Switzerland’s DayOne Accelerator 2.0 has launched! With three new verticals, the aim is to shape the future of global healthcare and medtech through startup innovation. Healthcare innovators don’t have it easy. From navigating complex legislation to accessing networks, getting to market is a lengthy, challenging, and costly process. In Switzerland, otherwise known as Europe’s healthtech […] The post Join one of Switzerland’s leading digital health and medtech accelerators (Sponsored) appea
Inspired by nature’s waste cycle and with the vision to take the food chain back to its roots, Better Origin has today raised over €14.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital. Existing investors Fly Ventures and Metavallon VC also participated. The UK-based agritech innovators are taking on a global challenge […] The post UK-based agritech startup Better Origin raises €14.6 million to fix the food chain using AI-powered insect mini-farms appeared first on EU-Start
Traditionally, women have been marginalised in tech spheres and their contributions silenced. Today, all-female founding teams currently receive less than 1% of funding. This needs to change, and fast. Whilst women’s participation in tech development is beginning to rise in many sectors, one sector that’s still lagging behind is greentech. According to the OECD, women […] The post Greentech Europe 2022 want to support gender-diverse greentech innovation – Applications are now open!
Lithuanian startup, Nord Security, has just raised over €91.6 million at a valuation of over €1.4 billion – taking the company to the ranks of unicorn. The funding for this previously 100% bootstrapped company was led by Novator Ventures, with participation from Burda Principal Investments and General Catalyst. Founders and angel investors including Ilkka Paananen […] The post Nord Security raises first-ever outside capital and becomes Lithuanias’s latest unicorn appeared first on EU
Europe’s leading consumer-tech subscription platform, Grover, has raised over €303 million in a combination of equity and debt funding, at a valuation of over $1 billion. It consolidates its position as a pioneer of the circular economy in Europe. The funding round was led by Energy Impact Partners, who were joined amongst others by Co-Investor […] The post Berlin-based unicorn Grover secures over €303 million for its pioneering circular approach to consumer tech appeared first on EU-Start
On May 12-13 we are finally bringing back the EU-Startups Summit to our home city of Barcelona! At this year’s in-person event, you will have the chance to join around 1,600 other attendees representing the full spectrum of Europe’s startup ecosystem. From high-flying investors to aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as the odd tycoon and politician, […] The post weGrow Co-Founder & CEO Gernot Schwendtner will speak at the EU-Startups Summit on May 12-13 in Barcelona! appeared first on EU-Start
In 2021 EIT Food (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) launched a new programme to support team formation in impactful agrifood startups – TeamUp. TeamUp matches startup founders who have an innovative agrifood solution with entrepreneurial business professionals and supports them on their journey to co-create truly impactful agrifood ventures. The programme provides important tools […] The post Find a co-founder for your agrifood startup: Apply for EIT Food’s TeamUp programme
Regarded as the birthplace of western civilization and the original home of democracy and philosophy, Greece is a country steeped with innovation, creativity and invention. Fun fact: it’s thought that Plato was the first to have an alarm clock and the Greeks introduced coins as a monetary system! With this as a cultural backdrop, it’s […] The post Top 10 fantastic fast-growing startups from Greece to watch in 2022 appeared first on EU-Startups.
On May 12-13, we will finally bring back the annual EU-Startups Summit as an in-person gathering! The event will happen in beautiful Barcelona, and you will have the chance to network and connect with more than 1,600 startup enthusiasts, investors and entrepreneurs from all over Europe, learn from influential and internationally successful founders, as well […] The post Euronews Group Chairman Michael Peters will speak at the EU-Startups Summit on May 12-13 in Barcelona! appeared first on
Reaffirming its commitment to European innovation in the legaltech sphere, Lefebvre Sarrut Group has launched the second edition of its startup accelerator, LightSpeed. Lefebvre Sarrut Group (including Lefebvre Dalloz, Larcier-Intersentia, Lefebvre, Sdu, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre and Stollfuβ) is a French publishing, training and software group, operating across 8 European countries (France, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, […] The post Lefebvre Sarrut launches the second edition of Lig