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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Portugal

The Next Web

It might be everyone’s dream to move to Portugal. Like in neighboring Spain, the country was hit hard with a headache-inducing unemployment rate that was concentrated primarily on Portugal’s youth. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, and weather. Its vibrant startup scene is now another reason to add to the list.

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Housing startup QuintoAndar to open first technology hub outside Brazil in Portugal

TechCrunch

QuintoAndar is taking its first steps out of Brazil to open a technology hub in Lisbon, Portugal aimed at attracting technology talent across the pond. In addition to the presence in Portugal, QuintoAndar is also preparing to make a similar move to Mexico next year, Brag said.

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The Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony was filled with some of gaming’s greatest tunes

The Verge

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics kicked off this morning, and tunes from classic video games played as all of the athletes from participating countries were welcomed into a crowd-free arena. Portugal are *REALLY* excited #Olympics pic.twitter.com/oMEdQmKdZO — Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 23, 2021.

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

TechCrunch

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.

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Barkyn, a wellness startup for pets in Southern Europe, hits a $9.6M Series A round

TechCrunch

Five Seasons Ventures joins previous investors Indico Capital Partners, All Iron Ventures, Portugal Ventures and Shilling Capital. Launched in 2017, the Portuguese startup currently serves customers in Portugal, Spain and Italy, and is aiming to be a key “pet wellness” brand for Southern Europe.

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Techstars NYC is more global than ever with its latest class of startups

TechCrunch

.” Now that the program is almost entirely virtual, Fielding said she felt free to “open up the geos.” companies, as well as others based in the France, Israel, Kenya, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Detach.ai (Lisbon, Portugal) — An AI operations platform focused on resolving issues proactively.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 2 VC surveys, Tesla’s melt up, The Roblox Gambit, more

TechCrunch

Plus, don’t miss our first investor surveys of 2021: one by Lucas Matney on social gaming , and another by Mike Butcher that gathered responses from Portugal-based investors on a wide variety of topics. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). Image Credits: Erik Von Weber (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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