Interview | Deeptech | 20 Feb German unicorn Celonis’ secret sauce: universities Celonis is valued at over $2.5bn — but the deeptech company which started as a university project still relishes its research roots.
Analysis | Mobility | 19 Feb What’s next in Europe’s scooter wars? City tenders, operational costs and funding fatigue could all kill European scooter startups this year. But will they?
Analysis | Startup Life | 19 Feb Europeans are obsessed with profits Beyond mega fundraising rounds and valuations, there’s an increasing number of European entrepreneurs putting profitability first to grow global champions.
Analysis | Artificial Intelligence | 17 Feb “Bigger than DNA” — how AI is transforming the pharma industry Artificial intelligence can get new drugs to clinical trials 5x faster and could bring down industry costs by 30%.
Analysis | Fintech | 13 Feb Meet the fastest growing fintech startups in Germany Germany is Europe's second largest fintech hub, after the UK. These are the startups which have hired the fastest in the last year.
Analysis | Hardware | 12 Feb Nine mental health startups smashing “taboo” in Europe Global investment in mental health startups has surged to £500m.
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?
Analysis | Corporate Innovation | 11 Feb Want to make your company more innovative? Teach your staff to code It is more cost-effective to retrain your staff than hire for new skills.
Analysis | Venture Capital | 11 Feb Europe’s top Series A investors These are Europe’s top 10 Series A investors, according to Dealroom. But what are they really like — and what do founders think of them?
Interview | Mobility | 7 Feb Cracking the code to European expansion, Virtuo’s way With 70% of its sales coming from returning clients, Paris-based startup Virtuo is looking to build on customer loyalty to expand into Germany and Italy next.
Interview | Startup Life | 3 Feb Inside Alan: the French healthtech startup with no meetings and transparent salaries Call it madness or genius — Alan’s distinctive company culture is one that few employees want to leave.
Interview | Payments | 31 Jan What Europe can learn from Africa’s mobile wallets France’s Famoco has deployed 250,000 of its secure payment terminals, most of which in Africa. Now with a €20m fundraise it wants to bring African innovation back to Europe.
Analysis | Food | 31 Jan The startups making vegan cheese taste like the real thing First came lab-grown meat; now comes lab-grown cheese.
Interview | Mobility | 30 Jan Is this the future of urban parcel deliveries? Berlin-based e-mobility startup ONO has developed a new type of electric, cargo-carrying vehicle to improve the messy state of urban logistics.
Interview | Regulation | 29 Jan Hey regulators: just let go Can regulation spur innovation? France’s telecoms watchdog is pushing for a new regulatory style to spawn a wave of “regtech” startups.
Analysis | Hiring | 28 Jan Europe’s fastest growing startups with female founders Women to watch in 2020.
