Interview

July 28, 2020

Why big European companies need to buy more startups

Big companies are holding back the European startup ecosystem says Megumi Ikeda, MD of Europe for Hearst Ventures.


Maija Palmer

5 min read

Megumi Ikeda, managing director Hearst Ventures

Hearst is a 135-year-old privately held company still owned by the linear descendants of Randolph Hearst, the American newspaperman. The company owns a large swath of “traditional” media assets from newspapers and magazines like Elle, Harpers, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire to some 34 TV stations in the US, particularly in key election states like New Hampshire and Florida.

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