Bangkok-based workplace app firm Eko has secured a $20 million Series B funding round, as it expands into the European market with a London office. The round was led by Indonesian VC…
Berlin’s Factory Teams Up with NUMA to Turbocharge Silicon Alley Startup Scene
Factory, which bills itself as “Europe’s largest innovation community”, has announced a strategic partnership with NUMA Berlin, the German capital’s wing of a global network of challenges and innovation training platforms. The…
Machine Learning: How to Better Understand the User Journey of Job Seekers
By Erol Gün, senior manager of businesses intelligence at Joblift Most people have looked for a job on the Internet at some point, either by perusing job boards or using a job…
Berlin’s ReDI School Helps Women Migrants Get a Foothold in Tech
When Edlira Kasaj joined the ReDI team, in Berlin, she was instantly struck by the city’s informality, and its color. Her previous roles, promoting business in the UK, Italy and her home…
The Five Best Coworking Spaces in the World
There is nothing new about coworking: its first recorded mention arrived in a 1628 book. But it has rarely been more popular. Berlin’s C-Space became one of the world’s first hackerspace when…
impACT is Bringing Conflict-hit Entrepreneurs out from the Cold
Last May a truck bomb detonated in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter, killing at least 90 people and injuring almost 500. It was another deadly chapter in the city’s modern history. For the trio…
Entrepreneur First to Search Berlin for “Anti-Establishment” Talent
London-based “pre-team, pre-idea” company-builder Entrepreneur First is expanding to Berlin, as it looks for tech workers who buck establishment trends. The 2011-founded firm, which opened its second office in Singapore in 2016,…
Volkswagen’s MOIA Debuts All-electric Ridesharing Vehicle in Berlin
German automaker Volkswagen has just taken electric ridesharing a step further, with the unveiling of an all-electric ride-pooling vehicle. The six-passenger car by MOIA, the company’s year-old mobility wing, will be unveiled…
As eSports Continues to Grow Apace, its Athletes and Startups are Winning Big
The headquarters of G2 Esports’ Berlin team, on first glance, looks every bit what you’d expect from the home of seven young gamers. Beds are unmade, towels hang on bedroom doors and…
Delivery Hero, Berlin’s Food Unicorn, Looks to Middle East for Key Growth
Just a fortnight ago Delivery Hero, the Berlin-based food ordering company, announced impressive financials to back up a June IPO which made it one of Europe’s hottest ‘unicorn’ tech firms. The company, whose…