Six startups will contest a challenge laid down by accounting giant EY, to develop blockchain solutions for energy trading and digital rights management. The EY Startup Challenge, a six-week program beginning September…
A New Coworking Space Comes to Afghanistan’s Capital City
Times are tough in Kabul. Just as the Afghan city was becoming used to a period of relative quiet a bomb blast, claimed by ISIS, claimed more than 80 lives at a…
Entrepreneur Lu Li on the Startup Gender Gap, and New Book ‘Dear Female Founder’
Women looking to become entrepreneurs face a shortage of role models. Lu Li aims to redress that. Her new book, Dear Female Founder, has pooled together letters from 66 women in business…
Airweave Targets Sport’s Elite with Mattress Technology
In most industries, progress is an evolutionary process. Leaders will argue relentlessly about modest changes to products, as they make small improvements over a long time. But once in awhile, momentous shifts…
Glowforge Secures $22m Series B Investment For 3D Laser Printers
3D laser printer company Glowforge has secured a $22 million Series B funding round led by Foundry Group and True Ventures. Last year Glowforge received $27.9 million in pre-orders from a 30-day…
Georgia Pilots and Sweden Ponders – Is Blockchain the Future for Europe’s Land Registries?
Blockchain, the secure, “trustless” database, has until recently been best known as the technology underpinning cryptocurrency bitcoin. Now, though, officials are realizing that it can be much, much more. The platform, created…
Iceland’s Startup Scene Punches Above its Weight
For Iceland, size is rarely an issue – just ask England’s overpaid soccer stars, who were roundly and embarrassingly beaten by Strákarnir Okkar (‘Our Boys’, the national team’s nickname) at this year’s European…
Scopely Scoops $55m in Funding
Scopely, a mobile entertainment network, has closed a $55 million financing round led by Greycroft Partners. The company will use the Series B funding for its product slate and developer ecosystem. Elephant…
Paris’ Station F to Become Europe’s Largest ‘Tech Campus’
Located in a former freight station, in an industrial corner of central Paris, sits what is soon to become the world’s biggest startup campus. When completed early next year, the huge space…
Indigo Closes $100m Series C Funding Round
Indigo, a startup using technology to help sustainable agriculture, has closed a $100 million Series C funding round. Alaska Permanent Fund led the financing, with participation from previous investors, including Flagship Ventures…