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How To | Venture Capital | 30 Mar

Investor wisdom for startups’ coronavirus pain

Here’s their best advice from investors for coping with the crisis.

Opinion | Funding | 26 Mar

How (not) to pitch remotely

Ways to wow an investor over video call.

Portrait of Tony Fadell of VC Future Shape

Interview | Deeptech | 17 Mar

Scouting deeptech startups with iPod inventor Tony Fadell

The inventor of the iPod and founder of smart home startup Nest now runs deeptech investor Future Shape out of Paris.

Opinion | Consumer | 11 Mar

I like B2C, and I don’t know why that feels dirty

Business-to-consumer startups can get ignored by investors focusing on more predictable software-as-a-service businesses.

Interview | Robotics | 9 Mar

The robotics startup helping to fight coronavirus

Blue Ocean Robotics finds success amid “the worst years of robotics history”.

Photo of Colette Ballou, an investor in European VC firms

Analysis | Venture Capital | 9 Mar

VCs have to fundraise too

Inside SuperVenture: the bizarre conference where VCs flock to raise their next fund — and not all succeed.

News | Venture Capital | 4 Mar

Draper declares “golden age” for Eastern European tech

Silicon Valley billionaire partners with Poland’s OTB to find gems among 10,000 maturing startups

Analysis | Venture Capital | 28 Feb

God bless the satirical VC Twitter accounts

@VCBrags and @vcstarterkit are calling out venture capitalists for showing off.

Analysis | Environment | 25 Feb

Can tech for good be as profitable as plain old tech?

European startups and investors are out to prove that profit and purpose can go hand-in-hand.

Analysis | Fintech | 24 Feb

The 15 most active VCs in European fintech revealed

Meet the teams behind the boom in early-stage fintech investment over the last five years.

News | Communities | 24 Feb

European tech events ploughing ahead despite coronavirus fears

Mobile World Congress may have been called off, but OurCrowd Summit, one of the biggest conferences in the Middle East, went ahead as planned.

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.

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 | 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 | Hardware | 12 Feb

Nine mental health startups smashing “taboo” in Europe

Global investment in mental health startups has surged to £500m.

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?