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Gaming Archives
11 Romanian startups you’re bound to hear more about in 2016 A guest post from Romanian technology journalist Andrada Fiscutean, who highlights 11 homegrown startups that we should be keeping a close eye on this year. → Read More
Social Media Archives
German marketing platform for small businesses, RankingCoach, raises €5 million German RankingCoach, a marketing app for small businesses, raised €5 million from United Internet, a German internet services company. United Internet now has a 29.93% stake in the startup. The company plans to use the investment to expand its services and grow internationally. → Read More
Supercell Archives
Atomico report: Europe’s game companies need to look east to China China presents a significant opportunity for European games companies but the market remains a difficult one to crack, according to a report from VC firm Atomico. In the last 15 years there have been 24 billion-dollar games companies, six of which are European (11 are Chinese). Europe is considered the global capital of mobile… → Read More
Facebook Archives
Finland’s Kieku Labs, cofounded by former Nokia R&D director, launches beta app Kieku Labs, a startup founded by three seasoned Finnish entrepreneurs, has launched its beta iOS app in the Nordics and Estonia for accessing and sharing audio content. The web version of the service has been made available globally. Kieku’s machine learning algorithm finds content for the listener based on what… → Read More
netflix Archives
European Netflix rival Wuaki.tv launches in Austria and Ireland Editor’s note: This post, written by Jaime Novoa, was syndicated from Novobrief with his permission. Rakuten-owned but Barcelona-headquartered company Wuaki.tv has launched its VOD and online video streaming service in Austria and Ireland. With these two countries, Wuaki.tv is currently available in 7 European markets (Spain, UK,… → Read More
Balderton Archives
LoveCrafts raises £26 million for its crafts social site LoveCrafts, a social platform for crafts, has raised £26 million in a round led by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) with participation from previous investors Balderton and Highland Europe. London-based LoveCrafts is an online community for makers to interact, buy supplies, and sell designs. With this new investment, which is one of the… → Read More
BlaBlaCar Archives
BlaBlaCar launches Ambassadors program with Opel and ALD French carpooling platform BlaBlaCar has announced its new “Ambassadors” program in a partnership with Opel and leasing company ALD Automotive. Ambassadors is a “car-as-a-service” program for BlaBlaCar’s most active members, which will include lower leasing, warranty, and maintenance fees. The pilot is available only in France so far.… → Read More
Microsoft Archives
People analytics firm Saberr scores £1 million in new funding London-based Saberr, a staff analytics platform to improve company performance, has raised £1 million from Angel CoFund and angel investors. The startup declined to name its angels. Saberr’s algorithm is used by businesses to gauge if a new employee is right for their team by measuring data from online presences, including dating… → Read More
#cphftw Archives
Tech.eu paid a visit to Copenhagen to see how #CPHFTW is building its own startup community in Denmark’s capital city, from the ground up. → Read More
Music Archives
An IPO isn’t the only possible exit for Spotify. Don’t believe me? Google it… All the signs are pointing to a Spotify IPO within the next year or two. However, Neil Murray argues that there’s still one company out there who could yet provide another exit option for Spotify. → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #50: Post-Brexit, Partech's new fund, Speedinvest and Amodo, interview with iZettle and Tech Open Air raises cash
In the 50th episode of the Tech.eu podcast, we discuss Europe's technology scene post-Brexit, as well as some interesting new funds and recent funding rounds. → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #49: Brexit, a European 'decacorn', Magic Pony acquired, Reshma Sohoni and how many unicorns does Europe have?
We discuss several pieces of news that could be pivotal to the future of Europe's ecosystem, as we talk 'Brexit', 'decacorns' and EUnicorns, and accelerator exits: → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #48: Twitter and Europe, Draper Esprit goes public, Jobandtalent's Series B, Imperia Online and a 'Single Startup Market'
We look at what Twitter's up to in Europe, as they lose a key hire but invest in SoundCloud, before turning our attentions to the UK, Spain and Bulgaria. → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #47: Tradeshift's Series D, updates on iZettle & Prezi, Accel in Israel and can Europe overtake the US in innovation?
We cover three of Europe's largest startups on one podcast, as Tradeshift, iZettle and Prezi all made the news this week. Listen up: below is the latest Tech.eu podcast. → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #46: VC in Europe increases, PayPal and Turkey, Thermondo funding, interview with Pipedrive and Poland's tech scene
We cover the good, bad and the ugly of the European tech scene in this week Tech.eu podcast, before taking a look at what's happening in Poland. → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #45: Ticketbis, Transferwise, Brexit, NUMA & more
On this week's Tech.eu podcast, we cover a big acquisition in Spain, a new member of the EUnicorn club, and we discuss Brexit and its potential implications. → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #44: Angry Birds movie, e.ventures & Runa Capital's new funds, interview with Partech Ventures and Startup Sesame
It's a Tech.eu podcast entertainment special this week as we discuss the Angry Birds movie, before looking at the value of attending events in Europe, and more! → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #43: Auctionata, Startupbootcamp, Timely, EyeEm
This week's Tech.eu podcast take us on a journey all around Europe as we discuss news from Germany, Italy, Norway and The Netherlands - listen up, smarten up! → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #42: Farfetch's financing round, a slowdown in food delivery funding, Will.i.am, and the opportunity in China
Monster funding rounds and celebrity acquisitions are the major discussion points in this week's Tech.eu podcast, before we analyse the opportunities in China. → Read More
Tech.eu Podcast #41: Q1 exits, Nokia buys Withings, Global Fashion Group's downround, Unu Motors and why all the travel acquisitions?
We analyse the European exit scene, delving into Q1's exits, before looking into the details of Withings' acqusition, GFG's downround and Berlin-based Unu Motors. → Read More