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What we can learn from edtech startups’ expansion efforts in Europe

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To get some additional insight into this trend, we surveyed edtech firms on their expansion plans, priorities and pitfalls. with seven, Norway with five, and Spain, Finland, and Switzerland with four each. One of the most common themes Brighteye sees in young companies is an emphasis on international expansion for growth.

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Norway’s electric car subscription service imove closes $22.3M Series A led by AutoScout24

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Into this space has appeared imove out of Norway, with what appears, at least, to be a new twist on the whole thing: a white-label platform offered to industry to enable it to offer these car subscription services under their own brands. Cazoo (after its acquisition of Drover) and Care by Volvo Hertz, to name just a few.

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Singapore-based insurtech startup Surer nabs seed round to bolster its product development

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Kistefos has a strong investment portfolio in Norway and Europe, including companies delivering financial services. We see huge potential in Asian markets, and Surer has shown the ability to capitalize on the trend of digital transformation in the insurance industry in the region,” Bengt Rem, CEO of Kistefos, said. .

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Sweden’s Tink raises $103M as its open banking platform grows to 3,400 banks and 250M customers

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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. It is live in Sweden, U.K.,

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Finn raises $110M to expand car subscription platform in U.S., Germany

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Car subscription platforms, especially ones that offer electric vehicles like Onto in the UK and imove in Norway, are taking off as trends like usership over ownership, online shopping and EV usage rise. Finn’s minimum rental period is six months, but others like Onto rent vehicles on a monthly basis.

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Ageras nabs $73M at a $244M valuation for its accountancy marketplace and bookkeeping tech stack

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In line with that trend, today a startup out of Denmark called Ageras Group , which has built a dual-purpose platform, providing both accountancy software and a marketplace for small and medium businesses to find accountants, is announcing a round of growth funding to expand its business. Sweden, Norway, Holland and Germany.

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Max Q: Sierra Space, Blue Origin, Boeing and others stake out space real estate

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The trend of space companies heading to the public markets via SPAC mergers is not over yet. Isar Aerospace inked a firm launch services agreement with satellite company EnduroSat to launch multiple satellites to orbit from the company’s site in Andøya, Norway between 2022 and 2025.