In Slavutych, the nuclear town created as a communist utopia 30 years ago, talk is usually fixed on half-lives. This weekend, in a function room above an Estonian restaurant, around 50 people…
Heygo CEO Espinosa: “Always Analyze the Market”
Heygo is a Barcelona-based service linking freelancers with clients. It now has over 100,000 users and is touted as one of the city’s most promising startups. CEO Nicolás Espinosa tells Red Herring about…
This Facebook Group is Throwing a Lifeline to Refugees in Need of Phone Credit
Last year, while on a trip to Calais’ notorious Jungle refugee camp, British social services worker James Pearce had an idea. No longer did it feel enough to help in person, on…
Corporate-Startup Partnerships are Thriving in Israel
When Greg Moran, CEO of Zoomcar, first traveled to Israel last year, he was expecting to have a few business conversations–maybe even to collaborate on a low-level project. His firm, India’s first…
BUX CEO Nick Bortot: “Our Main Challenge wasn’t Tech, but Human”
Nick Bortot is CEO of Bux, an Amsterdam-based mobile app aiming to take the complexity out of stock markets, and make trading fun. What began as a solution for inexperienced traders has…
Beta-i’s Vieira: “2017 Is the Year Portugal’s Startup Scene Matures”
Pedro Rocha Vieira is co-founder and CEO of Beta-i, a group which incubates, mentors and grows startups in Lisbon and Portugal, which have risen among Europe’s tech hubs. Here he shares his thoughts…
“Focus Before Scale”: How Tiqets’ B2C Move Made it One of Europe’s Fastest-Growing Startups
When Tiqets began operating in January 2014 it was an API aggregator, offering the world’s largest entertainment ticketing platform to online travel agencies (OTAs), airlines and other travel firms. Admission tickets to…
Algolia: Going Global to Compete with Google
Five years ago, when Algolia was founded, its founding duo were very much grounded in the French startup ecosystem. Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine had both recently quit roles at Exalead, a software…
Paris Mega-Campus Station F Releases Selection Board
Station F, the world’s largest tech campus, has released details of its selection board–which includes some of the tech world’s brightest scions. The campus, located on the site of a historical former…
Seedrs Searches for Crowd Fund Success on Berlin’s Silicon Allee
It’s been a good year for equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The British firm, launched by Jeff Lynn and Carlos Silva in 2012, already had locations in London, Lisbon and New York City…