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These four iconic European founders plan to kick the asses of VCs who never started a company
TechCrunch· 2 years agoUntil recently, Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder of Wise, and Sten Tamkivi, co-founder of Teleport, had...
Taavet Hinrikus net worth | Evening Standard Tech Rich List
Evening Standard via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoTaavet Hinrikus was the first employee hired by Skype. Hinrikus worked in London, but was paid in...
Wise co-founder Hinrikus partners for €250 million tech fund
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCo-founder of fintech business Wise Taavet Hinrikus has founded Plural a new €250 million (£216...
Plural, the VC led by founders, pulls together a new $432M fund to back European startups
TechCrunch· 3 months agoEuropean VC Plural has carved out a reputation for itself as being one of the few VCs in the region...
London VC Plural closes $400M+ 2nd fund
Pitchbook via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoPlural partner Taavet Hinrikus (John Phillips/Getty Images) London-based operator VC firm Plural has raised €400 million (around $434.5 million) for its second fund, 18 months after closing ...
’Stripe for NFTs’ NFTPort Raises $26M Series A
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoNon-fungible token (NFT) infrastructure startup NFTPort has raised $26 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Taavet+Sten and Atomico, a European...
Unearthly Materials claimed to have big-name investors, but they weren’t all on board
TechCrunch ExtraCrunch· 1 year agoEver since they were discovered over 100 years ago, superconductors have seemed a bit magical. You...
City watchdog opens probe into tax affairs of Wise founder Kristo Käärmann
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTHE trouble facing Kristo Käärmann, the billionaire co-founder of Wise, grew today when the City...
European entrepreneurs launch 250 million euro tech fund called 'Plural'
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoPARIS (Reuters) - Four European entrepreneurs, including Taavet Hinrikus who co-founded money transfer company Wise Plc, announced the launch of Plural, a venture fund worth 250 million euros ...
Could the forests and land of Europe offset most of its CO2? This startup hopes to prove it
TechCrunch· 2 years agoThere are few standards, a myriad of approaches, while buyers and sellers are crying out for...
