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.
Analysis | Other | 16 Dec 2020 Vision: predictions from 28 big-hitters in Europe’s startup scene What will 2020 bring for European startups? We hear from startup experts such as Jan Hammer at Index Ventures, Taavet Hinrikus at Transferwise and Roxanne Varza at Station F.
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.
Analysis | Micromobility | 11 Dec Electric scooters: not so “green” after all Electric scooter operators all claim to be environmentally-friendly alternatives to the car — but how green are these businesses? We compare Europe's operators.
Opinion | Logistics | 4 Dec My 500-unit pizza business started as a “delivery only” shop and I don’t believe in dark kitchens Cheap rent won't make food cheaper, building brands online is hard and quality is tough to maintain, argues Fyodor Ovchinnikov of Dodo Pizza
News | Mobility | 27 Nov The week in mobility: how “green” are Tier’s scooters? Our roundup of Europe's top mobility news this week: Uber loses its London licence, e-moped rental service Coup quits Europe and we look at how "green" Tier's e-scooters are.
News | Transport | 25 Nov European taxi startups revel in Uber’s London-licence blow Europe's on-demand taxi startups like Bolt are loving the news this morning that Uber has lost its London taxi licence.
Interview | Travel | 22 Nov The Berlin-based founder trying to reshape the business travel market A few unanswered emails and stubborn accountants were what sparked Comtravo founder and chief executive Michael Riegel to rethink how business travel bookings for small companies are made.
News | Mobility | 20 Nov The week in mobility: E-bikes for Deliveroo couriers launch Our roundup of Europe's top mobility news this week: Bolt Bikes launches e-bikes for couriers in the UK and Wayve raises $20m for self-driving cars.
News | Corporate Innovation | 19 Nov Week in corporate innovation: veggie Whoppers and electric car wars A roundup of what Europe's biggest companies are doing with startups and technology: from BMW to Goldman Sachs.
News | Travel | 18 Nov Cities like Venice should consider tourist caps, says Booking.com chairwoman Gillian Tans, former chief executive of Booking.com, thinks tourist quotas should be enforced in overcrowded cities.
Analysis | Travel | 14 Nov Don’t underestimate the size of Booking.com, says chairwoman: ‘Airbnb is so much smaller’ Who is the biggest technology company in Europe? Booking.com is bigger than the likes of Spotify and Adyen, according to Gillian Tans, the company's chairwoman.
Interview | Mobility | 14 Nov Autonomous flying taxis will arrive by 2031, says Volocopter They will be accessible to everyone, not just for VIPs, says the German startup.
Interview | Mobility | 13 Nov Electric scooters are a terrible business, says Bolt boss Bolt founder Markus Villig talks to Sifted about undercutting Uber, talks with SoftBank and why he never expects to make any money out of his scooter business.
News | Mobility | 13 Nov The week in mobility: Big raises for Voi and Frontier Car Group Our roundup of Europe's top mobility news this week: Voi raises $85m, Frontier Car Group raises $400m and Cowboy launches e-bikes in three new markets.
