How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe

Stockholm has become a rich soil for startups, birthing and incubating the likes of Spotify, Skype and Klarna, even though Sweden has some of the highest tax rates in the world.

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Neuron7.ai raises $4.2 million as seed funding from Nexus, others

Neuron7.ai, a new cloud-software company, plans to use the funding to expand its engineering, product and sales teams. Abhishek Sharma, managing director at Nexus Venture Partners, will join the company’s board.

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Ping gets $3.5 million in seed funding from Elevation Capital

Ping, a Bengaluru-based conversational commerce platform, will use the funding from Elevation Capital for product development, strategic hiring, and expansion into Tier-I cities of India.

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How VC fund Stellaris upped its fund size amid rising competition in early-stage investing

Homegrown fund says will it make more -- and bigger -- investments

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Amazon's Amandeep Lohan is now Appario Retail's MD & CEO

Lohan has also been designated as CEO of the seller firm, according to regulatory filings sourced exclusively by ET through business intelligence platform Tofler.

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Zomato's earnings report; Stellaris's second India fund

Zomato reported a 22% increase in revenue and a 168% jump in losses in April-June.

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US court refuses to stay suit in $1.2 billion Devas arbitration award

Judge Thomas S. Zilly of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington said the motion lacked merit and was intended to further delay proceedings.

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