics, and jewelry-making workshops, to name just a few examples of what to expect. The Dutch capital was chosen by Sweden-based Lynk & Co specifically because of its anti-car, pro-environment culture. A quick tour of Amsterdam Club.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Outside of his paid work, my dad organized CROP walks in our community, co-founded Martin House , volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and Witness for Peace , and visited elderly people at the local convalescent home who didn''t receive much company.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Also, the company helps local studios that find it difficult to create games with a global appeal by pairing them with strong operators. It also handles localization, distribution, user acquisition, monetization, customer experience for studios and licenses their games on exclusive, long-term contracts.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

That number has now grown to 500,000 across a footprint that includes Denmark (its home base is in Copenhagen), Sweden and Norway. When it raised the first tranche of the Series D, it had 325,000 customers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Opibus says its vehicles are designed and built locally, giving them a competitive advantage in terms of a lower price by the time they reach the market. Additionally, local production means that the output can be tailored for local market needs. Opibus specializes in making electric buses and motorcycles. Image Credits: Opibus.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 29, 2022

The process of routing your traffic through a VPN masks your internet protocol (IP) address — the specific number that's assigned to your device when it's connected to a local network — which can otherwise reveal a surprising amount of personal information. That includes your approximate whereabouts and the name of your ISP.)

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

It covers Uber’s operations across 40 countries when Uber was still run by co-founder Travis Kalanick, who took an aggressive approach to bringing the ride-hailing service into cities around the world, even when doing so would break local laws and taxi regulations.

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The Verge

JANUARY 5, 2022

Luminar, which is based in Florida, has worked closely with Zenseact’s team in Sweden on a full-stack autonomous driving software for series production vehicles. But the feature was contingent on approval from local authorities , and Traffic Jam Assist remains dormant in most markets around the world. Image: Volvo.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Next on our itinerary are trips to Scotland, Sweden and Norway. I also scout local coworking spaces in advance in case there is a problem with the internet, so I can get resettled quickly if needed. After a quick reset in Paris, we moved on to Barcelona for two months and then Greece. Dress each morning as if you are going to work.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

5G was causing the symptoms of COVID-19, she told him, and he was secretly installing the high-speed network under instructions from the local council. The UK certainly hasn’t been alone in suffering arson attacks, with similar incidents reported in the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, Cyprus, and Sweden.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Connie Loizos reported that “ Klarna , the 17-year-old Stockholm, Sweden–based buy now, pay later outfit” told employees on Monday in a video message from COO Camilla Giesecke that it is reducing staff again to “reflect” its new and “more focused nature.” Weekly News. Seen on TechCrunch. for non-Gold members.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

Latin American nocnoc raises $7M seed round to help global sellers connect with local marketplaces across LatAm. Tink and Klarna are also both headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Australian fintech Zepto raises $25M Series A to enhance payment infrastructure. Sequoia leads $80M funding round for Swiss startup Yokoy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

As consolidation begins its next wave in the micromobility industry, might we see more deals like this, where companies just buy other companies for geographic expansion, rather than trying to kickstart their own operations in new locales? The news followed an unimpressive earnings call for Lordstown.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fridays for Future, the global movement that started with teen activist Greta Thunberg’s climate strikes in Sweden, posted a tweet on September 28th to call attention to numerous accounts suspended around the world this year. The suspension has drawn concern from around the world. This is unacceptable.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2023

Reports PYMNTS.com: “San Francisco-based financial services platform Modern Treasury is introducing a product called ‘ Global ACH ’ which it bills as ‘a new payment service’ that enables lower-cost cross-border transfers than options like SWIFT by utilizing local payment rails. The Netherlands and Sweden in May 2022. on May 5, 2022.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

The groups, which range in focus from video games to music to local communities, are moderated by other group members. Roop Mangat belongs to a pair of local community Facebook groups — one in which no people of color or women are moderators, and another that has a white woman moderator who serves alongside only white men.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra are the first six countries it’ll be available in, before it expands to the following 14 territories next year: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Einride , an electric and autonomous freight company from Sweden, launched its debut NFT , the first-ever sketch of its autonomous Pod, as its first foray into the crypto space. has paused its driverless pilot fleet in California six months after it was approved by local regulators to test autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

A few other news entities appeared to have followed suit, including the prominent Boston NPR affiliate WBUR , Hawaii Public Radio and LA-based local news source LAist. cat a were labeled “government-funded media” weeks later.

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Engadget

MARCH 21, 2025

Watch the Skies , which was released in its home country as UFO Sweden , had undergone "visual dubbing" with the help of artificial intelligence. On May 9, AMC Theatres will start showing a sci-fi movie that was shot in Swedish but will look like it was made in English instead.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

So, there’s a company in Sweden, providing an application server, and they were great products but terrible support. So, we went to the local beer shop, got cases of beer, then as people walked in, we put an Atlassian sticker on the beer can and gave it to every person in the audience. Effectively, they sold their goods locally.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2025

A website, TeslaTakedown , lets anyone set up a local DOGE protest, many of which will happen on February 15. (It Tesla sales also fell in France, Sweden, and Norway last month. He’s pushed federal workers out of their jobs. Much or all of the work is likely illegal, and multiple court cases are underway.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Local investors tend to invest 50% to 90% of their fund into local startups, “but we do look at deal flow in all Nordic countries,” said one. How much are you focused on investing in your local ecosystem versus other startup hubs (or everywhere) in general? or even in Sweden. and Nomono. More than 50%? More than 50%?

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