News | Fintech | 21 Feb BBVA backs UK fintech targeting the gig-economy as sector heats up Income-smoother Wollit has secured seed funding from Spain's second-largest bank and two major venture capital funds.
News | Communities | 18 Feb What you need to know about Tech Spirit Barcelona – MWC’s replacement event Details have been published for the replacement event for Mobile World Congress.
News | Corporate Innovation | 18 Feb Corporate innovation weekly: dark web watchers and why women on boards increase innovation This is what Europe's largest companies got up to in corporate innovation, featuring Deutsche Bahn, NGP Ventures, ABN Amro, Schneider Electric and more.
News | Venture Capital | 18 Feb Atomico: Who’s who at Europe’s biggest VC firm? As Atomico raises a new fund of $820m to back European founders, we find out what makes the partners tick.
News | Events | 13 Feb MWC might be off — but there’s a guerrilla event in the works Mobile World Conference was cancelled last night due to coronavirus causing travel fears, but Barcelona's startup ecosystem won’t take no for an answer.
Sponsored News | Communities | 13 Feb Meet the 10 Tech Nation Rising Star Winners Tech Nation, the UK network for ambitious entrepreneurs, has awarded 10 startups the coveted prize at its annual awards.
News | Venture Capital | 13 Feb SoftBank is involved in 6% of all VC flows in Europe With the Vision Fund's sequel in trouble, Europe braces for a Softbank chill.
News | Fintech | 11 Feb N26 pulls out of the UK, citing Brexit. But numbers suggest the German bank was struggling The German digital bank has pulled the plug just a year into its play in the UK. Has Brexit claimed a major fintech victim, or is this a case of international expansion gone wrong?
News | Corporate Innovation | 11 Feb Corporate innovation weekly: cheap rockets, compostable cling film and hot batteries This is what Europe's largest corporations got up to in innovation this week, featuring Airbus, BASF, Deutsche Telekom, Novartis, Nestle and more.
News | Mobility | 10 Feb Cooltra must move 1,200 of its mopeds out of Barcelona — and it’s not happy Barcelona’s City Hall has become the first European city authority to limit the number of licences for shared e-mopeds.
News | Fintech | 10 Feb Exclusive: Tandem bank nears much-awaited fundraise as CTO steps down An imminent influx of cash coincides with a C-suite reshuffle at the UK bank. Now, chief executive Ricky Knox says he's confident the bank is on strong ground and ready to fight off "copycat" incumbents.
News | Corporate Innovation | 4 Feb Corporate innovation weekly: sustainable perfume, electric vans and getting rid of managers This is what Europe's largest corporations got up to this week in terms of innovation. Featuring Axa, Bayer, Siemens, UPS, BP, Reckitt Benckiser and Adidas.
News | Robotics | 4 Feb Robots can finally pack objects like a human Polish startup Nomagic has raised $8.6m for its warehouse robots automating the role of human "pickers" – something that only recently became possible.
News | Fintech | 30 Jan Brexit schmexit: UK saw record fintech investment last year, trumping China and India On the eve of Brexit-day, UK fintechs are prepped for battle after a record year of investment, making up over 50% of European capital flows in the space.
Sponsored News | Healthtech | 30 Jan 30 UK scaleups about to take off Tech Nation has named the 30 companies joining its prestigious Upscale programme. How many have you heard of?
News | Corporate Innovation | 28 Jan Corporate innovation news roundup: reinventing the wheel, regrowing your liver, why innovation labs fail This is what Europe's biggest corporations got up to in corporate innovation this week, featuring Sanofi, Siemens, BMW, AB InBev and more.
