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StartupHighway, an acceleration program with a twist
Vilnius-based startup accelerator StartupHighway has opened applications this week to startups for up to 25.000 € in seed funding and participation of their newly design acceleration program. Unlike...
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Grenoble-based Xotelia raises €1.3M to manage home rentals on 50 platforms
Xotelia, a Grenoble-based startup, raised €1.3 million from Newfund to ease the management of home rentals across a number of platforms. The current list of partners include peer-to-peer sites (Airbnb,...
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Limelight on Spanish startup Ticketbis and its huge growth of revenue
As the leading online platform for buying and selling event tickets, Ticketbis finished 2014 with a turnover of 54 million euros. A figure almost double the turnover of 2013. The fruitful year for...
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Techstars backed Barclays Accelerator enroll second cohort
Ten companies will begin the intensive thirteen-week Barclays Accelerator programme in London this week. Aimed at fintech companies, the programme will consist of mentoring, networking and development....
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London-based brain training app Peak closes $7M Series A Round
Peak, the fast-growing mobile-first brain training company, today announced the closing of a $7 million Series A funding round led by early investors of Spotify Creandum, alongside existing investors...
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Automile secures $5 Million, to make ‘All Cars Connected’
Automile, the platform that connects cars and their data to the cloud founded by serial entrepreneur Jens Nylander, has closed $5 million in Series A funding. With this new investment, Automile will...
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Deutsche Bank to open three innovation labs for fintech startups
The Deutsche Bank innovation labs opening towards the end of the year will be supported by Microsoft in Berlin, HCL in London and IBM in Silicon Valley. This coincides with the bank’s “Strategy 2020″....
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Interview with Start Up Chile participant PublishSoSimply
Last weekend I connected with the startup scene in Chile. Having spent the last few months in Brasil, I was keen to hear the experience of European startups in Chile. My journey brought me to the...
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Social media sharing platform Tagstr secures $1m in seed funding
British startup Tagstr recently closed a deal of $1 million in seed funding. This brings the total funding to $2.6 million. All of the investment to date has come from high net worth individuals and...
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Busuu secures €6 Million from McGraw‐Hill Education
Busuu, one of the world’s largest social networks for language learning with over 55 million users, today announced that McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, acquired a minority stake of...
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Ecommerce purchasing bible WeMarket launches today
WeMarket introduces an online global distribution chain of physical goods by connecting retailers and suppliers. The Amsterdam-based startup launches globally following 2.5 years of development. Both...
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German startup ecosystem, diluting the oxymoron
Ahoy Allemagne. Earlier this month I touched down in Germany at Pirate Summit and Startup Night. First impressions of the German startup scene raised the bar high but did this meet my expectations?...
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Hello Ladies – an introduction to Sprinters
Many people don’t believe I grew up playing football. My mother would say, football is not for girls. But that never deterred me. Challenging norms has been an integral part of me since a young age....
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‘Realtime interactions’ from TechCrunch Disrupt London
Last week I finally attended my first TechCrunch Disrupt (London) where Talkdesk Co-founder Christina Fonseca signed up as a speaker and judge. Talkdesk was born four years ago in a bid to win a...
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Sibling Startups – The Way Forward?
What does Rocket Internet, Slideshare, DailyDeal and Stripe all have in common? Besides their phenomenal success and collectively securing over millions in funding, each venture was founded by...
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Vision, Drive and Ambition: An Interview with Seedcamp’s Reshma Sohoni
We recently had the chance to do an interview with Reshma Sohoni, an inspiring business women who is a Partner and Co-Founder at Seedcamp. Seedcamp is one of Europe’s most successful first round funds...
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Deutsche Bank to open three innovation labs for fintech startups
The Deutsche Bank innovation labs opening towards the end of the year will be supported by Microsoft in Berlin, HCL in London and IBM in Silicon Valley. This coincides with the bank’s “Strategy 2020”....
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Interview with Start Up Chile participant PublishSoSimply
Last weekend I connected with the startup scene in Chile. Having spent the last few months in Brasil, I was keen to hear the experience of European startups in Chile. My journey brought me to the...
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Social media sharing platform Tagstr secures $1m in seed funding
British startup Tagstr recently closed a deal of $1 million in seed funding. This brings the total funding to $2.6 million. All of the investment to date has come from high net worth individuals and...
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