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Picfair, the photo marketplace that competes with Getty and Shutterstock by giving photographers a fairer deal, is adding a major update to its offering today. The London-based startup is launching Picfair Stores, giving the 35,000 photographers on its marketplace the ability to create their own free independent online store. Customers who buy

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Chinese electric scooter startup Niu Technologies has filed for an initial public offering on Nasdaq to raise up to $150 million. In its form, Niu said it is &the largest lithium-ion battery-powered e-scooters company in China,& according to data from China Insights Consultancy, and also a market leader in Europe based on sales volume.

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French startup BlaBlaCar just released some interesting metrics. The company has reached profitability if you look at revenue between January 2018 and today.

BlaBlaCar forecasts that 50 million people will book a ride on BlaBlaCar in 2018, which represents a 40 percent increase compared to 2017.

BlaBlaCar is a marketplace for long-distance rides.

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Following an acquisition by FTD Companies earlier this year for a reportedly small amount of cash, on-demand flower service BloomThat is pausing its services as it works &to figure out how to best integrate BloomThat as part of the FTD portfolio of brands,& the founders wrote to its customers a few days ago.

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Mode raises $3M Series A to put sensor data in the cloud True Ventures has led the $3 millionround for Mode, a real-time database that gives companies instant access to sensor data.GigaOm founder and True Ventures partner Om Malik has joined the startupboard of directors as part of the deal.

Sensor data is collected from vehicles, cell phones, appliances, medical equipment

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French startup Qonto has raised a $23 million funding round for its fintech product. The company is trying to make business banking cheaper, faster and more efficient.

Existing investors Valar Ventures and Alven are once again leading the round. The European Investment Bank Group is also participating.

If you are running a small company or work as a

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