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The company operates an e-commerce platform focused on DIY, home improvement and gardening products. So why did the company raise given that it’s already in a strong position to replicate the same model in other European markets? In addition to France, the startup operates in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany and the U.K.
Cledara , the SaaS purchase and management platform that helps bring greater viability and control over a company’s sprawling software subscriptions, has raised $3.4 Vila has since been joined by co-founder and COO Brad van Leeuwen, who was previously an executive at banking platform Railsbank, which is also a Cledara customer.
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Retail Rocket , a retention management platform for brands, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Cyprus-based private equity fund Flintera. “The digital marketing world is growing very fast and the demand for highly-skilled professionals is constantly increasing,” CEO Khlebinsky said.
Open banking platforms, where services that might not have previously lived next to each other are now joined up by way of APIs, has been one of the emerging trends of the last couple of years, and today one of the leaders in the space out of Europe has closed a round of funding to expand its business. billion acquisition of Plaid.
Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities. The investments that Amazon, Apple and Google, among others, are making in aggregating Spanish-language digital content signal their priority on developing the Spanish-language markets in Latin America.
A startup out of Belgium called Deliverect , which has built a platform to manage all of that through one seamless app, is today announcing a big round of funding. Be it a restaurant, a chain, a dark kitchen or a food company itself, the market for taking and filling food orders is traditionally very fragmented.
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SmartRyde , a Japanese online pre-booked airport transfers service platform, is a marketplace that connects travelers to local transportation operators/online travel agencies (OTAs). The company plans to expand further in major cities and tourist destinations, including Mexico, Spain, Thailand, Dominican Republic, the U.S.
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Thanks to recent regulatory changes, British investment platform Crowdcube plans to shake things up as it is officially launching on the French market. It makes sense as Finary is a wealth management platform and crowdfunding rounds also represent alternative investment opportunities. I recently covered Finary ’s Series A round.
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The company currently has 15 million users — about half of Spain’s internet population, CEO Rob Cassedy pointed out to us in an interview earlier today, and has maintained a decent No. 4 ranking among Spain’s shopping apps, according to figures from App Annie. market (with more capital in tow).
Payments made a huge shift to digital platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic — purchasing moved online for many consumers and businesses, and a large proportion of those continuing to buy and sell in-person went cash-free. Apple lowers commissions on in-app purchases for news publishers who participate in Apple News. .
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Netherlands, Spain, France, and Australia) cited help finding paying job and internship opportunities as a top factor. 34% of Dutch students say they have to sign into two or more platforms to find answers or access what they need to be successful—a hurdle that frustrated 30% of students surveyed from France. Staff in the U.S.,
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Outvio , an Estonian startup that provides a white-label SaaS fulfillment solution for medium-sized and large online retailers in Spain and Estonia, has closed a $3 million early-stage financing round led by Change Ventures. Also participating were TMT Investments (London), Fresco Capital (San Francisco) and Lemonade Stand (Tallinn).
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Lang.ai, which has developed a no-code platform for businesses, closed on a $2 million seed funding round. The company’s SaaS platform aims to allow business users to structure any free-text data with custom categories built through a drag & drop interface, based on AI-extracted concepts. Spain-born Jorge Penalva founded Lang.ai
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France, Italy and Spain. But with the SPAC market facing a lot of troubles, and the tech IPO market drying up at the end of 2021, Acorns scrapped its SPAC IPO plans in January of 2022. GoHenry will help it extend in that market segment. Prior to GoHenry, Acorns had also acquired Vault, Harvest Platform and Pillar.
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