Big Ideas | Transport | 14 Jun This Swedish startup just raised $1bn to build a battery farm to rival Tesla’s “gigafactory” How two former Tesla executives managed to get enough momentum to build a gigafactory in Europe.
In Practice | Communities | 13 Jun 7 resilience tips startups can learn from Mumsnet Taking VC money may be the wrong move for many startups says Justine Roberts, founder of the UK parenting advice site.
Big Ideas | Funding | 4 Jun European investors are finally putting money into sextech startups The so-called ‘sextech’ industry — made up of sex toys, apps and services — is now worth $30bn and is growing by 30% each year.
Places | Cities | 30 May Krakow’s Dragon Valley is gearing up to grow a unicorn Startups in Poland's second city pull in the big funding rounds
In Practice | Finance | 24 May TransferWise’s $3.5bn valuation has just made 33 new millionaires Transferwise employees and alumni, so-called "Wisers", are now armed with more than $70m to pour into new ventures as the fintech becomes the highest valued in Europe.
In Practice | Investment | 20 May The big European startup quiz Think you know Europe's startup scene inside out? Test yourself with our speedy quiz on unicorns, investment, gender inequality and meetups...
Big Ideas | VC | 16 May Accel: Is being big enough anymore? VC firm Accel raises a new fund of $575m to invest in European startups — and explains what it offers beyond (lots of) cold hard cash.
Big Ideas | Payments | 14 May “We don’t see ourselves as a fintech company” Fintech or not, this Danish corporate card issuer has raised two large rounds within a year. But why raise more money when the first round has not been touched?
Big Ideas | Mobility | 9 May Heetch joins the ride-hailing scramble for Africa The French taxi-app raises $38m to launch in Algeria, Cameroon and Senegal this summer.
Big Ideas | Gaming | 17 Apr Esports needs to start charging for premium content Esports has 380m fans, but not that much money. Jens Hilgers, one of esports' biggest investors, says the industry needs to rethink how it charges for big events.
Opinion | Funding | 15 Apr “Missing: Working class founders” Investors — and even crowdfunding sites — still throw up too many hurdles for working class founders looking for funding, says our first ‘Secret Founder’ columnist.
Big Ideas | Mobility | 2 Apr From Voi to Flash, we compare Europe’s scooter startups Scooter mania is sweeping across Europe, as VCs throw cash at a handful of scooter startups in a race to conquer the continent. We meet the contenders — and ask whether investing in scooters is even a good idea?
Big Ideas | Accelerators | 31 Mar Can L’Oreal’s beauty accelerator in Paris help it keep up with the Kardashians? How well is the beauty industry's latest attempt to get "down with the kids" working? We caught up with Sillages Paris and Sampler.io, veterans of the programme.
Opinion | Funding | 27 Mar “Disruptive startups get less money” Disruption has become a hot topic and describing your startup as 'revolutionary' certainly captures investors' attention. But it can be a double-edged strategy.
Opinion | VC | 20 Mar “VCs are exploiting underrepresented people to solve their diversity problems” VCs need to rethink how they're using scouts in a bid to improve their diversity problems, argues Anisah Osman Britton.
In Practice | Hardware | 19 Mar Building a hardware startup in a software age Founders are wary of hardware because, well, hardware's hard. Here's how robot maker Automata has beaten the odds, raised money and dodged supply chain disaster.
