Top news of the week: 12.01.2021.
Europe Startup News
European Innovation Council makes first equity investments in start-ups
The European Investment Council (EIC) fund is poised to directly invest around €178 million in 42 start-ups, acquiring 10 - 25% stakes for between €500,000 - €15 million each. These will ...
Q4/EOY '20 European VC fundraising note
Despite all the madness we had to go through over the past 12 months, European venture just managed to close another mega quarter and yet another strong vintage. It is pretty clear that: a) ...
The five largest French Tech VC rounds of 2020
Editor’s note: this is a guest post from Chris O’Brien, an American journalist in Toulouse, France where he writes about technology, startups, travel, and culture. It was first published ...
How to hire the best talent for your startup on a tight budget
What is one of the most important aspects of any startup? Some may say it is the business model, others may point out in the direction of cash flow management and revenue generation. In any ...
French Fintech's Frenzied 2020
The sector raised €828.2 million last year, up 18.5% from 2019.
MaGIC CEO: 2020 highlights importance of innovation, technology, collaboration & capacity building
Covid-19 has tremendous impact on the startup scene, but a combination of foresight, planning and learning the right lessons has allowed both MaGIC and startups to remain resilient and ...
Andy Sack on Give First and Creating a Startup Ecosystem From Scratch
Technology entrepreneur Andy Sack tells his Give First story, from getting startup support from Techstars Boston to becoming the MD for Techstars Seattle.
How startups are using XR to disrupt how we work, learn, and play
LUMO Labs' Andy Lurling shares 5 examples across industries of startups that are harnessing the power of XR to solve some of society’s biggest challenges.