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April 16, 2026

Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare

The Copenhagen-based company provides an information verification browser extension

20VC has led a €3.6m pre-seed round for Flare, a Copenhagen-based startup building an information verification tool for the internet. 

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Maya Dharampal-Hornby

Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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