The year 2022 was a hallmark one for startup capital in Europe, as both founders and investors saw significant shifts. To set the scene, funding across all stages dropped a whopping $14B—down 38% from the $38 billion peak of VC funding in 2021. Early-stage companies are in a particular pickle, with demand outstripping supply. Wages ... Read more ›
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At least 6.6 million Ukrainians have fled their homes for neighboring countries in Europe since February. And while Europe has made an accelerated call for Ukraine’s admission to the European Union to help displaced people, direct financial aid isn’t likely to be granted soon. Even if it does, the current global economic downturn precipitated by ... Read more ›
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There could be a promising solution in sight for plastic pollution: Enter the exciting world of NFT-powered plastic credits. Read more ›
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All startups aim to go global—expanding the user base and generating additional revenue from newer markets. This process of going global is not just about creating and validating the product in a new market (although this is an important step). Rather, it is about exploring the company’s potential across global markets without limiting it to ... Read more ›
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Directly from Cairo, Egypt, Yalla Fel Sekka understands how to play (and win) the logistics game: be asset-light and cost-effective. 150sec speaks to the company's co-founders about their shared resources strategy and surviving the economic downturn. Instant delivery players looking for a competitive advantage, pay attention. Read more ›
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According to 2020 World Bank data, the average fee (including currency markups and transaction fees) for international money transfers takes up 6.8% of the total spending. This is a fee that adds up for individuals over time, but especially so for the growing amount of companies going into international businesses in 2022. As of 2022, ... Read more ›
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Spain is one of the few economies to see rapid growth in its post-Covid recovery. The country recovered 90% of the international tourists recorded in 2019, with tourism counting as a major contributor to its recuperation of everything from exports of services to GDP. This is good news for young businesses, with investment in Spanish ... Read more ›
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There seems to be a stalemate phenomenon currently occurring in the global supply chain. On the one hand, online commerce doesn’t look like it will let up anytime soon, with the e-commerce market worldwide expected to grow by $1.4 trillion by 2025. On the other hand, legislation is being passed for carbon cut-downs, as seen ... Read more ›
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This article was syndicated from our sister publication The Sociable More than a third of young adults became pet owners before Covid-19 struck, while another 2.1 million people got a pet during the lockdown. These pet owners are increasingly looking for effective and affordable ways to care for their furry family members but have found ... Read more ›
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Held across three days from July 21st to 23rd this summer at The Ciutat de les Arts y les Ciències in València, music festival Diversity Festival is looking to create a cultural legacy of openness, enjoyment, and inclusion. The sweeping avant-garde buildings of the venue’s sprawling pavilions promise to offer attendees a one-of-a-kind experience comprised ... Read more ›
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Nine startup finalists will travel to London on June 28 to pitch their social change business models at the Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs (DBACE). In addition to a £60,000 collective prize fund and a mentorship valued at £100,000, the five winners will also join the ranks of over 230 past DBACE recipients, including ... Read more ›
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Europe may be one of the few VC markets seeing an uptick, but underserved women entrepreneurs still aren't getting their funding share. Read more ›
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The Spanish startup ecosystem has grown 5X in value since 2015, with the combined value of these up-and-coming businesses totaling €46B. This means the country has grown more than four times from its recorded value of €10B in 2015. VC investment in Spain has also grown 3.8x year on year and in 2021 reached an ... Read more ›
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This article originally appeared on The Sociable, a sister publication. Research has shown that children who have a strong “family narrative” enjoy better emotional health. In the late 90s’, psychologists Marshall Duke and Robyn Fivush of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, asked 48 families 20 questions about their family history. Their research found that the ... Read more ›
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It is expected that over the next few decades, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform economies and impact human life in ways that we are only beginning to understand. European enterprises across industries – from education, to logistics, to finance, to healthcare – are innovating with technologies like AI, machine learning (ML), and robotics to attract ... Read more ›
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Having experienced intense interest from the alternative-investment community of users both in the US an in Europe, wealth tracking app Claritus.io’s recent launch out of beta will allow users to balance their investment portfolio across a suite of new and familiar investment vehicles including securities, real estate, cryptocurrencies, private equity, VC, and employee stock ownership ... Read more ›
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The last decade has seen a fast track to digitization, significantly raising the value of data in enterprises. According to McKinsey Global Institute, data-driven organizations are not only 23 times more likely to acquire customers, but they’re also 19 times more likely to be profitable. While this has seen businesses expand their artillery of data ... Read more ›
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Digital transformation continues at a blistering pace. For example, it was found that 70% of European organizations now say that migrating more workloads to the cloud is the most important cloud initiative for their business. This is closely followed by 59% saying that optimizing current cloud use to cut down on costs is their next ... Read more ›
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Although cryptocurrencies have been around since 2009, when the famously elusive developer Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, they have grown significantly in both breadth and diversity in the course of a little over a decade. What was once just #trending “street talk” in the tech scene, is now quickly becoming a prominent transactional currency in 2022—with ... Read more ›
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The noise of the past ten years has left many Europeans with tinnitus. Brexit, The Syrian Refugee Crisis. Putin’s unprovoked attacks on Crimea, Georgia, and Ukraine. The rise of right-wing populism fueled by unfettered social media advances into our daily lives. Heatwaves. The pandemic. Inflation. The question of NATO itself. To call the complexity of ... Read more ›
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