News | Food | 19 Dec On-demand delivery startup Glovo raises €150m and becomes Spain’s second unicorn The Spanish competitor to Uber Eats and Deliveroo claims it will do what its rivals seem unable or unwilling to do: hit profitability in 2021. We catch up with chief executive Oscar Pierre on wooing investors, dark kitchens and acquisitions.
News | Cities | 19 Dec Chaotic strikes push Parisians to startup way 15 days of French strikes force Parisians to explore alternatives for mobility and getting work done. Startups like BlaBlaCar, Cityscoot, Zenpark and Neo-nomade are some of the winners.
News | Drones | 18 Dec Manna raises $5.2m, plans to start delivering takeaways by drone in early 2020 The Irish startup has backing from US investors and plans to launch services in Europe and the US
News | Analytics | 18 Dec Pexxi founder says venture capital funds are “painfully” clueless about birth control Investors are “afraid" of women's health, says Pexxi's Shardi Nahavandi. The femtech founder is building the world's first algorithm for oral birth control.
News | Fintech | 18 Dec Spanish Fintech Twinco raises €2.5m to make our products more ethical Supply chain finance is nothing new, but Twinco's pitch is that it can help companies behave more ethically and provide workers, many of which are in Bangladesh, with better conditions.
News | Angel Investing | 17 Dec Calling all European female angel investors and syndicates Sifted is building a list of female angel investors and syndicates in Europe, in partnership with women in tech community Femstreet — and we need your help.
News | Corporate Innovation | 17 Dec Corporate innovation weekly: Pocket rockets to Dr T-shirt This is what Europe's largest corporations have been doing with new technology and startups this week, from Airbus to Iceland.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 16 Dec DeepMind exec Andrew Eland leaves to launch startup The startup, called Diagonal Works, aims to find new ways to improve towns and cities with software.
News | Venture Capital | 13 Dec Atomico launches second angel programme The European venture capital fund has given 15 new angels across Europe $100,000 each to invest in early-stage startups — and is honing in on female founders and sustainability.
News | Public | 12 Dec Labour activists using Tinder election bots to sway vote The UK's general election is seeing dating-tech enter the fray, with left-wing activists running a Tinder bot to boost the Corbyn vote. But does it really work?
News | Corporate Innovation | 11 Dec Corporate innovation weekly: seaweed, electric shocks and the “crazy rules” theory of success This is what Europe's biggest companies — from Volvo and Unilever to Roche and NatWest — have been doing with startups and new technologies this week.
News | Manufacturing | 11 Dec Sulapac raises €15m, begins mass rollout of biodegradable straws A mojito-proof compostable straw will finally be rolled out to consumers and Sulapac has raised €15m to expand its plastic alternative to other categories, too.
News | Venture Capital | 11 Dec Much anticipated UK venture capital fund Ada Ventures finally launches with $34m for overlooked founders But can it prove that its unconventional sourcing and selection strategy can generate big financial returns for its investors?
Sponsored News | Other | 10 Dec 60 seconds to make an impact: Japanese startup BionicM wins big in Hong Kong The annual elevator pitch competition, known as EPiC, was hosted by the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) on November 8.
News | Data | 10 Dec Polish-Chinese startup quietly tracking 1.1bn mobile phones raises $12m Cosmose, a little-known startup based between Shanghai and Warsaw, boasts luxury brands such as LVMH, Richemont, Kering, Estée Lauder and L'Oréal as clients.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 6 Dec DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman comes out of hiding Mustafa Suleyman announced on Twitter that he will be joining Google in January after spending 10 years at DeepMind.
