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Liberis, the embedded finance provider for SMEs, raises additional £70M in equity and debt

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Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic and Slovakia). Liberis provides SMEs with funding from £1,000 to £300,000 based on projected credit and debit card sales. (the product is available in five new countries: U.S., However, lending has really picked up lately, with £250 million lent in the past two years alone.

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An inside look at a Ukrainian fintech startup adapting to life during wartime

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Our emergency plan included accommodation for employees and their families in Slovakia, but in the end, everybody decided to stay back, and we did not have use it. Despite the risks and the vulnerability, many foreign customers continued their projects in our country. Volunteer projects. Image Credits: 42Flows.Tech.

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Can data fix healthcare?

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It’s a big task, but the team behind Truveta has experience with big projects. The Slovakia-based startup previously raised a $1.6 Myerson is best known for his time one-rung below the top of the Microsoft org chart, where he ran things you might have heard of, like Windows. Investments like CloudTalk’s recent $7.3 million Series A.

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How European startups are aiding Ukrainian refugees

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A coalition of La French Tech mission , France Digitale and The Galion Project has launched a crowdfunding effort on Leetchi to raise money for supplies for Ukrainian refugees. The company is also incentivizing drivers in Poland and Slovakia to accept rides on the Ukrainian border to help transport refugees. Techfugees , a U.K.-based

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

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Musk confirmed the company’s plans in response to a user’s tweet which claimed the Twitter Notes project had recently been rebranded as “Articles.” Pavel Zoneff, director of strategic communications at the Tor Project, told TechCrunch that the site “is no longer available seemingly with no plans to renew.”

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Apping Out Illegal Waste: Free Download to Target Illegal Dumps

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Per Jozef: "In Slovakia, Mr. Pado took the whole database of illegal dumps and sent letters to each affected city. It can be the basis for a civic engagement project, or a school project. Depending on the level of leadership and involvement, there have been some impressive successes. illegal-dump/6599659631935488.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

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Only in founders from: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania or Hungary. Our focus is on the Central European region — so far we have invested in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but we are open to founders from other neighboring countries as well. More than 50%? More than 50%?

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