February has already been a good month for Lisbon’s startup crowd. On Wednesday the Lisbon Challenge, an ambitious three-month-long accelerator project, began whittling a shortlist from 1,392 applications, 35% of which are…
Purple WiFi looks to take social hotpsot service global
Purple WiFi, a social-led hotspot service, is expanding fast. Last month the Manchester, U.K.-based firm secured a $5 million funding round led by Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of retail giant TESCO.…
Syriza’s Greece victory: what it means for nascent tech crowd
On Sunday Syriza, a far-left party, won snap elections in Greece. The party, whose name stands for ‘Coalition of the Radical Left’, has vowed to end austerity measures put in place since…
Romania looks to capitalize on huge IT workforce with startup success
You won’t hear many of Bucharest’s entrepreneurs extolling the virtues of communism. But it’s Romania’s 42 years as a socialist republic that have – at least in part – helped it become…
E-residency set to hyperspeed Estonia’s startup scalability
Estonia, a nation of 1.3 million people lodged between Russia and Latvia in northeast Europe, is small. It’s around twice the size of Vermont, or half of South Carolina. Last year Estonia…
Poznan emerges as Poland’s latest startup hotspot
Warsaw and Krakow are currently the best known of Poland’s tech centers. But the country, buoyed by excellent education and a growing economy, may have a new digital contender – Poznan. The…
Lunar Mission One races past goal, thrills crowdfunding experts
This week Lunar Mission One (LMO), a project aiming to land a spacecraft on the moon’s South Pole, passed its first crowdfunding goal – and then some. Roughly $1.05 million of an…
Sustainable tech hits Europe’s roads, but is wider deployment realistic?
If you ride a bike path at night between Tongelre and Opwetten in the Netherlands, as of a fortnight ago you should have noticed something different. The path, coated with paint that…
Europe enjoys lively tech M&A in Q3 2014
Tech.eu has released its quarterly study of exits in Europe’s tech sector, which will enthuse investors on the continent. A total of 88 deals were recorded. This is down from the 92…
BlackBerry’s Passport is getting troubled giant traveling again
The media knives are rarely sheathed for BlackBerry these days. Last month it was reported that the Canadian firm’s year-long CEO, John Chen, had to ask his wife to stop flashing her…