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For the past ten years, the tech scene in France has grown at a rapid pace, and the country now has over 9,900 startups, including six unicorns among the 400 worldwide unicorns.

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The Top 10 French Startups to Know in 2020

Social media is an ever-changing landscape with new entrants popping up all the time, however, few have the clout to stick around, which makes Parler an anomaly. 

Parler 

The People With Power at Parler

Almost 10% of B Corps worldwide can be found in Australia and New Zealand - significant considering  the region’s population is around  30 million - and that number is growing.

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Sydney, Australia

Ten B Corps Driving Impact in Australia

India is home to 21 startup unicorns valued at $73.2 billion, and 5 of these joined the club after February 2020. 


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The 5 New Unicorns Born During India’s Lockdown

“In some ways, Jumprope is a new type of distributed media company or social media company," says Jake Poses. "We're just empowering everyday people to create, frankly, better content than they're creating from their kitchens, their bathrooms, and their garages.” 

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The Key to Jumprope's Success? Not Rushing the Idea 

Individuals and organisations alike rushed to express support and solidarity with the BLM movement and to recognize the dire nature of the situation in the country. Only 1.5% of managers, directors, and senior officials in the UK were Black in 2019 - a figure which has only gone up by 0.1 percentage-points since 2014. 

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How the Black Lives Matter Movement is Changing Business in London

Hedvig focuses their energy on building a more rewarding and supportive insurance experience - one in which they have no reason to question their member’s stories.

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Can the Trust-Based Model of this Swedish Startup Change Insurance Globally?

Ahmed, along with co-founders Craig Fernandes and his father Ian Fernandes, as well as CMO Hussain Ali Asgar, launched Lock&Stock in 2017 to combat phone addiction in the classroom by incentivizing students to lock their phones in return for rewards.

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How Locking Phones is Boosting Higher Education in the UAE

Tackling one big problem at a time, rather than trying to fix every single issue at once, is how John Katzman has been able to start three transformative education companies.

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John Katzman 

How John Katzman's Failed Architecture Career Transformed Higher Education

“Your life will change,” the cofounder and CEO of 3DLOOK told The Org. “If you are a founder, the company is no longer just a job — it's your life. And you need to be okay with that, and your closest ones should be okay with that too. But believe me, it’s all worth it.”


3DLOOK CEO Vadim Rogovskiy 

Is Digital Body Mapping the Future of Fashion? 3DLOOK’s Vadim Rogovskiy Says Yes

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illimitHER is a project born to go beyond stereotypes and barriers through the creation of an ecosystem that puts together several realities to spread things like STEM culture or female leadership skills.

Two speakers at illimitHER's first event, the illimitHER Marathon, on September 15.

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Five Italian Organizations Fighting For Gender Equality Through illimitHER

Button has raised more than $64 million in funding and has driven more than $3.5 billion in mobile commerce to brands partners like Samsung Pay, Sam’s Club, United Airlines, and Uber.

Button Co-Founder and CEO Michael Jaconi 

Michael Jaconi is Making Mobile Commerce as Easy as the Click of a Button

Wisconsin has long been known as “America’s Dairyland” and is well-known for its thriving beer scene. But the state is home to much more and could soon be better known as a hotspot for startups.

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Ten Innovative Wisconsin Startups to Know in 2020

The company has become largest all-remote organization in the world, with close to 1,300 employees in over 65 countries, and works with 100,000 organizations and an estimated 30 million registered users. In 2019, it raised a $268M Series E round, and there are rumblings of an IPO in 2021. Talk to anyone at GitLab and it becomes apparent that the values in the team handbook, which, if printed, would be over 8,000 pages of text, is a huge part of that growth. 

Mosaic of GitLab's employees and pets. Courtesy of GitLab. 

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GitLab: The World’s Most Transparent Company

Since 2009, Ruta N, with a team of 120 people, has been able to increase local government investment in STI from less than 0.5 percent to 2.3 percent of the GDP, helping Medellín attract 366 international companies to the city that have provided over 10,500 jobs and have helped thousands of local companies in their digital transformation.

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How Medellín Became LatAm's Hub for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

In 2015, Latin America had around 387 fintech startups. Five years later, there are currently around 1,300.

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São Paulo

Five LatAm Fintechs Disrupting the Banking Industry

The range of companies on this list highlights the diversity of the U.S. economy, from healthcare to finance and home goods to the defense sector.

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Manhattan cityscape at sunset

The Highest Revenue U.S. Companies In Each State

China has a vibrant and booming startup ecosystem. We’ve compiled a list of five interesting Chinese startups that could soon be international phenomena.

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Skyline of Shanghai, China

Five Chinese Tech Startups That Could Soon Be Everywhere

London is home to much more than Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, and torrential rain.

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