In an apparently parallel universe, far from the current tragedy of Venezuela, the recession in Argentina or the controversial new presidents of Brazil and Mexico, electronic business is booming in Latin America. In fact, last week operations were carried out for billions of dollars in which companies from the region…
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About one and a half years after its founding, the Viennese “PsychTech” startup HiMoment has reached around 30,000 regular users. Now premium content in the form of 21-day lucky challenges to bring in first sales. It’s a question that every startup has to ask: When do you start monetizing? A…
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Berlin as an important address for startup financiers? The capital threatens to be overtaken by investments from Paris – because France avoids the mistakes of German politicians. Paris could overtake Berlin in the coming years for investments in startups In 2018, lenders spent almost 2.5 billion euros in growth companies…
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Austria’s start-ups collected a quarter more money from investors last year. The amount of publicly-known financing rose from € 138 million (2017) to € 173 million (2018), according to a study published by the consulting firm EY (Ernst & Young). The highest and lowest investments The highest financing was awarded…
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According to a blog post by the US tech company TechCrunch, the Swiss blockchain startup Amun AG has taken in a financing round about four million US dollars in venture capital. As the startup announced in its own PR release, investors include many notable personalities including Adam Draper, founder of…
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Shell takes over the German battery startup Sonnen. After the oil multinational had already entered Sun as an investor in May 2018, the startup is to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell after appropriate regulatory approval. To innovate and integrate energy offerings The agreement strengthens both companies to innovate…
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The venture capital arms of Google and Salesforce.com Inc. are investing in UK based payment startup GoCardless. Which has raised an additional US $ 75 million to finance its expansion. The financing is headed by Adams Street Partners, GV formerly known as Google Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, GoCardless said in…
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Apple has acquired the startup specialized in artificial intelligence technologies and voice assistance, Pullstring. With which it hopes to improve the adoption of Siri and compete with the great leader in the sector of virtual assistants Alexa of Amazon. About Pullstring Pullstring was founded in 2011 by a group of…
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Now let’s take a look at the three startups. That are now the topics of many reports. Mambu US investor Bessemer Venture Partners and existing investors Acton Capital, CommerzVentures, Point Nine Capital and Runa Capital are investing € 30 million in Fintech Mambu. Mambu is a SaaS banking platform. Launched…
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Visa and the French bank Natixis have reached an agreement to create an alliance with which to provide services related to payments to European startups. The objective is to offer services focused on both the issuance of cards and the adoption of the necessary regulations and procedures. At the moment…
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