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.
Analysis | Deeptech | 20 Feb 29 deeptech VCs in Europe you need to know Old, new, university-affiliated or corporate-backed, these are the investors who know how to evaluate and fund deeptech startups.
Sponsored Analysis | Finance | 19 Feb What’s the best way to spend your company’s money? If you find it difficult to decide how to spend your startup's money (once you've got over the hurdle of raising some) you're not alone.
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.
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.
Opinion | Education | 18 Feb Why Europe is so far from its first edtech unicorn European governments and investors need to step up to fund the digital innovation that is desperately needed in the classroom.
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.
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 | Entertainment | 14 Feb So you think you can make a dating app? Here’s why it’s not so easy. Funding for dating apps is drying up, and there was never much of it anyway. But several new startups are trying to reignite the sector in the name of love.
Opinion | Hiring and workforce | 14 Feb Needed: older female employees Older (female) employees can have a real edge in startup workplaces. Here's why.
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.
Analysis | Hardware | 12 Feb Nine mental health startups smashing “taboo” in Europe Global investment in mental health startups has surged to £500m.
Opinion | Environment | 12 Feb Why compostable plastics aren’t such a great idea Don't jump on the compostable packaging bandwagon — it's not quite what it seems.
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.
Interview | Corporate Innovation | 11 Feb frog: Human-centred design has limits Ross Landles, Studio Head of frog London, on the next big tech shift and the limits of trendy methodologies.
