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The leading French company Coinhouse is looking to expand with True Global Ventures' international footprint by tapping on external growth opportunities

Virtuo raises $96M for its streamlined take on car rentals Car ownership has become pricey and untenable in many towns and cities in Europe: between congestion charges to reduce emissions, parking fees, and traffic, many consumers opt instead to use public transportation, two wheels, cabs or their own legs to get around. To add to that mix for longer journeys, today a startup that’s building a new take on car rental is announcing some funding to scale out its service. Virtuo, a Paris-based st...

Jenny Ervine of Raise Ventures 12 May, 2021 01:00 INVESTORS are being urged to urged to take an equity stake in one or more of 12 early stage start-up companies which have graduated from a new accelerator programme. The fledgling firms have come through an intensive six-month programme run by Raise Ventures, which offered the potential entrepreneurs investment advice and development guidance to launch their companies and business ideas. Now Raise has announce an innovat...

US – Consumer insights platform OnePulse has secured £2m in funding led by Blackfinch and Nexus Investments. Founded in 2014, OnePulse, which has offices in Austin, Texas, and London, the UK, will use the investment to expand its services into new markets. Users of the platform can conduct surveys of up to three questions at a time and receive responses from targeted audiences using a gamified mobile app. Clients include Coca-Cola, TikTok and Marks & Spencer. The platform currently offers...