Big Ideas | Travel | 22 Aug Airlines collaborate with startups to solve your holiday hell IAG's Hangar 51 is one of the older accelerators in the aviation industry. Here is what they have learned so far.
Big Ideas | VC | 19 Aug The alternative to VC investing everyone has been waiting for? It is no secret most VCs aren't profitable. So is this members-only blockchain token-based investment club a better alternative?
In Practice | Banking | 15 Aug £425m handed out and dozens of promises to improve small business banking But will these make a real difference?
Voices | Work trends | 12 Aug Gen Z want to be founders but can’t name a single role model Gen Z want to be entrepreneurs but struggle to name founders who inspire them. Those who can, cite old-school blokes like Alan Sugar or Richard Branson.
Places | Angel Investing | 31 Jul Leuven, the university town where students + beer = startups Home of Anheuser Busch, the world’s largest beer company
Big Ideas | Education | 25 Jul Brainly raises $30m for US push The Polish company wants to be at the forefront of disrupting the $250bn global education market
In Practice | Core tech | 25 Jul Why this Dutch quantum company walked away from a VC deal Sal Bosman, founder and chief executive of Delft Circuits, was moments away from securing VC funding. But then he turned it down. Why?
Places | Cities | 24 Jul “In five years there will be five tech hubs in Europe that matter, and Lausanne will be one of them” Lausanne creates about the same number of startups as Zurich does, with only a third of the population. This is how the city’s tech community manages to punch above its weight.
Big Ideas | Logistics | 24 Jul Robot parcel deliveries are coming — but very slowly Kar-go, developed by UK startup The Academy of Robotics, is aiming to be Europe’s first roadworthy autonomous delivery vehicle, and could reduce the cost of “last-mile” deliveries by 90%.
Places | Accelerators | 19 Jul Italy sends its startups abroad to grow into unicorns Where many other countries are trying to stop the brain drain and keep their entrepreneurs at home, Italy appears to be actively exporting its founders.
Big Ideas | Banking | 16 Jul Raisin eyes acquisitions after raising €25m from Goldman Sachs The savings marketplace company wants to diversify into new areas.
Big Ideas | Banking | 16 Jul Is the big fintech rebundling beginning? UK's Curve has raised $55m to help it become the "Spotify of banking".
Big Ideas | Quantum | 9 Jul Europe’s VCs finally leap into quantum Finland's IQM raises €11.45m in one of the rare VC investments into quantum in Europe.
Big Ideas | Banking | 8 Jul A corporate AmEx for everyone? Soldo has raised $61m to develop its niche services in spend management for small to medium businesses.
Big Ideas | Incubators | 5 Jul Here is where big corporates can order up a new startup like a pizza Can a new breed of field lab help companies innovate better?
Big Ideas | VC | 1 Jul European tech has record quarter with €9.3bn VC investment A handful of megadeals, such as Northvolt's €900m fundraising have lifted European VC investment to record-breaking levels.
