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The incubator launching Scotland’s next generation of tech: ‘We need to pull the bigger players into the Scottish market’

The Venture Builder Incubator programme, in partnership with Techscaler, is working to turn Scotland’s world-class university research into scalable commercial businesses

Why late-stage secondary offerings are transforming private market access

Meet 2026’s award-winning women building deeptech startups

Last month in Brussels, three founders were announced as winners of the European Prize for Women Innovators

Inside the 30-year EU initiative turning startup placements into patents

MSCA partnerships operate at a rare level of R&D efficiency: roughly one project, one patent

The headcount paradox: How AI is forcing HR and finance to think as one

Employee count used to be the ultimate vanity metric for fast-growing startups. Now, it’s all about “capacity”

How Hong Kong can be Europe’s fast track into Asia’s AI boom

Hong Kong’s innovation ecosystem bridges legal frameworks, research and production networks and crucial market access gateways

How Spain has emerged as one of Europe’s most dynamic tech ecosystems

Funding, renewable energy and loyal talent has allowed Spain to transform into one of Europe’s most vital innovation hubs

What it actually takes to scale AI in Europe: ‘The best founders aren’t building for the next funding round’

As the European AI market moves past its honeymoon phase, what does it take to build a durable, capital-efficient business?

Why Europe is rebuilding its tech stack

Europe is waking up to the need to build sovereign tech, but can it actually compete with the US?

How global hiring became a growth strategy for European business

Driven by the evolution of AI and flexible working, companies are increasingly looking beyond their local talent pool

‘Owning and controlling the entire AI stack is essential’: Europe is doubling down on its own AI infrastructure

Driven by the need for sovereignty, European countries are investing in homegrown data centers, computing hardware and foundation models to break reliance on foreign tech giants

‘Companies will have to go the extra mile’: How Europe is future-proofing its hiring strategy

As AI continues to reshape hiring and local talent pools dry up, European startups must embrace global hiring to survive the growing tech talent crunch

Luxembourg Venture Days connects capital and dealflow

Meet LPs, investors and high-growth startups and scaleups in one curated event

How Europe can build a self-reliant defence tech ecosystem

European governments are spending more on defence than ever, but experts think fiscal rules and procurement need reforming

Amazon is looking for the next generation of climate tech startups

Startups and scaleups with proven sustainability technology can pitch for commercial pilots within Amazon’s European operations

How Ruralis is building a startup in rural Italy

Founded in a village of 3,000 and bootstrapped from day one, the Italian property-management startup is now expanding to the US

How bio:cap is reconnecting Europe’s life sciences ecosystem

Despite capital, talent and high class research, Europe's life sciences sector remains fragmented

Stablecoin remittance app goes live in UK after $1m in transactions during silent beta

Rewriting the M&A playbook: Inside Visma’s acquisition strategy

Rather than absorbing its targets, Visma is acquiring Europe’s early-stage tech startups and giving them the operational freedom to scale independently

Fixing the BaaS bottleneck: How Papaya is redesigning fintech infrastructure

Fintech infrastructure is buckling under the weight of compliance, but correspondent service Papaya is redesigning the system

The hidden cost of unstructured data — and how to fix it

Why fixing fragmented data is the crucial first step for SMBs wanting to build a secure and reliable foundation for AI

Beyond admin work: How AI is redefining management

Rather than replacing managers, Europe’s AI agent sector is automating routine workflows to turn corporate ‘post boxes’ back into leaders

Beyond a sleek interface: The new wave of European fintech

Fintech is no longer about building a better-looking digital bank, but about building the operating system that helps run businesses

The hidden costs of hiring freelancers across borders — and how to avoid them

Hiring abroad can unlock growth but shortcuts may create bigger problems down the line