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As startups accelerate in record Q3, Europe and Asia rack up huge VC results

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Europe’s total tied its high-water mark set in Q2 2019. Asia: $24 billion. Europe: $9 billion. Asia’s result was its best since at least Q4 2018, as far back as our dataset goes. But as a combined pair, venture capital outside North America might have just had its best quarter in years, if not ever.

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Pittsburgh’s AI expertise may give rise to an already growing startup market

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The Steel City has all the ingredients to be a hub for startups: a good university system, a cheaper cost of living — definitely when compared to places like New York and the Bay Area — and a proliferation of seed firms and startup accelerators. billion — venture investors on the ground can feel the city’s potential. (I

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Perhaps Substack can grow just fine without venture dollars

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First, a little context: Substack’s first known external capital came in January 2018 via the Y Combinator startup accelerator. From there, the startup’s ability to raise new funds quickly accelerated, with Andreessen Horowitz leading Substack’s $15.3

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Relate: Revolutionizing B2B Sales CRM Software for Startups

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In response to the limitations of existing CRM software, especially the complexity of platforms like Salesforce, Relate’s founders identified the necessity for tailored features catering to B2B startups pursuing a product-led growth strategy.

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Thai healthcare, surgery marketplace HD raises $6m in funding

AsiaTechDaily

The startup, which operates the HDmall platform in Thailand and Indonesia, is excited to announce that it has successfully raised funding from a group of investors incl. HD is also one of ten startups recently accepted into the Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia program.

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5 things you may have missed in Atomico’s 2021 Europe report

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The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. The Exchange has been tracking Europe’s startup acceleration for years now. For reference, that figure was below $10 billion in Q2 2019, Q3 2019, Q4 2019 and Q2 2020. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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Early-stage African VC firm, Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19

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Four fintech startups — Cowrywise , Riby , Wallets Africa , and ThankUCash ; a crypto-exchange startup, BuyCoins ; a SaaS platform, Accounteer; an edtech startup, Schoolable ; and healthtech startup, 54gene. 2019 saw the local VC firm invest in six companies.

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