Finnish gift-giving platform Finnay has barely been live a year, but the firm expects to conquer the German market soon. Founded in 2013, the company, whose app pairs time-starved consumers with local…
Delivery Hero’s $589m Yemeksepeti acquisition boosts Berlin’s startup cred
Berlin has long been touted as a centre for Europe’s startup crowd. But yesterday’s purchase of Turkish firm Yemeksepeti by Delivery Hero for $589 million, has upped the ante considerably. The food…
Team of former Hailo employees battles fraud as stolen data use intensifies
A group of former employees at London taxi app Hailo has split to form its own fraud protection venture. Ravelin, headquartered in the U.K. capital, will bring payments and machine learning technology…
Slovakia’s startup scene boasts flying cars and plasma drills – and so much more
Change is afoot in Slovakia. The country’s economy is enjoying a promising patch right now, with several key statistics outperforming European averages. According to the OECD, Slovakia is enjoying high GDP growth…
Red Herring Top 100 Europe winners announced
The Red Herring Top 100 Europe event came to a close last week in Amsterdam, where 100 of the brightest and startups on the continent walked away with an award. The conference…
Bpifrance gives French startup scene major checkup
It’s late Friday at a café in Paris’ sixth arrondissement, and most locals are on their second glass of wine. The moment Nicolas Dufourcq appears, shakes Red Herring’s hand and orders a…
Why is London leading the European FinTech charge?
by Anam Alpenia Financial technology – or FinTech, to lend it the inevitable portmanteau – has become one of industry’s hottest topics over the past few years. Companies which allow financial institutions…
Three takeaways from the Mobile World Congress 2015
The biggest trade show in the mobile computing industry, Mobile World Congress, wrapped up today in Barcelona. The event is about far more than just mobile phones, a fact underscored by the…
Belarus’ ‘Minsk Tiger’ struggles to roar
Aleksandr Lukashenko is an unlikely source for tech optimism. A former agricultural manager, the Belarusian president is often referred to as ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’, and not without merit. In a 2010 general…
VC Gleb Davidyuk discusses Russia’s investment climate
Gleb Davidyuk is managing partner of iTechCapital, a Latvia-based fund specializing in the Russian digital market. Previous to iTech Gleb has worked at Scandinavian fund Mint Capital, Alfa Capital and the Central…